Connector components

The IBM WebSphere Business Integration Adapter for PeopleSoft contains the connector and at least one PeopleSoft Business Component and Component Interface. Figure 1 shows the connector and its relationship to the PeopleSoft application.

Figure 1. Connector architecture


Connector for PeopleSoft 8

The connector, which is written in Java, complies with IBM business integration system standards for adapters. It establishes a PeopleSoft session object, and uses the standard connector methods to process components. The connector supports PeopleSoft 8.1 and 8.4.

Business components, component interfaces, and records

The connector requires a PeopleSoft Business Component and Component Interface for each hierarchical business object that it processes.

The adapter does not include PeopleSoft-specific business objects or the Component and Component Interface that must be associated with each business object. These objects must be created by the person who implements the connector. However, to assist in business-object development, the adapter includes a sample PeopleSoft-specific business object. This sample is located in the connectors\PeopleSoft\samples directory within the product directory. For information on creating a Component Interface and its corresponding business object, see "Component interface and business object relationship". For information on creating the required classes and methods, see "Generating APIs".

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Event-processing components

To enable event notification, the adapter provides the CW_EVENT_vX Project, which includes:

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