This chapter describes the IBM WebSphere Business Integration Adapter for iSeries. The adapter, using the IBM Toolbox for Java (a set of Java(TM) classes), provides the ability to execute RPG programs and access data queues on an iSeries or AS/400 system. IBM's Toolbox for Java provides a set of classes to access data queues and run programs. The adapter uses these classes and information from the incoming business object to build the parameter list for executing the program and read/write from/to data queues. The iSeries adapter currently supports both request processing and event processing.
Adapters 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 adapters, 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:
This document contains information about the application-specific component and connector framework. It refers to both of these components as the adapter.
For more information about the relationship of the integration broker to the adapter, see the IBM WebSphere InterChange Server System Administration Guide, or the IBM WebSphere Business Integration Implementation Guide for WebSphere MQ Integrator Broker.
This chapter contains the following sections: