Overview of the connector

Connectors consist of two parts: the connector framework and the application-specific component. The connector framework, whose code is common to all connectors, acts as an intermediary between the integration broker and the application-specific component. The application-specific component contains code tailored to a particular application. The connector framework provides the following services between the integration broker and the application-specific component:

This document contains information about the connector framework and the application-specific component, which it refers to as the connector. The following topics are covered:

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