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CONFIRMATION, which instantiates a collaboration object called

UCCnet_processWorklist_CATALOGUE_ITEM_CONFIRMATION.

Objects based on the Notify_by_eMail collaboration template can be configured

to contain the email message, subject, and recipients specific to their processing

situation through its EMAIL_MESSAGE, EMAIL_SUBJECT, and

EMAIL_NOTIFICATION_RCPTS configuration properties, respectively. These

properties can also contain the names of files, which permits messages,

subjects, and recipients to be shared among multiple collaboration objects. Also,

more than one recipient can be specified to receive email through use of a

comma-delimited list. Finally, email message and subject text can be constants

that contain variables. The Notify_by_eMail collaboration object substitutes data

from the business object into these variables dynamically.

5.4 Component overview

We use Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Professional Server to simulate the Item

Catalog function of an ERP system for the supplier. WebSphere Business

Integration Express is installed as the only broker, along with the JText, JDBC,

and iSoft P2P Adapters.

The JDBC Adapter is used to communicate with a representative back-end

system. The iSoft P2P Adapter passes information to the iSoft P2P Agent

Express that, in turn, passes equivalent XML messages to UCCnet via AS2. The

JText Adapter is used for initiating the sending of worklist request to UCCnet.

See Figure 5-4 on page 49 for an illustration of supplier components.

Note: The distinction between an adapter and a connector is worth

mentioning here. You sometimes see the terms adapters and connectors

being used apparently interchangeably. However, the difference is that an

adapter is a component that comes with the product. A connector is a

configured instance of one type of adapter.

So, the JDBC adapter is a component, but the JDBC connector is a

configured, runnable instance of a JDBC adapter.

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Figure 5-4 Supplier components

iSoft P2P Agent Express

WebSphere Business

Integration Express

JDBC

Adapter

P2P Agent

Adapter

AS2

UCCnet

Global

Registry

Supplier

Existing

Systems

JText

Adapter

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