Data mapping is a very common task when developing services. This task is performed with many integration patterns, some of them quite common, such as the following:
- Message Translator: http://www.enterpriseintegrationpatterns.com/patterns/messaging/MessageTranslator.html
- Normalizer: http://www.enterpriseintegrationpatterns.com/patterns/messaging/Normalizer.html
- Canonical Data Model: http://www.enterpriseintegrationpatterns.com/patterns/messaging/CanonicalDataModel.html
This task entails translating, transforming, or converting data from one data format to another, such as XML to JSON. For instance, we may receive a message in our service in the XML format, and we have to send the information within this XML payload to a JSON ...