Difference between proxies and Adapters

[Former Member]

hey guys i m new to XI and am kinda confused between proxies and adapters,under what conditions we should use them and wats the main difference between them.

thanx

aamir

[former_member206604 · Accepted solution]

Hi Amir,

Check out this threads it is discussed already

Regards,

Prakash

[Former Member]

Following points might help you to get an idea in which cases adapter should be used and where proxy will be helpful. :

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ADAPTER : </b>

• Connect existing (legacy) system to XI

• Specify wire protocol (t) RFC

• Interface semantics externally pre-defined

• Inside-out development approach.

<b>PROXIES :</b>

• Connect new SAP application to SAP XI

• Native connectivity to Application(adapter-less) system.

• Interfacses designed centrally in Integration Engine

• Outside-In development approach

• Availiable in WebAS 6.20 or above

Above all these, one main advantage in case of proxy is that, <u>it gives you a very good performance while transferring a big size data as compared to adapter.

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Thanks,

Pooja

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[Former Member]

I think the most difference between them is:

the proxy is created centrally in XI and invoke(or use) outside it.

while the adpater is always exsit centrally in XI, but they may applied from other companies, you can install them in XI.

actually they are not really two opposite things, don't think it too much if you are just start to learn XI.