Enterprise Integration Patterns

Enterprise Integration Patterns (EIP) is a catalog of architectural design patterns for integrating enterprise applications. The patterns describe messaging-based integration scenarios and provide a common vocabulary for architects and developers to design and implement integration solutions. The canonical reference is the book by Gregor Hohpe and Bobby Woolf, organized into six pattern categories: Messaging Channels, Message Construction, Message Routing, Message Transformation, Messaging Endpoints, and System Management.

Enterprise Integration Patterns is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Architecture, Design Patterns, Enterprise, Integration, and Messaging.

Enterprise Integration Patterns’ developer surface includes documentation and 8 more developer resources.

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Governance 0.0 / 12

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Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Other 6

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

MessagingChannels

MessagingChannels

MessageConstruction

MessageConstruction

MessageRouting

MessageRouting

MessageTransformation

MessageTransformation

MessagingEndpoints

MessagingEndpoints

SystemManagement

SystemManagement

Source (apis.yml)

aid: enterprise-integration-patterns
name: Enterprise Integration Patterns
description: 'Enterprise Integration Patterns (EIP) is a catalog of architectural design patterns for integrating enterprise
  applications. The patterns describe messaging-based integration scenarios and provide a common vocabulary for architects
  and developers to design and implement integration solutions. The canonical reference is the book by Gregor Hohpe and Bobby
  Woolf, organized into six pattern categories: Messaging Channels, Message Construction, Message Routing, Message Transformation,
  Messaging Endpoints, and System Management.'
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tags:
- Architecture
- Design Patterns
- Enterprise
- Integration
- Messaging
url: https://www.enterpriseintegrationpatterns.com/
created: '2025-01-01'
modified: '2026-04-28'
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- type: MessageConstruction
  url: https://www.enterpriseintegrationpatterns.com/patterns/messaging/MessageConstructionIntro.html
- type: MessageRouting
  url: https://www.enterpriseintegrationpatterns.com/patterns/messaging/MessageRoutingIntro.html
- type: MessageTransformation
  url: https://www.enterpriseintegrationpatterns.com/patterns/messaging/MessageTransformationIntro.html
- type: MessagingEndpoints
  url: https://www.enterpriseintegrationpatterns.com/patterns/messaging/MessagingEndpointsIntro.html
- type: SystemManagement
  url: https://www.enterpriseintegrationpatterns.com/patterns/messaging/SystemManagementIntro.html
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com