Resource Adapters
Resource adapters allow your application to communicate
with the source files in the enterprise information system (EIS).
Resource Adapters
A resource adapter is a system-level software driver that is used by a Java™ application to connect to an EIS. The resource adapters reside on the application server and provide connectivity between the EIS, the application server, and the enterprise application. Applications deployed on the application server communicate with the resource adapter using the Common Client Interface (CCI). The RAR contains all the information necessary for installing, configuring, and running a JCA Resource Adapter; they can be provided by and used by any vendor, as long as they comply with the J2EE Java Connector Architecture specification.
Types of resource adapters available to you include:
- CICS® ECI Adapter
- IMS™ resource adapter
- Message Format Service (MFS)
- WebSphere® Adapters:
- PeopleSoft: For information about and configuration instructions on using the WebSphere Application server for PeopleSoft, see Adapter for PeopleSoft
- SAP: For information about and configuration instructions on the WebSphere Application server for SAP, see Adapter for SAP
- Siebel: For information about and configuration instructions on the WebSphere Application server for Siebel, seeAdapter for Siebel
- JD Edwards: For information about and configuration instructions on the WebSphere Application server for JD Edwards, seeAdapter for JDEdwards
- Oracle: For information about and configuration instructions on the WebSphere Application server for Oracle, see Adapter for Oracle
- WebSphere Optimized Local Adapters (WOLA)