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Overview of WebSphere Adapter for Lotus Domino
With WebSphere Adapter for Lotus Domino , you can create modules that can exchange information with the Lotus Domino server. The adapter provides bidirectional exchange of business data between Service Component Architecture applications and the Lotus Domino server. The business data can be Domino documents such as a calendar entry, to-do item, or a note.
The adapter enables two-way communication between an application running on IBM BPM or WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus and a database. Using the adapter, an application can send requests to create, update, delete, or retrieve the documents in a database. The adapter has a built-in mechanism to support Enterprise Metadata Discovery (EMD), complex and rich text fields, and attachments in a document.
The adapter is imported and configured in a module that is created in your development environment and deployed to your application server or integration broker. After configuration, the adapter acts like a service provider in part of a SOA implementation and provides operations to retrieve or create documents in a Domino database. Client applications interact with the module instead of directly with the Lotus Domino server. This configuration gives the benefit of shielding the authentication details (such as user name and password) that you provide when you set up a module from the client applications and services outside of the module. The adapter exposes a service interface that hides the mechanics of how the data or operations are obtained or performed.
With WebSphere Adapter for Lotus Domino software, you can automatically generate an interface to the Lotus Domino server to hide the lower-level details of the function. Depending on how you want to use the adapter, you can embed it with the deployed module, or install the adapter as a stand-alone component, to be used by more than one application. The adapter is deployed to IBM BPM or WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus. The application component interacts with the adapter instead of with the Lotus Domino server.
Figure 1. An application component calls the WebSphere Adapter for Lotus Domino, and the adapter interacts with the Lotus Domino server to obtain the data.
The adapter, which you generate with the external service wizard of Integration Designer, uses a standard interface and standard data objects. The adapter takes the standard data object sent by the application component and calls the Lotus Domino server. The adapter then returns a standard data object to the application component. The application component does not have to deal directly with the Lotus Domino server. It is the WebSphere Adapter for Lotus Domino that calls the function and returns the results.
The module created is a reusable unit designed to complete a specific inbound or outbound service. Each module uses a consistent interface and standard business objects, so applications consuming the service do not have to understand the lower-level details of the Lotus Domino server.
- Hardware and software requirements
The hardware and software requirements for WebSphere Adapters are provided on the IBM Support website. - Technical overview of WebSphere Adapter for Lotus Domino
The adapter supports bidirectional exchange of business data between business applications and the Lotus Domino server. The adapter provides outbound and inbound processing under the Java™ Platform, Enterprise Edition (JEE) Connector Architecture (JCA) and integrates with Service Component Architecture components.