New Era of Networks adapters are a non-invasive way to integrate systems. An adapter serves as the entry and exit points that connect a source or target application data with any one of the integration servers using New Era of Networks technologies: New Era of Networks Rules, New Era of Networks Formatter, e-Biz Integrator, IBM MQ Series Integrator, and IBM WebSphere Integrator. New Era of Networks adapters also work with the following application servers: Sybase EAServer, IBM WebSphere Application Server, and BEA WebLogic Application Server.
The e-ADK, which provides you a way to minimize development and maintenance efforts, is a specialized C++ software development kit (SDK) used to build adapters. The e-ADK contains the SDK and the adapter runtime environment (ARE). You send only the ARE component with your completed adapter.
Additionally, e-ADK, release 3.9, uses open transport, which provides a transport and transaction manager independent interface for the application layer. Because the interface is the same regardless of the underlying transport, applications do not require a rewrite or recompile to accommodate a new transport.
The e-ADK provides the following benefits:
Consistent functionality.
A common user interface across platforms.
Simplified development of adapters that interface with web-based, packaged, and legacy applications.
Accommodation of a new transport without a rewrite or recompile.
Developer-customized adapter-specific error handling and exception handling.
