Services and Adapters

IBM® Sterling B2B Integrator provides many services and adapters that can be built into business process models to perform activities such as converting data formats, enveloping EDI data, or exchanging data or messages with a remote system.. This includes a host of configurable adapters ready for use in business processes.

Managing Services and Adapters
Services and adapters are used to perform activities such as converting data formats, enveloping EDI data, or exchanging data or messages with a remote system.
Adapter Limitation Policies
When using the FTP Server adapter or the SFTP Server adapter, you can define limitation policies for the usage of some or all instances in both cluster and non-cluster environments:
Services and Adapters A - L
This documentation is for Sterling B2B Integrator services and adapters only. See the Sterling Standards Library or Sterling e-Invoicing documentation for information about their services and adapters.
Services and Adapters M - Z
This documentation is for IBM Sterling B2B Integrator services and adapters only. See the Sterling Standards Library or Sterling e-Invoicing documentation for information about their services and adapters.
How user exits in services and adapters work (V5.2.2 and higher)
User exits are a set of predefined points you can use to implement customized functions. You implement them by adding custom code to perform a particular operation, thus extending the functions of the adapter.
Command Line Adapter 2 Upgrade Impacts (5.2.4.1_2 or higher)
The new Command Line Adapter 2 (CLA2) in Sterling B2B Integrator provides many benefits, but it is important to understand what the CLA2 does and the impact that upgrading to the CLA2 will have on your system.
FIFO Message Processing
Sterling B2B Integrator supports FIFO processing of messages through adapters.
FIFO Message Processing Enhancement (5.2.2 or higher)
Sterling B2B Integrator supports FIFO message processing.
SAP NetWeaver
Many IBM Sterling B2B Integrator customers need to communicate with systems using SAP® NetWeaver™. SAP NetWeaver offers a set of standard integration methods like HTTP, SOAP and Web Services, which can provide simple connectivity to and from SAP NetWeaver.
Using JMS Services and Adapters
Sterling B2B Integrator supports the JMS 1.1 specification. JMS is a messaging standard that allows application components based on the Java 2 Platform Enterprise Edition (J2EE) to create, send, and receive messages.
WebSphere MQ Suite
The WebSphere MQ Suite is a group of services that provide maximum flexibility and functionality by enabling you to script a complete MQ session using a business process. The suite also includes an adapter that you can use for asynchronous receiving - the WebSphere MQ Async Receiver adapter.