Proxy Communication

[anita_r]

Hi All,

Can anybody please clarify me for the following.

What are Proxies?

What is Proxy communication.

Where Proxy communication is used i.e in which type of systems or situations.

What is the difference between server proxy and client proxy.

Thanks in Advance!

Thanks & Regards,

Anita.

[Former Member]

Hi Anita,

As we know, the role of SAP XIu2019s integration broker is basically to integrate SAP and non-SAP systems, as in the integration of an SAP R/3 system with a database using adapters. SAP XI provides various adapters to integrate different types of systems.

But in some of real-time scenarios, itu2019s not always a particular type of business system that has to send/receive messages with SAPXI; it can also be an application like ABAP or Java. To cater to these needs, SAP XI provides different ways to generate interfaces in ABAP and JAVA u2013 and these interfaces are known as proxies.

ABAP proxies are generated using the transaction SPROXY (in SAP Web AS 6.20 and above); for Java proxies, the Integration Builder tool is used.

Basicly client & server are just diffrent terminology for sender and reciever (client being the sender and server the reciever), proxies are basicly program that begin in one SAP system and continue running at nother SAP system (with control ultimatly return to the original system).

It's a good way to create your own application "envelope" to activate any code you want and that is both its strong point and weak point (maintanance and flexability).

Regards,

Sanjeev.