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Are JCA Technology Adapters bundled in WebSphere Message Broker?

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Are JCA Technology Adapters bundled in WebSphere Message Broker?

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A. The WebSphere Technology Adapters are a category, not a product. There are several — JDBC, eMail, TCP/IP, Flat Files, etc. They are contrasted with the WebSphere Application Adapters such as for SAP, Siebel, PeopleSoft, etc. For WebSphere ESB and WebSphere Process Server, both types of adapters come “bundled” with WebSphere Information Developer. BUT this does not entitle the user to deploy them. The Application Adapters must still be licensed for use. The Technology Adapters, on the other hand, are can be used with WESB/WPS with no license, i.e., the license for their use comes effectively with your license of WESB/WPS. With WebSphere Message Broker 6.1, the Application Adapters are now packaged with the WebSphere Message Broker Toolkit and show up on the palette as Broker nodes. Like WESB/WPS, the customer still requires a license to deploy them. The WebSphere Technology Adapters do not come with WMBT and do not work with WMB, BUT that is OK because WMB comes with a set of nodes