Chapter 2    Using External Interfaces

This chapter covers the following topics.

• External Database Coexistence

  • ODBC Requirements for External Database Coexistence

  • Semantic Schema Enrichment

  • Object Identifier Mapping

  • External Proxy Classes

  • Mapping an SQL Data Type to a JADE Primitive Type

  • Using the External Schema Wizard

  • Accessing an External Relational Database from JADE

• Obtaining a Relational View of Your JADE Database

  • Configuring a JADE ODBC Driver

  • JADE ODBC Thin Client Driver

  • JADE ODBC Driver Soft Entities and Attributes

  • SQL Examples

• Mapping Your JADE Database to a Relational Database

• Interfacing to OLE 2.0

  • Embedding and Linking Objects

  • What the OleControl Shows

  • Creating an OLE Control

  • Activating the OLE Application at Run Time

• Connecting to Network Devices Using TCP/IP

  • External Software Requirements

  • Using the TcpIpConnection Class

  • Connection Authentication

  • Data Encryption

  • TCP/IP Proxy Servers

  • Multiple Worker TCP/IP Connections

• Connecting to Network Devices Using a Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)

• Connecting to Network Devices Using a Named Pipe

  • External Software Requirements

  • Using the NamedPipe Connection Class

  • InternetPipe Subclass

• Interfacing to the Internet

For considerations when using the Relational Population Service (RPS) to replicate a production JADE database to one or more Relational Database Management System (RDBMS) target databases, see Chapter 2, "Relational Population Service (RPS) Support", in the JADE Synchronized Database Service (SDS) Administration Guide.