To add a service adapter, perform either of the following:

When adding a new service adapter

Use the wizard to add a new service adapter. There are two types of adapters: standard service adapters, and custom adapters, which are available to users as required.

The wizard used to add a new service adapter differs depending on the type of service component (such as Web service, Session Bean, or MDB (WS-R or DB queue)) to be called by the service adapter.

For details about how to add a new service adapter, see 3.2.1 Adding a new SOAP adapter.

The following are the types of service adapters:

• SOAP adapter
• Session Bean adapter
• MDB (WS-R) adapter
• MDB (DB queue) adapter
• DB adapter
• TP1 adapter
• File adapter
• Object Access adapter
• Message Queue adapter
• FTP adapter
• File operation adapter
• Mail adapter
• HTTP adapter
• Custom adapter

For details about how to add individual service adapters, see the following locations:

Type	Reference location
SOAP adapter	3.2.1 Adding a new SOAP adapter
Session Bean adapter	3.2.2 Adding a new Session Bean adapter
MDB (WS-R) adapter	3.2.3 Adding a new MDB (WS-R) adapter
MDB (DB queue) adapter	3.2.4 Adding a new MDB (DB queue) adapter
DB adapter	3.2.5 Adding a new database adapter
TP1 adapter	3.2.6 Adding a new TP1 adapter
File adapter	3.2.7 Adding a new file adapter
Object Access adapter	3.2.8 Adding a new Object Access adapter
Message Queue adapter	3.2.9 Adding a new Message Queue adapter
FTP adapter	3.2.10 Adding a new FTP adapter
File operation adapter	3.2.11 Adding a new file operation adapter
Mail adapter	3.2.12 Adding a new mail adapter
HTTP adapter	3.2.13 Adding a new HTTP adapter
Custom adapter	3.2.14 Adding a new custom adapter

When adding a defined service adapter

You can add a service adapter by copying an already defined service adapter. If you copy an already defined service adapter, a new service adapter with the same definitions will be added. You can also edit the definitions of the new copy.

For details about how to add a service adapter by using an already defined service adapter, see 3.2.15 Using an Already Defined Adapter to Add an Adapter.

Use the Service Adapter Settings window to define the contents of service adapters.

For details about the definitions of service adapters and how to define them, see 3.3 Defining the Contents of Service Adapters. For details about the Service Adapter Settings window, see 1.2.2 Service Adapter Definition Window in the manual Service Platform Reference Guide.

You need to save the definitions of the edited service adapters to the repository, as necessary.

For details about how and when to save the definitions of service adapters, see 3.4 Saving Adapters.

Validate the consistency of defined service adapters. You can validate service adapters at any timing (for example, during, or after the definition of a service adapter).

For details about how to validate service adapters, see 3.6 Validating Adapters.

You can edit the contents of defined service adapters as necessary.

For details about how to edit service adapters, see 3.5 Editing Adapters.

You can delete unnecessary service adapters as necessary.

For details about how to delete service adapters, see 3.7 Deleting Adapters.