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<p>A <strong>communication point</strong> is an interface between an external system and a Rhapsody route. Each communication point implements a specific communication protocol during message exchange and is responsible for managing the movement of messages into and out of the route processing pipeline. Although the Rhapsody standard installation includes a wide range of different communication point types, they share many common configuration properties as well as their protocol-specific parameters:</p>
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