Introducing Application Integration

Introduction to Application Integration

Adapters

Easy and Fast Integration with Enterprise Information Systems

Compliance with the J2EE Connector Architecture

Scalable, Reliable, and Secure Integration Framework

Application Views

Application View Control

How Do Adapters Fit Into the WebLogic Architecture?

Understanding Application Integration

The Application Integration Lifecycle

Understanding Adapters

Supported Operations

Understanding Application Views

Main Features of Application Views

Use of XML as a Common Language Among Applications

Use of Service and Event Definitions to Expose Application Capabilities

Use of XML Schemas to Define the Data for Services and Events

Support of Bidirectional Communication in Adapters

Application Integration Service Clients and Event Consumers

Clients for Service Invocations

Event Consumers

Understanding Design-Time GUIs

Creating Application Views Using a Design GUI

Managing Application Views with the Console

When to Define Application Views and When to Write Custom Code

When to Define Application Views

When to Write Custom Code Instead of Defining Application Views

EIS Metadata, Schemas, and Repositories

Schemas

Repositories

Tools for Integration Solutions

BEA Application Explorer

Application Integration Design Console

BEA WebLogic Workshop

WebLogic Integration Administration Console

Run-Time Processing of Services and Events

Processing Service Invocations at Run Time

Processing Synchronous Service Invocations

Processing Asynchronous Service Invocations

Processing Event Notifications at Run Time

Roles, Responsibilities, and Tasks

Roles and Responsibilities

Application Integration Specialists

EIS Specialists

Technology Specialists

Process for Creating Integration Solutions

Phase 1: Design the Solution

Step 1: Define the Components of the Solution

Step 2: Create a Detailed, End-to-End Design of the Solution

Phase 2: Build the Solution

Phase 3: Deploy and Manage the Solution

Where To Go From Here

Understanding the ADK

Design-Time Framework

Run-Time Framework

Logging and Auditing Framework

Packaging Framework

Understanding the Development Kit Adapters

How the Kit Adapters Were Developed

How to Use the Kit Adapters

DBMS Adapter

Sample Adapter