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Jun 21, 2026 · Fundamentals

A Deep Dive into ESB Platform Core Processes and Key Functions

The article explains what an Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) is, outlines its core positioning, walks through the complete end‑to‑end workflow—from request entry, protocol adaptation, data conversion, routing, orchestration, to exception handling, logging, monitoring—and compares ESB with microservice gateways while providing a concrete order‑processing example.