Overview of the connector

The connector for mySAP.com is a run time component of the WebSphere Business Integration Adapter for mySAP.com. The mySAP.com Adapter includes a connector, message files, configuration tools, and an Object Discovery Agent (ODA). The connector allows the WebSphere integration broker to exchange business objects with SAP applications.

A connector consists 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:

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

For more information about the relationship of the integration broker to the connector, see the System Administration Guide (if InterChange Server is the integration broker), Implementing Adapters with WebSphere Message Brokers (if a message broker is the integration broker), or Implementing Adapters with WebSphere Application Server (if WebSphere Application Server is the integration broker).

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