Component Information for the iWay Application Adapter for mySAP ERP

In this section:

The iWay Application Adapter for mySAP ERP works in conjunction with one of the following components:

When hosted in an iWay environment, the adapter is configured through iWay Service Manager and iWay Explorer. iWay Explorer is used to configure adapter connections, create Web services, and configure event capabilities.

When the adapter is hosted in a third party application server environment, iWay Explorer (used to configure SAP connections, create Web services, and configure event capabilities) can be configured to work in a Web services environment in conjunction with iBSP or JCA. When working in a JCA environment, the connector uses the Common Client Interface (CCI) to provide fast integration services using adapters instead of using Web services.


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Component Information Roadmap

The following table lists the deployment component and the location of component information for the iWay Application Adapter for mySAP ERP.

Deployed Component

For more information, see

iWay Service Manager

Chapter 9 of this guide

iWay Service Manager User's Guide

iWay Explorer

Chapters 4, 5, 6, and 7 of this guide

iWay Service Manager User's Guide

iWay Business Services Provider (iBSP)

iWay Installation and Configuration Guide

iWay Enterprise Connector for J2EE Connector Architecture (JCA)

iWay Installation and Configuration Guide



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iWay Service Manager

iWay Service Manager is the heart of the Universal Adapter Framework and is an open transport service bus. Service Manager uses graphical tools to create sophisticated integration services without writing custom integration code by:

Its capability to manage complex adapter interactions makes it ideally suited to be the foundation of a service-oriented architecture.


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iWay Explorer

iWay Explorer uses a tree metaphor to introspect the SAP system metadata. The explorer enables you to create XML schemas and Web services for the associated object. In addition, you can create ports and channels to listen for events in SAP. External applications that access SAP through the iWay Application Adapter for mySAP ERP use either XML schemas or Web services to pass data between the external application and the adapter.


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iWay Business Services Provider

The iWay Business Services Provider (iBSP) exposes—as Web services—enterprise assets that are accessible from adapters regardless of the programming language or the particular operating system.

iBSP simplifies the creation and execution of Web services when running:

Coupled with a platform and language independent messaging protocol called SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol), XML enables application development and integration by assembling previously built components from multiple Web services.


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Enterprise Connector for J2EE Connector Architecture (JCA)

The Enterprise Connector for J2EE Connector Architecture (JCA) enables developers of JCA-compliant applications to deploy adapters as JCA resources. The connector is supported on J2EE-compliant application servers, such as your application server.

The Connector for JCA is distributed as a standard Resource Adapter Archive (RAR) for deployment to the application server. Thus, the connector can be used in systems that are non-compliant, although services such as pooled connections are not available.


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