The connector for COM is a run time component of the WebSphere Business Integration adapter for COM. The 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 applications, or Common Object Model (COM) components, running on a COM server.
Connectors consist of two components: 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 technology (in this case, COM) or application. The connector framework provides the following services between the integration broker and the application-specific component:
This document contains information about both the connector framework and the application-specific component. It refers to both of these components as the connector.