Overview of the connector

The connector is a runtime component of the WebSphere Business Integration Adapter for Web Services. The connector allows businesses to aggregate, publish, and consume web services for use either within their organization or by trading partners. The connector and other components described in this document provide the functionality needed to exchange business object information in the body of a Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) message.

This chapter describes the scope, components, design tools, and architecture used to implement the WebSphere Business Integration Adapter for Web Services. It also provides an overview of tasks you must complete to install and configure the web services components described in this document. For information about installing and configuring the components, see Install, configure, and design checklist.

Note:
The adapter for Web Services implements the standard Adapter Framework API. For this reason, the adapter can operate with any integration broker that the Framework supports. However, the functionality provided by the adapter has been designed specifically to support the IBM WebSphere InterChange Server (ICS) integration broker. Accordingly, when you select the Expose as Web Service option in System Manager, this refers to ICS, and not to any other integration broker.

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