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► Technology Adapters
These adapters deliver file and database connectivity solutions:
– Email
– Flat Files
– File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
– Java Database Connectivity (JDBC)
► WBI Adapters
These adapters use an asynchronous stand alone runtime architecture (the
WBI Framework) with WebSphere MQ or JMS as the underlying transport
protocol. Originally designed for WebSphere InterChange Server (WICS),
they remain available for WebSphere Message Broker, WebSphere ESB, and
WebSphere Process Server users transitioning from WebSphere InterChange
Server or WebSphere Business Integration Server.
WebSphere Adapters are used with the WebSphere Adapter Toolkit, an
Eclipse-based toolkit, to enable customers and business partners to develop
custom JCA adapters to meet unique business requirements. The toolkit helps to
create either a basic JCA 1.5 adapter, or an adapter that uses the additional
capabilities of the Adapter Foundation Classes used by WebSphere Adapters.
The 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
WebSphere Software.
For more information about IBM WebSphere Adapters, see the following Web
page:
http://www.ibm.com/software/integration/wbiadapters/
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