WSO2 ESB XML-centric?

Question

WSO2 ESB seems to be very XML-centric in terms of its components. Does this mean that all non-XML data needs to be converted into XML in order to get the full benefit of WSO2?

Answer 1

If the message need to be processed, it needs to be built at the ESB. for that there are default message builders. but if you need the ESB as a pass through. or maybe process only a part of the message, you don't have to build the entire thing. See [1].

[1] http://docs.wso2.org/wiki/display/ESB451/Message+Relay+Building+Blocks