IBM WebSphere Adapter Toolkit tasks

The tasks range from installing the toolkit, samples, and Adapter Foundation

Classes (using the Eclipse Update Manager in WebSphereIntegration Developer) to

implementing and validating your code.

Table1. WebSphere Adapter Toolkit tasks
Task Taskdescription
ValidateWebSphere Adapter Toolkit installation
requirements
See the developerWorkssite for WebSphere Adapter Toolkit for
hardware and software prerequisitesfor the toolkit and for
specific information on how to integrate the toolkit into the
version of WebSphereIntegration Developer or Rational®
Application Developer for WebSphereSoftware that is installed
on your system.
Note: Make sure you select the tab for version 6.2 of the
WebSphereAdapter Toolkit.
Installing WebSphereAdapter Toolkit Youdo not run an installer program for the toolkit. Instead, you
bring the toolkit, the samples, and the adapter foundation classes
(including the Javadoc for the Adapter Foundation Classes and
the Javadoc for DESPI and EMD) into WebSphereIntegration
Developer by launching the Eclipse Update Manager.
Access the Javadoc for the Adapter Foundation
Classes, EMD 1.1 and DESPI.
Toaccess the Javadoc, perform the following steps:
1. From the RationalApplication Developer for WebSphere
Software or WebSphereIntegration Developer menu, select
Help →Help Contents
2. Choose WebsphereAdapter Toolkit documentation and then
select the Javadoc you want to view.
Note: Toview the Javadoc for JCA 1.5, go to the download
section of the J2EE Connector Architecturesite.
Using the New J2C ResourceAdapter Project
wizard
How to launch it, specify properties, choose generation options,
and generate classes.
Using the ResourceAdapter Deployment
Descriptor editor
How to launch it, display features, change and add properties,
and edit source.
Implementing code stubs Atopic-by-topic guide to implementing the generated code.
Validatingcode How to validate your code.
Exporting the resource adapter How to export a standalone (RAR file) or embedded (EAR file)
resource adapter.
IBM WebSphere Adapter Toolkit installation requirements

The WebSphereAdapter Toolkit installation has operating system requirements and

hardware requirements.

Among the requirements are a Windowsor Linux operating system and successful

installation of WebSphereIntegration Developer.

Operating system requirements

Make sure that you meet the operating system requirements shown in the table.

Operating system Versions
Linux Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS/ES/WS 3 Update 4, Version 3.0
SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server (SLES and SLSS), Version 9.0
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