SAP Java Resource Adapter
Purpose
SAP Java Resource Adapter (SAP JRA) is a J2EE-compatible connector for SAP systems. It enables the integration of SAP systems (ABAP) with external SAP J2EE Application Servers. SAP JRA implements the standard J2EE interfaces for SAP Java Connector (SAP JCo), thus simplifying communication between heterogeneous, distributed SAP J2EE landscapes and ABAP application servers.
You can use SAP JRA
to call remote functions in an ABAP system by executing
RFC calls using TCP/IP.
Implementation Notes
SAP JRA is an add-on for SAP JCo. It is delivered together with SAP Web AS as a sapjra.rar file. You can find this file in the installation directory.
//<SAPJ2EE Engine Installation>/usr/sap/<System ID>/sys/global/ra/sapjra.rar.
The .rar file contains the Java classes used in SAP JRA.
At present, the J2EE Connector Architecture 1.0 specifications are being implemented. For more information on J2EE and the J2EE Connector Architecture, go to java.sun.com/j2ee.
Restrictions
Inbound communication is not supported by SAP JRA at present.
More Information
SAP JRA for Client
Applications
SAP JRA Development
Guidelines
In Business Intelligence (BI), SAP offers various resource adapters for use with the BI Java SDK. These enable the applications that you develop with the BI Java SDK to communicate with heterogeneous data sources.