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4.5 How WebSphere Application Server works with DB2
UDB Server
In this section we describe how WebSphere Application Server interacts with
DB2 UDB Server. The topics covered are J2EE Connector architecture, resource
adapters, and DB2 JDBC drivers.
4.5.1 J2EE Connector architecture
The J2EE Connector architecture (JCA) defines a standard architecture for
connecting the J2EE platform to heterogeneous Enterprise Information Systems
(EIS), for example, ERP, mainframe transaction processing, database systems,
and legacy applications not written in the Java programming language. By
defining a set of scalable, secure, and transactional mechanisms, the JCA
enables the integration of EISs with ...