This chapter provides an overview of the connector component of the IBM WebSphere Business Integration Adapter for Portal Infranet and includes the following sections:
Connectors consist of two parts: the connector framework and the application-specific component. The connector framework, whose code is common to all connectors, acts as an intermediary between the integration broker and the application-specific component. The application-specific component contains code tailored to a particular application. The connector framework provides the following services between the integration broker and the application-specific component:
This document contains information about the connector framework and the application-specific component, which it refers to as the connector.
The connector enables WebSphere MQ Integrator Broker or IBM WebSphere InterChange Server (ICS) to communicate with Portal Infranet version 6.1.0 through the exchange of business objects. The Infranet application is a set of software programs developed by Portal Infranet software for managing customer accounts. Customer information, such as account numbers and billing information, is stored in the Infranet database.
The connector and the Portal Infranet application communicate using the Infranet socket-based API. The connector handles transactions using the functions provided by the Infranet API, and the Infranet application notifies the integration broker (WebSphere MQ Integrator Broker or ICS) through the event module when changes occur.
The connector works with the Infranet application on an Oracle database only.