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Chapter 1 Introduction : TIBCO Adapters and TIBCO Adapter SDK

TIBCO Adapters and TIBCO Adapter SDK
A TIBCO Adapter integrates a third-party source or target application with TIBCO ActiveEnterprise applications in an event-driven, decoupled manner.
TIBCO Software Inc. has released a large number of adapter products, which can integrate applications with TIBCO Rendezvous or TIBCO Enterprise Message Service and ultimately with an event-driven enterprise. TIBCO Adapter SDK can also be used to build a custom adapter for the application to be integrated.
Adapter SDK Class Library
All TIBCO adapter products are built on top of the TIBCO Adapter SDK. If no adapter is available for an application to be integrated with an enterprise, the Adapter SDK can be used to build a custom adapter.
The Adapter SDK class library allows developers to implement an adapter for their source or target application. The SDK itself encapsulates much of the required behavior. Developers specify configuration and metadata information and implement certain methods and subclasses. The class libraries are available in C++ and Java. The two APIs are similar. Minor differences are highlighted as appropriate throughout this manual.
Benefits of Using TIBCO Adapter SDK
Using the TIBCO Adapter SDK to create a custom adapter has the following advantages:

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