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+					$$$	      Welcome to the Spring Integration Samples			$$$
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+To simplify your experience, Spring Integration Samples were split into 4 distinct categories.  
+Inside of each category you'll find a 'readme.txt' which will contain a more detailed description 
+of that category's specifics. Each sample also comes with its own 'readme.txt' file explaining details.
+
+Below is a short description of each category.
+
+BASIC
+	This is a good place to get started. The samples here are technically motivated and demonstrate the bare 
+	minimum with regard to configuration and code to help you to get introduced to the basic concepts, API and 
+	configuration of Spring Integration. For example if you are looking for an answer on how to wire service-activator 
+	to a channel or how to apply Gateway to your message exchange or how to get started with using MAIL or XML the module, 
+	this would be the right place to find a relevant sample. The bottom line is that this is a good starting point.
+
+INTERMEDIATE
+	This category targets developers who are already familiar with the Spring Integration framework (past getting started), 
+	but need some more guidance while resolving more advanced technical problems that you have to deal with when switching
+	to a Messaging architecture. For example, if you are looking for an answer on how to handle errors in various 
+	scenarios, or how to properly configure an Aggregator for the situations where some messages might not ever arrive 
+	for aggregation, or any other issue that goes beyond a basic understanding and configuration of a particular component
+	to address "what else you can do?" types of problems, this would be the right place to find relevant samples.
+
+ADVANCED
+	This category targets advanced developers who are quite familiar with the Spring Integration framework but looking to
+	address a specific custom need by extending from the Spring Integration public API. For example, if you are looking for
+	samples showing you how to implement a custom Channel or Consumer (event-based or polling-based), or you are trying to
+	figure out what is the most appropriate way to implement a custom BeanParser on top of the Spring Integration BeanParser
+	hierarchy when implementing a custom namespace, this would be the right place to look. Here you can also find samples
+	that will help you with adapter development. Spring Integration comes with an extensive library of adapters that allow
+	you to connect remote systems with the Spring Integration messaging framework. However you might have a need to integrate
+	with a system for which the core framework does not provide an adapter, so you have to implement your own. This category
+	would include samples showing you how to implement various adapters.
+
+APPLICATIONS
+	This category targets developers and architects who have a good understanding of Message-driven architecture and
+	Enterprise Integration Patterns, and an above average understanding of Spring and Spring integration and who are looking
+	for samples that address a particular business problem. In other words, the emphasis of samples in this category is
+	'business use cases' and how they can be solved via a Messaging architecture and Spring Integration in particular. 
+	For example, if you are interested to see how a Loan Broker process or Travel Agent process could be implemented and 
+	automated via Spring Integration, this would be the right place to find these types of samples.
+
+										$$ Happy Integration! $$