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Eclipse
An open source infrastructure for building tools such as an Integrated
Development Environment (IDE). The toolkit's wizard and editor are Eclipse
plug-ins.
Eclipse Plug-in
A module that extends the functionality of the Eclipse Platform
Editor
A component in Eclipse that allows data to be edited. Editors may perform
syntax validation.
Enterprise information system (EIS)
The applications that comprise an enterprise's existing system for handling
company-wide information. An enterprise information system offers a
well-defined set of services that are exposed as local or remote interfaces or
both.
Event
An occurrence of significance to a task or system. Events can include
completion or failure of an operation, a user action, or the change in state of a
process. Events generally result from user-defined triggers set on objects in the
EIS
IBM Rational Application Developer
An IBM application that provides a set of extensions to the base Eclipse
platform.
IBM WebSphere Adapter
A J2C Resource Adapter that is based on the Adapter Foundation Classes.
IBM WebSphere Process Server
Enables deployment of standards-based integration applications in a
service-oriented architecture (SOA).
IBM WebSphere Integration Developer
An IBM IDE.
Inbound
Inbound is a description of the direction in which data and messages pass
from the EIS to a J2EE client application. Adapters support both inbound and
outbound data flow.
JCA contract
A contract is a collaborative agreement between an application server and an
EIS on how to keep all system-level mechanisms, such as transactions, security,
and connection management, transparent from the application components.
J2EE J2C Resource Adapter
A system-level software driver that is used by an EJB container or an
application client to connect to an enterprise information system (EIS). A
resource adapter plugs in to a container; the application components deployed
on the container then use the client API (exposed by adapter) or
tool-generated, high-level abstractions to access the underlying EIS.
managed mode
An environment in which connections are obtained from connection factories
that the J2EE server has set up. Such connections are owned by the J2EE
server.
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