TIBCO ActiveEnterprise consists of core components, which are used by other TIBCO applications, and integration applications, which are built on top of the core components.
Adapters can be configured with TIBCO Designer, then implemented with the Adapter SDK. Completed SDK-based adapters can be loaded into TIBCO Designer so end users can perform instance configuration there.
A TIBCO Designer API enables adapter developers to create the appropriate custom interface for end users. Alternatively, end users can use the Generic Adapter Configuration included in TIBCO Designer.
TIBCO Designer provides an easy-to-use graphical user interface for creating integration projects. TIBCO Designer allows you to drag and drop components into a project and then configure each component. The project can then be saved and deployed for use during runtime.
TIBCO Adapter SDK allows writing code that does not assume a specific messaging product. The
TIBCO Adapter SDK Programmer’s Guide discusses when the endpoint configuration can be changed to assume a different protocol (and not change SDK-based program) without causing significant performance issues or other problems.
TIBCO Hawk is a tool for monitoring and managing distributed applications throughout the enterprise. With TIBCO Hawk, system administrators can monitor application parameters, behavior, and load activities for all nodes in a local or wide-area network, and take action when predefined conditions occur.
TIBCO Hawk functionality continues to be added to the TIBCO Administrator product because its browser-based GUI is intuitive to users. For highly distributed applications that require custom monitoring functionality, TIBCO Hawk will continue to be the product of choice.