Terminology
The following terms are used in this document.
- adapter
- The component in the WebSphere business integration system
that provides components to support communication between an integration
broker and either an application or a technology. An adapter always
includes a connector, message files, and configuration tools. It
can also include an Object Discovery Agent (ODA) or a data handler.
- adapter framework
- The software that IBM provides to configure and run an adapter.
The runtime components of the adapter framework include the Java
runtime environment, the connector framework, and the Object Discovery
Agent (ODA) runtime. This connector framework includes the connector
libraries (C++ and Java) needed to develop new connectors. The ODA
runtime includes the library in the Object Development Kit (ODK)
needed to develop new ODAs. The configuration components include
the following tools:
- Business Object Designer,
- Connector Configurator,
- Log Viewer,
- System Manager,
- Adapter Monitor,
- Test Connector
- and, optionally, any Object Discovery Agents (ODAs) associated
with an adapter.
- Adapter Development Kit (ADK)
- A development kit that provides some samples for adapter development, including
sample connectors and Object Discovery Agents (ODAs).
- connector
- The component of an adapter that uses business objects to
send information about an event to an integration broker (event
notification) or receive information about a request from the integration
broker (request processing). A connector consists of the connector
framework and the connector's application-specific component.
- connector framework
- The component of a connector that manages interactions between
a connector's application-specific component and the integration
broker. This component provides all required management services
and retrieves the meta-data that the connector requires from the
repository. The connector framework, whose code is common to all
connectors, is written in Java and includes a C++ extension to support
application-specific components written in C++.
- connector controller
- The subcomponent of the connector framework that interacts
with collaborations. A connector controller runs within InterChange
Server and initiates mapping between application-specific and generic
business objects, and manages collaboration subscriptions to business
object definitions.
- integration broker
- The component in the WebSphere business integration system
that integrates data among heterogeneous applications. An integration
broker typically provides a variety of services that include: the
ability to route data, a repository of rules that govern the integration
process, connectivity to a variety of applications, and administrative
capabilities that facilitate integration. Examples of integration
brokers: the WebSphere Business Integration Message Broker; WebSphere
Business InterChange Server.
- WebSphere business integration system
- An enterprise solution that moves information among diverse
sources to perform business exchanges, and that processes and routes
information among disparate applications in the enterprise environment.
The business integration system consists of an integration broker
and one or more adapters.
