Overview of SDX Gateway
The SDX gateway allows a gateway client—an application that is not part of the SDX network—to interact with SDX components through a Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) interface. This feature is useful for business-to-business (B2B) situations, such as wholesaler-retailer environments. Typically, the wholesaler owns and administers the SDX components, whereas the retailer maintains a database of subscribers. Retailers purchase services from one or more wholesalers and sell the services to their subscribers.
The SDX gateway supports Web applications that allow gateway clients to interact with the SDX network. The SDX owner installs, configures, and administers the Web applications. Using information provided by the SDX owner, the business partner creates gateway clients to communicate with the SDX components.
The SDX gateway offers the following Web applications:
- Dynamic Service Activator allows a gateway client to dynamically activate and deactivate SDX services for subscribers and to run scripts that manage the SAE. For more information about this application, see Overview of Dynamic Service Activator.
- The Subscriber Management Web application (subsequently called Subscriber Manager) allows a gateway client to create and modify subscriber data and to manipulate the workflow application. For more information about this application, see Chapter 3, Subscriber Manager.
Figure 1 shows the architecture for the SDX gateway.
