Overview
IBM WebSphere® Adapter Toolkit enables customers and business partners to develop custom J2EE Connector Architecture (JCA) adapters to meet unique business requirements. The toolkit helps to create either a basic JCA 1.5 adapter, or an adapter that leverages the additional capabilities of the Adapter Foundation Classes utilized by WebSphere Adapters. The Eclipse-based toolkit includes the following:
- A wizard to create a connector project including the Java™ code for the appropriate adapter classes.
- The Adapter Foundation Classes that provide a consistent implementation for WebSphere Adapters based on JCA 1.5.
- A graphical Resource Adapter Deployment Descriptor Editor to ease creation and modification of the resource adapter deployment descriptor file.
- Two sample adapters and associated enterprise applications are provided with source.
- The Twineball sample adapter, which leverages the Adapter Foundation Classes implements the Enterprise Metadata Discovery (EMD) specification for wizard-driven configuration and the Data Exchange Service Provider Interface (DESPI) contracts for exchanging data efficiently.
- The KiteString sample adapter, based directly on the JCA 1.5 and EMD interface specifications, implements the Enterprise Metadata Discovery (EMD) specification for wizard-driven configuration and the javax.resource.cci.Record interface for exchanging data.
IBM WebSphere Adapter Toolkit is provided as a no-fee download from IBM developerWorks to customers and business partners who secure licenses to WebSphere Integration Developer and Rational Application Developer.
For additional information on WebSphere Adapter development, including implementation through deployment, please see the Redbook: WebSphere Adapter Development.
System Requirements
- WebSphere Integration Developer Version 6.1
- Corresponding version of Rational Application Developer
Languages
English
Documentation
To access the WebSphere Adapter Toolkit User Guide:
- Register for and install WebSphere Adapter Toolkit.
- Start WebSphere Integration Developer or Rational Application Developer.
- Select Help => Help Contents from the menu bar.
- Select WebSphere Adapter Toolkit Documentation.
- Click on the User guide link to view the documentation.
Adapter Foundation Classes Utility Tool
The Adapter Foundation Classes Utility Tool can help you add or update the Adapter Foundation Class Jar file located inside your current adapter RAR file. The Adapter Foundation Classes Utility Tool Wizard and the User Guide are located in the folder:
<WID Install Location>/plugins /com.ibm.j2ca.wat.afc_6.1.0/AFCUtility/disk1 .
Register for WebSphere Adapter Toolkit 6.1.0.
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