The SNA JCA LU62 Connector is a resource adapter that enables an application to send requests to and get responses from a legacy Enterprise Information System (EIS). The SNA JCA LU62 Connector enables you to deploy these applications into a managed environment in which a J2EE-capable application server such as WebSphere(R) Application Server handles connection pooling, transactions, and security.
To deliver the messages, the SNA JCA LU62 Connector supports the Web Service Invocation Framework (WSIF) interface through the JCA Plug-in and the J2EE Connector Architecture (JCA) through the Common Client Interface (CCI). CCI only supports local connections, which means that the application must be on the same machine as the SNA JCA LU62 Connector. The WSIF interface supports local and remote connections. In a remote connection, the application and SNA JCA LU62 Connector can be on different machines. In this case, you can use the SNA JCA LU62 Connector to generate a SOAP proxy class and a set of WSDL files. The application uses these files to access the remote SNA JCA LU62 Connector. For information on SNA and JCA, see SNA architecture overview and J2EE Connector Architecture (JCA) overview.
Note that because WebSphere Application Server supports JCA 1.0, communication using the connector is synchronous only.