WebSphere Adapters, version 6.0, provide a service-oriented approach to integration with Enterprise Information Systems (EIS).
WebSphere Adapters are compliant with J2EE Connector Architecture (JCA 1.5). JCA is the J2EE standard for EIS connectivity. EIS Import and EIS Export provide SCA components with the uniform view of the services external to the module. This allows components to communicate with the variety of external EIS systems using the consistent SCA programming model. WebSphere Adapters are assembled in WebSphere Integration Developer from imported RAR files and then exported as an Enterprise Application Archive (EAR) file and deployed on WebSphere ESB.
Figure 1 shows a WebSphere Adapter managing the connectivity between a J2EE component supported by WebSphere ESB and the EIS. The WebSphere Adapter resides inside WebSphere ESB.
For information about developing applications using adapters see the WebSphere ESB information center at WebSphere Integration Developer Information Center .
For information about installing, deploying and configuring WebSphere Adapters see the WebSphere Adapters Information Center at WebSphere Adapters Information Center.
For information about developing WebSphere Adapters for WebSphere ESB, see (DeveloperWorks with the WebSphere Adapter Toolkit Guide).