The endpoint notion is the core concept of the SOA and of this framework. In EasyESB, all concepts are an endpoint:

* *_client proxy endpoint_*: endpoint containing one or several listeners able to listen message from an external ressource and send it to corresponding internal provider endpoint
* *_provider proxy endpoint_*: endpoint containing one or several senders able to send message to an external ressources.
* *_service_* : container of provider endpoints
* *_component_*: container of service
* *_node_*: container of containers.

An endpoint with a behaviour is a component that able to accept a message request and to delegate its treatment to the adequates behaviours.
It is possible to plug interceptors on an endpoint to intercept the creation and initialization phase, the send of a request, the reception of request, the send of response and the reception of a response.

A behaviour correspond to the implementation of a wsdl interface (or portType).
An endpoint can have one or several behaviours.


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The list below presents the native technical behaviours pre-existing in core of EasyESB:
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