Analysing reusability aspects in Java connector architecture

With the growing needs of Enterprise Application Integration (EAI), flexibility has been the main issue these days. This paper guides the readers to view how this flexibility has been achieved in Java Connector Architecture (JCA). JCA provides the integration framework that encapsulates the integration component from other enterprise components. The claimed advantages of this framework are increased-reusability and reduced-time to market for applications. This paper analyses JCA in the aspect of OO framework, design patterns, components and class libraries to evaluate its advantage. The details of JCA specification and its competitiveness in the market are not discussed here. We believe that this study will benefit both application developers and researchers working in application integration area.