vCIS Back Bus--used by applications to create a bulk import/export interface for data transfers.

vCIS Single Sign-On--a standard set of Java interfaces used by Web applications to authenticate users against a central authentication. store.

The i2 connector interacts with the CIS Front Bus using the CIS Client API provided by i2 along with its CIS adapters. CIS Client API is the implementation of JCA Common Client Interface. CIS adapters operate based on CIS metadata information using the various bindings.

The following diagram shows the i2 connector and components of the i2 framework.

I2 Application modules Ex:OM

CIS server

CIS message

CIS agent

CIS adapter

 

Integration broker

XML DH

WBIA API

I2 connector

Event notification

 

BOHandler

 

 

 

The following table describes the terminology used for the components of the i2 connector and framework.

Component

Description

 

 

CIS

Common Integration Services provided by i2 to enable connectivity

 

between the external applications and i2 application modules

 

 

OM

Order Management, just an example of an i2 application module

 

 

CIS agent

CIS server application that runs on a central server. It maintains

 

connection information about client applications and manages and

 

monitors all the client applications that are part of the solution. The CIS

 

adapter and i2 application modules register with the CIS agent.

 

 

JCA CCI

Java Connector Architecture’s Common Client Interface

 

 

CIS adapter

i2’s CIS Client API and implementation of JCA-CCI

 

 

WBIA API

API used by the i2 connector to communicate with the designated

 

integration broker.

 

 

integration

A program that handles the execution of the business object processing

broker

logic. Supported brokers are ICS and WMQI.

 

 

XML DH

IBM’s data handler (DH) used to transform XML messages to the IBM

 

business objects and vice versa. You need to configure the XML DH for

 

use with the i2 connector.

 

 

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