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Using IBMs definitions, is HostBridge a first, second or third generation connector?

April 26, 2017connector generation hostbridge IBM

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Using IBMs definitions, is HostBridge a first, second or third generation connector?

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Unfortunately, this is a very difficult question because of the way IBM defines these terms. IBM’s definition of first, second or third generation connectors is based on the language used by the connector to expose/invoke its interface – not the underlying techniques it uses. To IBM, first generation connectors are non-Java; second generation are Java-based; third generation are based on EJB. HostBridge is language neutral. The only interfaces it exposes are HTTP and XML. Thus, HostBridge can be invoked via Java, EJBs, Java Server Pages (JSPs) or Active Server Pages (ASPs). As a result, with reference to IBM’s “connector generations”, it is apparent that HostBridge is “none of the above!” In the future we will be providing a Java or Java Connector Architecture (JCA) interface to HostBridge. Once this is released, we presume that HostBridge would qualify as a “third generation” connector.