Adaptor Intro: An introduction to YOUnite and Adaptors can be found on the Introduction to YOUnite page
Adaptor Configuration: How to configure and manage adaptors is covered on the Managing Adaptors page.
Adaptor Development: Developing adaptors can be found on the YOUnite Adaptor Guide for Java Developers page.
An adaptor is software that is located within a system that is participating in the sharing of data through the YOUnite Data Hub (via the Message Broker) and acts as the connection point between that system and Data Hub. It focuses on ETL (Extract, Transform, and Load) functions, ensuring the outbound data from that system meets the format requirements of the Data Hub and transforming the inbound data from the hub into what any other system requires. It may have additional business logic such as filtering for specific data from the hub.
Adaptors perform data operations on data records that conform to one or more data domains (for more information on data domains see the Data Domains page). The data operations an adaptor can perform are referred to as its "Capabilities."
The white ellipse in the diagram below represents a JSON data object being passed between the adaptors and the Data Hub. The data object could have originated in one of several ways. The most common are:
- By an API POST /drs/assembler request made by an API consumer to the Data Hub
- An adaptor detecting a change and sending it to the Data Hub
- The Data Hub receiving a change from an adaptor and routing it out to other adaptors and API consumers that have registered an interest in the subscribed to receive notifications for that specific change
- The Data Hub requiring data from an adaptor
