Java EE Connector Architecture

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Java EE Connector Architecture (JCA) is a Java-based technology solution for connecting application servers and enterprise information systems (EIS) as part of enterprise application integration (EAI) solutions. While JDBC is specifically used to connect Java EE applications to databases, JCA is a more generic architecture for connection to legacy systems (including databases). JCA was developed under the Java Community Process as JSR 16 (JCA 1.0) and JSR 112 (JCA 1.5). As of 2006, the current version of JCA is version 1.5.

[edit] External links

• The J2EE Connector homepage contains a lot of useful information,
• so does IBM's article on choosing among JCA, JMS and Web services.
• JSR 112 (JCA 1.5)
• JSR 16 (JCA 1.0)
• http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2004/03/24/j2eeca.html