[[spring-integration-core-messaging]]
= Core Messaging

[[spring-integration-core-msg]]
This section covers all aspects of the core messaging API in Spring Integration.
It covers messages, message channels, and message endpoints.
It also covers many of the enterprise integration patterns, such as filter, router, transformer, service activator , splitter, and aggregator.

This section also contains material about system management, including the control bus and message history support.

[[messaging-channels-section]]
== Messaging Channels

// BE SURE TO PRECEDE ALL include:: with a blank line - see https://github.com/asciidoctor/asciidoctor/issues/1297
include::./channel.adoc[]

include::./polling-consumer.adoc[]

include::./channel-adapter.adoc[]

include::./bridge.adoc[]
