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:
The connectors allow the integration broker to exchange business objects with legacy applications built on the IBM OS/390 mainframe system.This section presents a high-level description of the connector's architecture.
When the connector is started, it establishes a connection pool with the legacy application. It uses connections from this pool for all transaction processing with the database/application. On termination of the connector, all connections in the pool are closed.
Figure 1 shows the MAS components and their relationships within the business integration system.