Overview of the adapter

This chapter provides an overview of the IBM WebSphere Business Integration Adapter for Maximo MEA. This adapter translates business objects between MRO Software's Maximo Enterprise Adapter and WebSphere Business Integration broker.

Figure 1. MRO Adapter placement

Basic view of the adapter architecture. Graphic shows the Maximo application which connects to the MEA or gateway, which connects to the adapter for Maximo MEA which then connects to the integration broker.

This chapter contains the following sections:

What is an adapter?
Adapter architecture

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