The Adapter for PeopleSoft Enterprise establishes
bidirectional connectivity with the PeopleSoft Enterprise server by
connecting to two PeopleTools application programming interfaces as
follows:
- The adapter accesses the primary API layer to create a session
instance and to connect to the application server through the Jolt
port.
- The adapter then accesses the PeopleSoft Component Interface API,
which reveals underlying business objects, logic, and functions.
In PeopleSoft, a component is a set of pages grouped together
for a business purpose (such as an employee profile), and a component
interface is an API that provides synchronous access to a component
from an external application. After the adapter connects to the component
interface, the following entities are exposed to the adapter and available
for integration:
- All business objects in the component interface definition
- PeopleCode methods associated with the underlying components
- Records, except searches and menu-specific processing options
For more information, see the following topics.