Overview of the adapter

This chapter describes the Adapter for the Portal Infranet component of WebSphere Business Integration Server Express and Server Express Plus, and includes the following sections:

Connectors consist of two parts: the connector framework and the application-specific component. The connector framework, whose code is common to all connectors, acts as an intermediary between InterChange Server Express and the application-specific component. The application-specific component contains code tailored to a particular application. The connector framework provides the following services between InterChange Server Express, the integration broker, and the application-specific component:

This document contains information about the connector framework and the application-specific component, which it refers to as the connector.

The connector enables InterChange Server InterChange Server Express to communicate with Portal Infranet through the exchange of business objects. The Infranet application is a set of software programs developed by Portal Infranet software for managing customer accounts. Customer information, such as account numbers and billing information, is stored in the Infranet database.

The connector and the Portal Infranet application communicate using the Infranet socket-based API. The connector handles transactions using the functions provided by the Infranet API, and the Infranet application notifies InterChange Server Express through the event module when changes occur.

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