Target is a common configuration used across many ESB conofugrations. Some mediators that uses this configuration are Clone, Iterate and Router.
A target specifies a mediation sequence, and endpoint or both. If a sequnce is specified it will be executed. If a endpoint is specified message will be sent to the endpoint. If both sequence and endpoint are specified, first sequence will be executed and then endpoint will be executed.
<target [sequence="string"] [endpoint="string"]> <sequence ....../>? <endpoint ....../>? </target>
Here you can prepare a message to send to an endpoint or mediate through some more sequences.
Please go to the specific mediators for examples.