WebSphere® Adapters
are the preferred choice in WebSphere Process Server.
There are several key areas in which WebSphere Adapters have an advantage
over WebSphere Business
Integration Adapters.
WebSphere Adapters
provide several advantages over WebSphere Business Integration Adapters.
These advantages are summarized here:
- Integration - WebSphere Adapters are integrated into WebSphere Process Server, WebSphere Business
Integration Adapters are outside the application server.
- JCA compliance - only WebSphere Adapters are fully compliant with JCA
version 1.5.
- Request processing - WebSphere Adapters do not rely on the WebSphere Adapter
Framework nor an integration server for request initiation with Enterprise
Information Systems.
- Connectivity - WebSphere Adapters do not rely on the WebSphere Adapter
Framework for connectivity, but use JCA contracts to manage life cycle tasks.
- Data models - WebSphere Adapters use an enterprise service discovery
wizard to parse an EIS and develop Service Data Objects (SDOs). The enterprise
service discovery wizard is part of the WebSphere Adapter implementation. WebSphere Business
Integration Adapters use a separate object.
- Event notification - WebSphere Adapters use a subclass of EventStore to
retrieve events from an EIS, whereas WebSphere Business Integration Adapters
use a pollFor Events method.
There are a limited set of WebSphere Adapters available but it
is recommended to use them wherever possible.
Last updated: Wed 06 Dec 2006 07:08:08
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