Overview of adapters

There are two types of adapter that can be used in WebSphere Process Server: WebSphere® Business Integration Adapters and WebSphere Adapters. An overview of the functionality of these adapters is provided.

Adapters provide connectivity to access data, technologies and protocols that enhance integration infrastructure. They extract data and transaction information from cross-industry and industry-specific packaged applications and connect them to a central server.

Two types of adapter are supported in WebSphere Process Server: Each business application requires its own application-specific adapter to participate in the business integration process. Adapters allow communication from various Enterprise Applications, such as Seibel or PeopleSoft to WebSphere Process Server.

WebSphere Business Integration Adapters allow multiple applications to communicate to fully integrate your system. Users are encouraged to use WebSphere Adapters which are fully compliant with the Java™ 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) Connector Architecture (JCA) version 1.5. The WebSphere Business Integration Adapters are not JCA-compliant, and run outside the application server.

The WebSphere Business Integration Adapters are the appropriate choice if a WebSphere Adapter does not yet exist for your application. If you have purchased WebSphere Business Integration Adapter licenses you may continue to use them, but you are encouraged to migrate to WebSphere Adapters as these will provide an updated way to connect to popular packaged software.

For information on developing applications using adapters see the WebSphere Integration Developer Information Center.

For information on installing, deploying and configuring WebSphere Adapters see the WebSphere Adapters Information Center.

For information on developing WebSphere Adapters for WebSphere Process Server, see (DeveloperWorks with the WebSphere Adapter Toolkit Guide).


Last updated: Wed 06 Dec 2006 07:08:08

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