adapter vs connector

[Former Member]

hi,

I am new to XI please explain about the difference between adapter

and connector.

points assured

regards,

Prabhu

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi,

BC adapter can be used when you want to communicate to a existing interface on Business Connector. If you are talking to SAP, you use RFC / IDOC adapters.

The SAP Business Connector (BC) is used in a large number of SAP production environments. SAP Business Connector will probably be gradually phased out and replaced by SAP XI technology. For the short term SAP Business connector and SAP XI will inevitably continue to coexist in companies IT landscapes.

See Below links

Integrating your SAP Business Connector with SAP XI

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/96ed2129-0b01-0010-2e91-c45e1fad...

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/4f27ad80-0c01-0010-f8b8-c5e153a1...

Before XI

Choose the Right Adapter to integrate with SAP systems

/people/ravikumar.allampallam/blog/2005/08/14/choose-the-right-adapter-to-integrate-with-sap-systems

Thanks

Swarup

[Former Member]

Hello,

an adapter translates between a system format (jdbc, rfc, file, ...) and the (internal) xi-xml format.

More information to adapters could be found here:

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw70/helpdata/en/0d/5ab43b274a960de10000000a114084/frameset.htm

What do you mean with connector?

Regards

Patrick