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Chapter 27: Using VisiConnect 287
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Chapter 27Using VisiConnect
The Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) Connector Architecture enables EIS
vendors and third-party application developers to develop Resource Adapters
that can be deployed to any application server supporting the J2EE 1.3
Platform Specification. The Resource Adapter provides platform-specific
integration between the J2EE component and the EIS. When a Resource
Adapter is deployed to the Borland Enterprise Server, it enables the
development of robust J2EE applications which can access a wide variety of
heterogeneous EISs. Resource Adapters encapsulate the Java components,
and if necessary, the native components required to interact with the EIS.
Important Before using VisiConnect, Borland recommends that you read the Connectors
1.0 specification.
Important For documentation updates, go to www.borland.com/techpubs/bes.
VisiConnect Container
The VisiConnect Container hosts Resource Adapters. Multiple Resource
Adapters can be deployed in the same container. The container is responsible
for making the connection factories of its deployed Resource Adapters
available to the client through JNDI. Thus, the client can look up the
connection factory for a specific Resource Adapter using JNDI.
VisiConnect can have multiple partitions. Partitions are defined and configured
as needed to deploy objects on the network. Custom partitions can be added
for VisiConnect Containers for various data sources (such as IBM CICS) and
support them separately from Resource Adapter development.