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J2EE Connector Architecture
In the information technology environment, enterprise applications generally access
functions and data associated with Enterprise Information Systems (EIS). This
traditionally has been performed using non-standard, vendor-specific architectures.
When multiple vendors are involved, the number of architectures involved exponentiate
the complexity of the enterprise application environment. With the introduction of the
Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) 1.3 Platform and the J2EE Connector Architecture
(Connectors) 1.0 standards, this task has been greatly simplified.
VisiConnect, the Borland implementation of the Connectors 1.0 standard, provides a
simplified environment for integrating various EISs with the Borland Enterprise Server.
The Connectors provides a solution for integrating J2EE-platform application servers
and EISs, leveraging the strengths of the J2EE platform - connection, transaction and
security infrastructure - to address the challenges of EIS integration. With the
Connectors, EIS vendors need not customize integration to their platforms for each
application server. Through VisiConnect's strict conformance to the Connectors, the
Borland Enterprise Server itself requires no customization in order to support
integration with a new EIS.
Connectors enables EIS vendors to provide standard Resource Adapters for their
EISs. These Resource Adapters are deployed to the Borland Enterprise Server, each
providing the integration implementation between the EIS and the Borland Enterprise
Server. With VisiConnect, the Borland Enterprise Server ensures access to
heterogeneous EISs. In turn, the EIS vendors need provide only one standard
Connectors-compliant resource adapter. By default, this resource adapter has the
capability to deploy to the Borland Enterprise Server.
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