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35<br />

CHAPTER 35<br />

Connector Architecture<br />

<strong>The</strong> Connector architecture enables <strong>Java</strong> <strong>EE</strong> components to interact with enterprise<br />

information systems (EISs) and EISs to interact with <strong>Java</strong> <strong>EE</strong> components. EIS software<br />

includes various types of systems: enterprise resource planning (ERP), mainframe transaction<br />

processing, and nonrelational databases, among others. Connector architecture simplifies the<br />

integration of diverse EISs. Each EIS requires only one implementation of the Connector<br />

architecture. Because an implementation adheres to the Connector specification, it is portable<br />

across all compliant <strong>Java</strong> <strong>EE</strong> servers.<br />

About Resource Adapters<br />

A resource adapter is a <strong>Java</strong> <strong>EE</strong> component that implements the Connector architecture for a<br />

specific EIS. As illustrated in Figure 35–1, the resource adapter facilitates communication<br />

between a <strong>Java</strong> <strong>EE</strong> application and an EIS.<br />

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