This chapter documents the components of the WebSphere Business Integration Adapters in the Mainframe Adapter Suite (MAS) and presents a high-level description of how the connectors work. It contains the following sections:
The connectors for MAS are runtime components of the WebSphere Business Integration Adapters in the MAS. The connectors allow the WebSphere integration broker to exchange business objects with MAS legacy-enabled business processes.
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 IBM WebSphere InterChange Server System Administration Guide, or the IBM WebSphere Business Integration Adapters Implementation Guide for WebSphere MQ Integrator Broker.
All WebSphere business integration adapters operate with an integration broker. The connectors for MAS operate with both the InterChange Server (ICS) and WebSphere MQ Integrator Broker integration brokers.
The connectors for MAS allow the ICS or WebSphere MQ Integrator Broker integration broker to exchange business objects with applications that send or receive data in MAS legacy formats