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Connector Architecture

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Connector Architecture

Connector Architecture
The Connector architecture enables Java EE components to interact with enterprise
information systems (EISs) and EISs to interact with Java EE components. EIS software
includes various types of systems: enterprise resource planning (ERP), mainframe transaction
processing, and nonrelational databases, among others. Connector architecture simplifies the
integration of diverse EISs. Each EIS requires only one implementation of the Connector
architecture. Because an implementation adheres to the Connector specification, it is portable
across all compliant Java EE servers.
About Resource Adapters
A resource adapter is a Java EE component that implements the Connector architecture for a
specific EIS. As illustrated in
Figure 35­1
, the resource adapter facilitates communication
between a Java EE application and an EIS.
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