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The

 

connector

 

has

 

been

 

designed

 

following

 

the

 

meta-data

 

design

 

principles

 

as

 

outlined

 

in

 

the

 

 

 

 

 

Java.

 

This

 

means

 

that

 

existing

 

application-specific

 

business

 

objects

 

can

 

be

 

extended

 

and

 

customized

 

and

 

new

 

business

 

objects

 

can

 

be

 

defined

 

without

 

requiring

 

additional

 

coding

 

or

 

customization

 

in

 

the

 

connector

 

code.

 

The

 

following

 

diagram

 

illustrates

 

the

 

Siebel

 

connector

 

architecture.

    

 

 

 

 

This

 

section

 

describes

 

how

 

meta-data

 

enhances

 

the

 

connector’s

 

flexibility,

 

and

 

presents

 

a

 

high-level

 

description

 

of

 

business

 

object

 

processing

 

and

 

event

 

notification.

 

 

 

 

 

The

 

connector

 

is

 

meta-data-driven.

 

Meta-data

 

is

 

application-specific

 

data

 

that

 

is

 

stored

 

in

 

business

 

objects

 

and

 

that

 

assists

 

the

 

connector

 

in

 

its

 

interaction

 

with

 

the

 

application.

 

A

 

meta-data-driven

 

connector

 

handles

 

each

 

business

 

object

 

that

 

it

 

supports

 

based

 

on

 

meta-data

 

encoded

 

in

 

the

 

business

 

object

 

definition

 

rather

 

than

 

on

 

instructions

 

hardcoded

 

in

 

the

 

connector.

 

A

 

business

 

object

 

corresponds

 

to

 

a

 

Siebel

 

business

 

component.

 

For

 

more

 

information

 

about

 

business

 

objects,

 

see

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Business

 

object

 

meta-data

 

includes

 

the

 

structure

 

of

 

a

 

business

 

object,

 

the

 

settings

 

of

 

its

 

attribute

 

properties,

 

and

 

the

 

content

 

of

 

its

 

application-specific

 

information.

 

Because

 

the

 

connector

 

is

 

meta-data

 

driven,

 

it

 

can

 

handle

 

new

 

or

 

modified

 

business

 

objects

 

without

 

requiring

 

modifications

 

to

 

the

 

connector

 

code.

 

CWConnector API

Siebel connector agent

Integration broker

Siebel
Java
data bean

User interface

Event
notification

BOHandler

Siebel enterprise server

Siebel client administration manager

WebSphere InterChange Server

event and archive store

Siebel business objects

Siebel eBusiness application

Via CW Event and

CW Archive

usiness

components

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Chapter

 

1.

 

Overview