Component Information for the iWay Application Protocol Adapter for LDAP

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The iWay Application Protocol Adapter for LDAP works in conjunction with one of the following components:

When hosted in an iWay environment, the adapter is configured through iWay Service Manager and iWay Explorer. iWay Explorer is used to configure adapter connections, create web services, and configure event capabilities.

When the adapter is hosted in a third party application server environment, iWay Explorer (used to configure LDAP server connections, create web services, and configure event capabilities) can be configured to work in a web services environment in conjunction with iBSP.

Component Information Roadmap

The following table lists the deployment component and the location of component information for the iWay Application Protocol Adapter for LDAP.

Deployed Component

For more information, see

iWay Service Manager

Appendix A of this guide

iWay Service Manager User's Guide

iWay Explorer

Chapters 3, 4, 5, and 6 of this guide

iWay Service Manager User's Guide

iWay Business Services Provider (iBSP)

iWay Installation and Configuration

iWay Service Manager

iWay Service Manager is the heart of the Universal Adapter Framework and is an open transport service bus. Service Manager uses graphical tools to create sophisticated integration services without writing custom integration code by:

  • Creating metadata from target applications.
  • Transforming and mapping interfaces.
  • Managing stateless processes.

Its capability to manage complex adapter interactions makes it ideally suited to be the foundation of a service-oriented architecture.

iWay Explorer

iWay Explorer uses a tree metaphor to introspect the LDAP entries. The explorer enables you to create XML schemas and web services for the associated entry. In addition, you can create ports and channels to listen for events. External applications that access the iWay Application Protocol Adapter for LDAP use either XML schemas or web services to pass data between the external application and the adapter.

iWay Business Services Provider

The iWay Business Services Provider (iBSP) exposes (as web services) enterprise assets that are accessible from adapters regardless of the programming language or the particular operating system.

iBSP simplifies the creation and execution of web services when running:

  • Custom and legacy applications.
  • Database queries and stored procedures.
  • Packaged applications.
  • Terminal emulation and screen-based systems.
  • Transactional systems.

Coupled with a platform and language independent messaging protocol called SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol), XML enables application development and integration by assembling previously built components from multiple web services.