Ok, so there you have it: I just don’t like the Mediator. I
don’t really know why. But now that it’s in the open, let’s discuss
it.
I often see a pattern where a composite with a synchronous
operation is implemented with a Mediator and BPEL component:
I think that in most of these cases, it would be better to
either leave out the Mediator component completely. Or replace it
with a BPEL component that is run transient, i.e. in-memory.
This article discusses some of the aspects...
