Adapter Lifecycle


The following is an overview of the adapter lifecycle. More information is available in Chapter 4, Adapter Lifecycle.

  1. The vendor application to which the adapter connects should be installed prior to installing the adapter. For many adapters, the adapter and vendor application need not be installed on the same machine.
  2. Adapters depend on other software from TIBCO. Before installing an adapter, the TIBCO Runtime Agent™ software must be installed on each computer on which the adapter runs. See Overview for details.
  3. Create an adapter instance and save it in a project using TIBCO Designer™. A project contains configuration information required for a run-time adapter to interact with the vendor application and other applications.
  4. Deploy the adapter. There are two ways to deploy an adapter instance, using TIBCO Administrator Enterprise Edition or using TIBCO Administrator Repository Edition.
  5. If you are using the adapter in a TIBCO BusinessWorks project, you must use TIBCO Administrator Enterprise Edition.

    1. Using TIBCO Designer, create an Enterprise Archive (EAR) file, which contains information about the adapter instances and processes you wish to deploy.
    2. Using TIBCO Administrator Enterprise Edition, upload the EAR, then deploy the adapter on the machine(s) of your choice. You can set runtime options before deployment.
    3. Using TIBCO Administrator, start and stop the adapter.
    4. Monitor the adapter using the built-in monitoring tools provided by TIBCO Administrator.
    5. If you are using the adapter standalone, use TIBCO Administrator Repository Edition to manage adapter projects.

    6. Using TIBCO Designer, export the project to a repository server.
    7. Create an adapter properties file and in it provide the location of the project repository and adapter instance. You can also set runtime options in the properties file.
    8. Invoke the runtime adapter against the property file on the command line.
    9. Monitor the adapter using the TIBCO Hawk™ microagents, which allow you to get information about the adapter and manage it by setting certain parameters during run-time.

TIBCO Adapter™ Concepts
April 2005
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