About this task
A message flow that uses one of the WebSphere Adapters requires the following
resources:
- One or more message flows that contain one or more WebSphere Adapters nodes
- An XML Schema Definition (XSD) for each business object in the Enterprise Information
System (EIS)
- An adapter component file for the WebSphere Adapter that is being used
- A library or application to contain these resources
The Adapter Connection wizard creates these resources automatically.
You
can take an adapter component that was created by using the Adapter
Connection wizard, and update it with newly discovered objects from
the EIS by running the Adapter Connection - Iterative Discovery wizard.
This facility is known as iterative discovery. You can
either add the new objects without modifying existing objects, or
replace existing objects. For more information, see Enhancing existing adapters with newly discovered objects.
The following steps describe how
to connect to an EIS.
What to do next
Using configurable services for WebSphere Adapters nodes
WebSphere Adapters nodes can
get connection details from either the adapter component or a configurable
service. By using configurable services, you can change the connection
details for adapters without the need to redeploy the adapters. For
more details about creating, changing, reporting, and deleting the
configurable services for each EIS, see the appropriate topic: