What is the difference between Gateway and Service Activator?

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Belun picture Belun · Apr 29, 2012 · Viewed 17.2k times · Source

What is the difference between Gateway and Service Activator as Message Endpoints (in terms of Enterprise Integration Patterns)?

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Gary Russell picture Gary Russell · Apr 29, 2012

http://eaipatterns.com/

Typically, a service activator is used to invoke a local service, in such a manner that the service doesn't know it's being invoked from a messaging system.

A gateway s typically an entry or exit point for the messaging system.

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