Terminology
The following terms are used in this document.
- adapter
- The component in the WebSphere business integration system
that provides components to support communication between an integration
broker and either an application or a technology. An adapter always
includes a connector, message files, and configuration tools. It
can also include an Object Discovery Agent (ODA) or a data handler.
- adapter
framework
- The software that IBM provides to configure and run an adapter.
The runtime components of the adapter framework include the Java(TM) runtime
environment, the connector framework, and the Object Discovery Agent
(ODA) runtime. This connector framework includes the connector libraries (C++
and Java) needed to develop new connectors. The ODA runtime includes
the library in the Object Development Kit (ODK) needed to develop
new ODAs. The configuration components include the following tools:
- Business Object Designer Express,
- Connector Configurator Express,
- Log Viewer,
- System Manager,
- System Monitor,
- Test Connector
- and, optionally, any Object Discovery Agents (ODAs) associated
with an adapter.
- Adapter
Development Kit (ADK)
- A development kit that provides some samples for adapter development,
including sample connectors and Object Discovery Agents (ODAs).
- connector
- The component of an adapter that uses business objects to
send information about an event to an integration broker (event
notification) or receive information about a request from the integration broker
(request processing). A connector consists of the connector framework
and the connector's application-specific component.
- connector
framework
- The component of a connector that manages interactions between
a connector's application-specific component and the integration
broker. This component provides all required management services and
retrieves the meta-data that the connector requires from the repository.
The connector framework, whose code is common to all connectors,
is written in Java and includes a C++ extension to support application-specific
components written in C++.
- connector
controller
- The subcomponent of the connector framework that interacts
with collaborations. A connector controller runs within InterChange
Server Express and initiates mapping between application-specific
and generic business objects, and manages collaboration subscriptions
to business object definitions.
- integration
broker
- The component in the WebSphere business integration system
that integrates data among heterogeneous applications. An integration
broker, such as InterChange Server Express, typically provides a
variety of services that include: the ability to route data, a repository
of rules that govern the integration process, connectivity to a
variety of applications, and administrative capabilities that facilitate
integration.
- WebSphere
business integration system
- An enterprise solution that moves information among diverse
sources to perform business exchanges, and that processes and routes
information among disparate applications in the enterprise environment.
The business integration system consists of an integration broker
and one or more adapters.
