WebSphere Adapter for PeopleSoft Enterprise establishes
bidirectional connectivity with the PeopleSoft Enterprise server by
connecting to two PeopleTools application programming interfaces as follows:
- The adapter accesses the primary API layer to create a session instance
and to connect to the application server through the Jolt port.
- The adapter then accesses the PeopleSoft Component Interface API, which
reveals underlying business data, logic, and functionality.
In PeopleSoft, a component is a set of pages grouped together for
a business purpose (such as an employee profile), and a component interface
is an API that provides synchronous access to a component from an external
application. Once the adapter connects to the component interface, the following
entities are exposed to the adapter and available for integration:
- All business objects in the component interface definition
- PeopleCode methods associated with the underlying components
- Records, except searches and menu-specific processing options