WebSphere Business Integration adapters include several tools to assist you in creating and modifying connectors and business objects. These are listed and described in Table 6.
Table 6. WebSphere Business Adapters development tools.
Tool | Description | For more information |
---|---|---|
Adapter Development Kit | A separately-available kit that provides a set of
class libraries and utilities with which you can develop
connectors. |
See the Connector Development Guide for Java and the Connector Development Guide for C++. |
Connector Configurator | A graphical user interface used to configure connectors. | See the Connector Development Guide for Java and the Connector Development Guide for C++, or the adapter user guide for the connector you are deploying. |
Business Object Designer | A graphical user interface used for creating business object definitions both manually and from Object Discovery Agents (ODAs). | See the Business Object Development Guide. |
Object Discovery Agent Development Kit (ODK) | A set of APIs that let you create Object Discovery Agents (ODAs). ODAs identify business object requirements specific to a data source and generate definitions from those requirements. | See the Business Object Development Guide. |
Visual Test Connector | A tool that simulates the activities of a connector to allow you to test whether you have developed your business integration interfaces correctly. | See Appendix G, Using Visual Test Connector |