This chapter describes the connector component of the IBM WebSphere Business Integration Adapter for Retek and the relevant business integration system architecture. This chapter includes the following topics:
The connector enables an integration broker--IBM WebSphere InterChange Server (ICS), WebSphere MQ Integrator Broker (WMQI), or WebSphere Application Server (WAS)--to exchange business objects with a Retek 10 RIB-enabled application that supports Oracle RDBMS 9i on a UNIX (Solaris, AIX 5.2, HP) or Windows platform.
The adapter includes the following:
Connectors consist of two parts: the application-specific component and the connector framework. The application-specific component contains code tailored to a particular application (in this case, Retek). The connector framework, whose code is common to all connectors, acts as an intermediary between the integration broker and the application-specific component, providing the following services:
For more information about the relationship of the integration broker to the connector, see the System Administration Guide (for ICS), Implementing Adapters with WebSphere MQ Integrator Broker, or Implementing Adapters with WebSphere Application Server.