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= What's New?

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For those who are already familiar with Spring Integration, this chapter provides a brief overview of the new features of version 5.3.

If you are interested in the changes and features that were introduced in earlier versions, see the <<./history.adoc#history,Change History>>.

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== What's New in Spring Integration 5.3?

If you are interested in more details, see the Issue Tracker tickets that were resolved as part of the 5.3 development process.

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=== New Components

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==== Integration Pattern

The `IntegrationPattern` abstraction has been introduced to indicate which enterprise integration pattern (an `IntegrationPatternType`) and category a Spring Integration component belongs to.
See its JavaDocs and <<./graph.adoc#integration-graph,Integration Graph>> for more information about this abstraction and its use-cases.

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=== General Changes


