Applied Architecture Patterns on the Microsoft Platform

Pattern description

The organization is trying to streamline data entry into multiple systems that perform similar functions. They wish to take in the same data (an order), but depending on attributes of the order, it should be loaded into one system or another. This looks like a content-based routing scenario.

What is content-based routing? In essence, it is distributing data based on the values it contains. You would typically use this sort of pattern when you have a single capability (for example, ADD ORDER, LOOKUP EMPLOYEE, DELETE RESERVATION) spread across multiple systems. Unlike a publish/subscribe pattern where multiple downstream systems may all want the same message (that is, one-to-many), a content-based routing solution typically helps ...