Overview of the connector

This chapter describes the connector component of the IBM WebSphere Business Integration Adapter for i2 and the relevant business integration system architecture.

The i2 connector integrates with i2 application modules through i2's Common Integration Services (CIS) API. CIS API from i2 is an implementation of JCA Common Client Interface. i2 has a suite of application modules that support CIS. The i2 connector is metadata driven, has object discovery capability, and enables integration to any version 6.1 SDK CIS-enabled i2 application. Many i2 modules versions 5.2 and above, support version 6.1 CIS SDK. This connector is available on Windows, Solaris, AIX and HP-UX.

Connectors consist of two parts: the application-specific component and the connector framework. The application-specific component contains code tailored to a particular application or technology (in this case, i2). The connector framework, whose code is common to all connectors, acts as an intermediary between the integration broker--WebSphere InterChange Server (ICS), WebSphere MQ Integrator Broker (WMQI), or WebSphere Application Server (WAS)--and the application-specific component. The connector framework provides the following services between the integration broker and the application-specific component:

Note:
This document contains information about both the connector framework and the application-specific component. It refers to both of these as the connector.

For more information about the relationship of the integration broker to the connector, see the System Administration Guide (for ICS), Implementing Adapters with WebSphere MQ Integrator Broker, or Implementing Adapters with WebSphere Application Server.

This chapter contains the following sections:

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