Ibm Lan Distributed Platform and Websphere Business Components Composer
Ibm Lan Distributed Platform and Websphere Business Components Composer
Ibm Lan Distributed Platform and Websphere Business Components Composer
IBM Software
September 2001
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By Simon Tarry
IBM Software Development, UK
IBM LANDP and WSBCC
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Introduction
Contents This white paper gives an overview of how WebSphere Business
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Components Composer (WSBCC)’s flexibility is leveraged
through LANDP. WSBCC utilizes component technology by
offering easy-to-use packages of software implementation that
1. LANDP enhances
can be independently developed and delivered, composed from
WSBCC’s core strengths other components, and have explicit interfaces for the services
2. Services for Banking they provide. LANDP, a versatile client-server technology,
Applications significantly enhances the range of services which WSBCC
3. Rapid Application offers by providing a set of Java enabled components.
Development
What is WSBCC?
WSBC Composer is the IBM Java based framework to speed up
the building of multi-channel applications that access
transactional systems. WSBCC provides a development
framework for composing prebuilt, ready-to-use components, to
build multi-channel applications like Branch Teller, Internet
Banking, pervasive solutions, Digital TV and others that access
enterprise servers.
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All comparisons in this document were made using WSBCC v4.0 and LANDP v5.0
IBM LANDP and WSBCC
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• WSBCC is supplied with a rich set of specialized component
Access to LANDP services normally used in the building of delivery channel
services made simple applications like Host Communications, Store for Forward,
through the Java Financial device support, message formatting framework,
wrappers now supplied forms printing supplemented with cross-platform compatibility
with LANDP for those and resulting portability of applications. This is where WSBCC
services solutions can take most advantage of LANDP’s services.
WSBCC already utilizes LANDP’s device support by providing
access to its Magnetic Stripe Reader Service (MSRE). Access
to other LANDP services, including host communications, data
management and financial device support is made simple
through the Java wrappers now supplied with LANDP for those
services. Not only does this widen the array of services which
WSBCC solutions can access, but it enables customers to
retain their investment in LANDP, allowing migration of
applications without replacing all the technology.
Host Communications
LANDP and WSBCC both provide LU0 support. Figure 3
compares the supported protocols:
Scenario:
Web-based application in branch - WSBCC and LANDP
Customers can migrate Customers can migrate their existing teller-applications using
their existing teller- LANDP to WSBCC applications while retaining their investment in
applications using their existing technology and LANDP licenses. LANDP’s Java
LANDP to WSBCC support enables access to all of its services from either the server
applications while or the client. A server within a branch could provide central access
retaining their investment for the web-based clients to LANDP’s host communication
in their existing services, database access services and device services. The
technology and LANDP scenario outlined below shows how LANDP’s Java classes can be
licenses used in the client to access LANDP services on the server.
Conclusion
This paper has highlighted the differences between LANDP and
WSBCC, but proves that they can be integrated providing
significant cost savings within the branch. It shows that LANDP
and WSBCC can coexist, providing significant and important
benefits from the new technology, without having to risk
replacing the existing investments made in technology and
infrastructure
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