Web services connector

This chapter describes the web services connector and how to configure it.

All WebSphere business integration connectors operate with an integration broker. The web services connector operates with the IBM WebSphere InterChange Server integration broker, which is described in the Technical Introduction to IBM WebSphere InterChange Server.

A connector is a runtime component of an adapter. 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 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.

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