A connector is a J2EE standard extension mechanism for containers to provide connectivity to enterprise information systems (EISs). A connector is specific to an EIS and consists of a resource adapter and application development tools. A resource adapter is a system-level software driver that is used by an EJB container or an application client to connect to an EIS. Connectors comply with the J2EE Connector architecture (JCA).
To create a new connector project: