Release 10.1A: OpenEdge Application Server:
Administration

OpenEdge Adapter for Sonic ESB

The OpenEdge Adapter for Sonic ESB® makes Progress 4GL Web services available as OpenEdge services on the Sonic Enterprise Service Bus (Sonic ESB). The Sonic ESB is an application integration framework that provides high performance, reliability, and security. Its service-based architecture supports the deployment of discrete applications (services) that exchange messages according to sophisticated automated workflow processes, as well as the exposure of deployed applications as industry Web services.

Thus, once installed as an OpenEdge service, a Progress 4GL Web service becomes available to take part with the ESB workflow process, as well as a Web service. As a Web service, the Sonic ESB uses Web Service Description Language (WSDL) to make the OpenEdge service available to Web service clients, much as does the WSA in the OpenEdge environment (see the "OpenEdge Web Services Adapter (WSA)" section).

For more information on the OpenEdge Adapter for Sonic ESB and working with OpenEdge services in Sonic ESB-integrated applications, see OpenEdge Development: Messaging and ESB .

Once installed in the Sonic ESB environment, the OpenEdge Adapter for Sonic ESB has no management interface of its own. Rather, you manage its deployed (installed) OpenEdge services on the Sonic ESB using the Sonic ESB Explorer and related tools. For more information, see Chapter 16, " Configuring and Managing the OpenEdge Adapter for Sonic ESB."