Siebel Application Integration for Oracle Fusion Middleware Guide > Deploying Siebel Resource Adapters by Using SAI for Oracle Fusion Middleware >

About Resource Adapters

A resource adapter is a deployed adapter that communicates with an Enterprise Information System (EIS). The Siebel resource adapter is a system library specific to an EIS that provides connectivity to an EIS. It enables the external application to participate and function in one or more integration patterns without significant changes to the application. The primary integration patterns include:

• Data synchronization
• Online services
• Process automation

These three patterns are generic and cover most technologies, including mobile computing, E-Commerce, Web services, business process automation, supply chain automation, data integrity, and business intelligence. However, you can extend these patterns to include other integration patterns.

In SAI for Oracle Fusion Middleware, the Siebel Resource Adapter is the core Java EE component that provides the link between Siebel Business Applications and Oracle WebLogic Server and is compliant with the J2EE 1.5 Connector Architecture (JCA) specification.

For more information about:

• Resource adapters used in Oracle products, see Oracle® Fusion Middleware Programming Resource Adapters for Oracle WebLogic Server 11g Release 1 (10.3.1) in the Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g Release 1 Documentation Library.
• The Siebel Resource Adapter that is used for deploying SAI for Oracle Fusion Middleware and Siebel RESTful Services, see Integration Platform Technologies: Siebel Enterprise Application Integration.
• Deploying Siebel Resource Adapters, see Process of Deploying Siebel Resource Adapters Using SAI for Oracle Fusion Middleware.

About Siebel Resource Adapter Naming Conventions

If the JNDI name is siebel/SiebelResourceAdapter, then siebel and SiebelResourceAdapter are two different names that map as different inputs by using different annotations. However, if the name is separated by a period (.), then the name is considered to be single, and it is mapped to a single input.

About Siebel Resource Adapter Log Files

Each Siebel Resource Adapter has its own log file. The log file name is the same name as the resource adapter name appended with .log; that is, ra_name.log. The location of the log file depends on the value that you specify in the Siebel Resource Adapter Log Directory logging parameter for the Siebel Server. For information about this parameter, see Step 7 in Process of Deploying Siebel Resource Adapters Using SAI for Oracle Fusion Middleware.