This chapter describes the Adapter for WebSphere Commerce component of the WebSphere Business Integration Server Express Plus.
The adapter enables the IBM WebSphere Business Integration Server Express Plus to exchange messages with WebSphere Commerce, Business Edition, Version 5.4 with Fix Pack 6 or later, or WebSphere Commerce, Business Edition, Version 5.5 with Fix Pack 4 or later. The topics included in this chapter include:
WebSphere Commerce software is a flexible platform for fulfilling a variety of commerce integration roles. The adapter for WebSphere Commerce can be used in a solution that uses the integration broker to integrate business data exchanges between WebSphere Commerce and other enterprise information system applications for which appropriate adapters have been installed.
Connectors consist of an application-specific component and the connector framework. The application-specific component contains code tailored to a particular application. The adapter framework, whose code is common to all adapters, acts as an intermediary between the integration broker and the application-specific component. The adapter framework provides the following services between the integration broker and the application-specific component:
This document contains information about the adapter framework and the connector. It refers to both of these components as the adapter. For more information about the relationship of the integration broker to the adapter, see the WebSphere Business Integration Server Express System Administration Guide.