The connector for FIX Protocol is a runtime component of the WebSphere Business Integration Adapter for FIX Protocol. The connector allows the WebSphere integration broker to exchange business objects with FIX-enabled business processes.
Connectors consist of an application-specific component and the connector framework. The application-specific component contains code tailored to a particular application. The connector framework, whose code is common to all connectors, acts as an intermediary between the integration broker and the application-specific component. The connector framework provides the following services between the integration broker and the application-specific component:
This document contains information about the application-specific component and connector framework. It refers to both of these components as the connector.
All WebSphere business integration adapters operate with an integration broker. The connector for FIX operates with both the InterChange Server (ICS) and WebSphere MQ Integrator (WMQI) integration brokers.
For more information about the relationship of the integration broker to the connector, see the IBM WebSphere InterChange Server System Administration Guide.
The connector for FIX Protocol allows the ICS, WMQI, or WAS integration brokers to exchange business objects with applications that send or receive data in the form of FIX messages.