Some adapters use a design-time adapter (DTA) to access a vendor application and return design-time configuration information. The palette is a client of the DTA process. The DTA connects to the vendor application, fetches data schemas and sends them to the palette.
The next diagram shows components used at design-time for adapters that provide a design-time adapter. The DTA uses the application’s native client libraries to access schema from the application. The palette (in TIBCO Designer) communicates with the DTA.
Not all adapters require a design-time adapter. Where possible, the adapter palette communicates directly with the application’s native client libraries as shown in the next diagram.
At run-time, the adapter uses the native client libraries to communicate with the vendor application. This shown in the next diagram.
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