Ibm Websphere Adapter Toolkit Technology Overviews; Ibm Websphere Adapters - IBM WebSphere Adapters User Manual

The development process using the IBM WebSphere Adapter Toolkit includes the
following as shown in the illustration:
1. Run the New JCA Resource Adapter Project wizard.
2. Use the Resource Adapter Deployment Descriptor Editor to configure your
3. Implement the code to correctly interface with your enterprise information
4. Export the resource adapter as a resource adapter archive (RAR) or enterprise
The purpose of this documentation
Adapter development requires a great deal of software engineering, which varies
from customer to customer. The process of integrating adapter functionality into
your business processes will require you to design, build and test the solution that
utilizes the adapter. The purpose of the WebSphere Adapter Toolkit documentation
is to lay out the requirements of the architecture and provide guidance on how
and when to implement the various facets of it, so that you can apply your
engineering discipline to the adapter-specific requirements, capabilities and
architecture.

IBM WebSphere Adapter Toolkit technology overviews

The IBM WebSphere Adapter Toolkit helps developers implement the Adapter
Foundation Classes, which establish a WebSphere Adapter standard for building
resource adapters that conform to the Java 2 Connector Architecture (JCA) 1.5
specification.

IBM WebSphere Adapters

An IBM WebSphere Adapter implements the Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE)
Connector architecture (JCA), version 1.5. Also known as resource adapters or JCA
adapters, WebSphere Adapters enable managed, bidirectional connectivity between
enterprise information systems (EIS) and J2EE components supported by multiple
server runtime environments, including WebSphere Process Server and WebSphere
Application Server.
IBM WebSphere adapters support outbound request processing and inbound event
processing.
Note: IBM WebSphere adapters support outbound and inbound processing for
WebSphere Process Server and outbound processing only for WebSphere Application
Server.
Outbound processing refers to a process in which request data flows from a client
application to the EIS. In an outbound processing scenario, the adapter acts as the
connector between the application component and the EIS. The adapter provides a
set of standard operations, which process either after-image or delta style business
objects. An outbound request can read data from or write data to the EIS.
Inbound event processing refers to a process that is initiated by an event on the
EIS. In inbound event processing the adapter converts events generated from the
EIS into business objects and sends the business object to the client application.
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The wizard generates a resource adapter deployment descriptor and code. The
code can include sequence of calls, log and trace messages and comments.
deployment descriptor.
system (EIS).
application archive (EAR) file.