Overview of the connector

This chapter describes the connector component of the IBM WebSphere Business Integration Adapter for mySAP.com (SAP R/3 Version 4.x). The connector enables an integration broker to exchange business objects with SAP applications.

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 CrossWorlds System Administration Guide (if InterChange Server is the integration broker), or the WebSphere Business Integration Adapters Implementation Guide for MQ Integrator (if WebSphere MQ Integrator is the integration broker).

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