Adapters
Purpose
Adapters enable the
Integration Engine to communicate with different application components.Introductory Notes
You only require an adapter to communicate with SAP systems older than Release 6.20 and with external systems. A direct system connection using proxies and without additional adapters is supported for SAP systems that are based on the SAP Web Application Server 6.20.
Features
Adapters connect the Integration Engine to SAP legacy systems, as well as to external systems.
In this way, SAP adapters integrate existing SAP components with
SAP Exchange Infrastructure, for example. In the process, XML and HTTP-based documents are converted to IDocs (IDoc adapter) and RFCs (RFC Adapter) and the other way around. This enables you to integrate your existing SAP infrastructure with the new SAP infrastructure that is based on system integration and the exchange of XML messages.The
plain HTTP adapter gives application systems the option of communicating with the Integration Engine and exchanging business data in a simple format, using an HTTP connection.Furthermore, the
Adapter Engine provides you with various adapters that you can use to connect external systems to your Integration Engine. You can use these adapters to convert XML and HTTP-based messages to the specific logs and formats of the respective external systems and the other way around.