Integration engine for communications between source and target applications

A computer program product for sending a message from a source application to a target application, said message comprising a message payload and a header element comprising routing information, said computer program product comprising a non-transitory machine-readable storage medium having encoded therein executable code of one or more software programs, wherein the one or more software programs when executed perform the following steps:

• processing said header element, using at least one processing device of an integration engine, to route said message to said target application;
• transforming, using said at least one processing device of said integration engine, a message format of said message to a different message format to change a message format of said source application to a message format of said target application;
• storing, using said at least one processing device of said integration engine, said message payload using a claim-Check Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) pattern;
• applying, using said at least one processing device of said integration engine, one or more business rules to said message payload to dynamically change a next endpoint in said header element for said message;
• and
• providing, using said at least one processing device of said integration engine, said transformed message to said target application.

An integration engine system for sending a message from a source application to a target application, said message comprising a message payload and a header element comprising routing information, comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• at least one processing device, coupled to the memory, operative to implement the following steps:
• process said header element, using said at least one processing device of an integration engine, to route said message to said target application;
• transform, using said at least one processing device of said integration engine, a message format of said message to a different message format to change a message format of said source application to a message format of said target application;
• store, using said at least one processing device of said integration engine, said message payload using a claim-Check Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) pattern;
• apply, using said at least one processing device of said integration engine, one or more business rules to said message payload to dynamically change a next endpoint in said header element for said message;
• and
• provide, using said at least one processing device of said integration engine, said transformed message to said target application.