Overview of the connector

This chapter describes the connector component of the IBM WebSphere Business Integration Adapter for PeopleSoft. The connector enables an integration broker to exchange business objects with PeopleSoft version 8 applications that use PeopleTools Version 8.14 or later.

Connectors 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 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 connector framework and the application-specific component, which it refers to as the connector. It contains the following sections:

For more information about the relationship of the integration broker to the connector, see the IBM WebSphere InterChange Server System Administration Guide, or the Implementation Guide for MQ Integrator.

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