Gateway components

The XML Gateway has three primary components:

• Infor Enterprise Collaborator (MEC) – This is the standard XML front-end for Infor applications. Customers interact directly with the MEC, which then applies all required preprocessing to incoming request documents and assembles outgoing response documents. See your Infor Enterprise Collaborator documentation for complete details about how to install and use that product.

• e-Commerce Extension for MEC (included with the Infor e-Commerce Development Studio) – The MEC installation must also include the e-Commerce Extension for MEC plug-in, which ensures that incoming requests are formatted correctly and enables the MEC to communicate with your web application. Please see the Infor e-Commerce Development Studio Installation Guide for details about how to install the e-Commerce Extension for MEC.

• The XML Gateway JSP Page – This is a presentation page that includes only the XML Gateway component, which interacts with the MEC and its Extension for e-Commerce. The component handles incoming XML requests and then execute the appropriate business object methods to fulfill those requests. Though it appears as part of a specific presentation in Infor e-Commerce Development Studio, the XML Gateway JSP page is essentially an independent presentation of its own.