Adapters

Virtual member manager uses adapters to adapt the entity types in the virtual member manager domain model to the various types of entities used by the repositories that are supported out-of-the-box.

Additionally virtual member manager has adapters for a property extension repository and an entry mapping repository.

• File adapter
  This adapter is for file-based repository used with the WebSphere Application Server.
• LDAP
  The virtual member manager LDAP adapter maps the virtual member manager entity types to the corresponding LDAP object classes.
• Database adapter
  Out-of-the-box, virtual member manager provides a default database profile repository (wimDB), that supports all common virtual member manager supported profile repository features.
• Property extension repository adapter
  Some LDAP repositories do not support certain type of properties and some LDAP repositories are read only. If virtual member manager is unable to write data to an LDAP repository, it can use a property extension repository to store the properties.
• Entry mapping repository adapter
  Use the entry mapping adapter to connect multiple repositories in an entry-level join.
• Custom repository Adapter
  A custom repository adapter enables the use of any custom repository that is used by virtual member manager.