Structure of adapters
IBM WebSphere Business Integration adapters represent a
collection of software programs, tools, and application programming
interfaces (APIs) an enterprise can use to enable Enterprise
Information Systems (EISs) to exchange business data with an
integration server, such as WebSphere InterChange Server, WebSphere
MQ Message Brokers, and WebSphere Application Server (Enterprise
Edition). Each EIS requires its own application-specific adapter to
participate in the business integration system. The IBM WebSphere
Business Integration adapter product includes:
- A connector that links the application to the integration
server
- Tools with graphical user interfaces to help the user configure
the connector and create the business object definitions needed for
the EIS
- An Object Discovery Agent (ODA) for some of the adapters, which
introspects EIS metadata to generate business objects
- An Adapter Development Kit (ADK), which provides a framework
for developing custom adapters in Java or C++ if an adapter for a
particular legacy or specialized EIS is unavailable
- An Object Discovery Agent Development Kit (ODK), which consists
of a set of APIs that can be used to develop an ODA (included with
the Adapter Development Kit)
