Integration Patterns

Integration architecture diagrams document how systems connect and exchange data. Event-driven architecture diagrams focus on asynchronous communication through events, messages, and streams.

Integration Architecture

Integration architecture diagrams show:

Creating Integration Diagrams

Event-Driven Architecture

Event-driven architecture diagrams document:

Creating Event-Driven Diagrams

Example: Event-Driven Integration

This graph diagram shows an event-driven architecture with Kafka as the event bus. Producers are shown in green on the left, topics in pink at the centre, and consumers in blue on the right. Each topic node includes schema format, partition key, and consumer group count. The dead letter queue is shown in red.

Common Integration Patterns

Icons for Integration

Use these icons for integration diagrams:

Visual Conventions

Best Practices