Release 10.1A: OpenEdge Application Server:
Administration

Introducing the OpenEdge Adapter for Sonic ESB

The OpenEdge Adapter for Sonic ESB® makes it possible to deploy an AppServer application in a Sonic ESB container, thereby exposing the application as a service on a Progress Sonic Enterprise Service Bus (ESB). The OpenEdge Adapter for Sonic ESB converts SOAP messages to AppServer protocol on inbound client requests, and conversely converts AppServer protocol to SOAP on messages returned from the service. As a Sonic ESB service, an AppServer application:

Can be fully integrated in ESB processes.
Can be exposed as a standard Web service.
Can be managed with the use of Sonic’s powerful management and customization tools.

This chapter focuses on management of the OpenEdge Adapter for Sonic ESB and the services that it supports. For a description of basic architecture and how the OpenEdge Adapter for Sonic ESB operates, see OpenEdge Getting Started: Application and Integration Services . For additional information, including guidelines for developing 4GL applications for use as Sonic ESB services, see OpenEdge Development: Messaging and ESB .