An export allows exposing a service, so that the service can be called by a service requester.

An import allows CALLING a service.

Imports and exports have associated bindings that define the COMMUNICATION mechanism (for example, Web service bindings [SOAP/HTTP or SOAP/JMS]) and configuration that PROVIDES the details of the transport connection and the format of messages that flow on that connection.

Data bindings and data handlers are associated with import and export bindings to allow the message format to be CONFIGURED.

EXPORT: Exports process incoming requests from outside SCA modules

IMPORT: Imports process outgoing requests to components outside SCA modules

BINDING: Binding determines how imports and exports interact with components outside a module

An export allows exposing a service, so that the service can be called by a service requester.

An import allows calling a service.

Imports and exports have associated bindings that define the communication mechanism (for example, Web service bindings [SOAP/HTTP or SOAP/JMS]) and configuration that provides the details of the transport connection and the format of messages that flow on that connection.

Data bindings and data handlers are associated with import and export bindings to allow the message format to be configured.

EXPORT: Exports process incoming requests from outside SCA modules

IMPORT: Imports process outgoing requests to components outside SCA modules

BINDING: Binding determines how imports and exports interact with components outside a module