Communication Channel (Adapter Type WS)

Use in Direct and Enhanced Communication

You can use a communication channel with adapter type WS for direct communication between two components, as well for enhanced communication using the Integration Server.

• Use a receiver channel for direct communication and assign it to a direct connection.

  In this case the sender system functions as Web service consumer and the receiver system as Web service provider.

• For communication using the Integration Server you require a sender or a receiver channel, depending on whether you want to configure the inbound processing of the outbound processing in the Integration Server.

  If you configure inbound processing in the Integration Server, the sender system functions as Web service consumer and the Integration Server as Web service provider.

  If you configure outbound processing in the Integration Server, the Integration Server functions as Web service consumer and the receiver system as Web service provider.

  Caution

  You cannot use this adapter type to configure using the Advanced Adapter Engine.

In the following graphic shows the configurable communication scenarios and the relevant configuration objects.

You can use the same communication channel (adapter type WS) for both direct and enhanced communication using the Integration Server. If you want to use the channel for direct communication, assign it to a direct connection, if you want to use it for enhanced communication, assign it to a receiver agreement. The following conditions must first be fulfilled to be able to reuse a channel:

• The communication party in the key of the communication channel must be generic (wildcard symbol *).

• The communication party in the key of the direct connection and the receiver agreement on the side must be different from each other.

Communication Channel Attributes

You specify the following communication details using a communication channel with adapter type WS :

• Settings that control access of the Web service consumer to the metadata (WSDL)of the Web service end point (only for receiver channels).

• Security settings for communication between the Web service consumer and Web service provider.

  You can specify the fundamental communication security. Here you can specify whether the protocol HTTPS is to be used or if signing and encryption is to used in addition. Depending on the selected communication security, you can also specify in which way the Web service consumer is to authenticate themself with the Web service provider.