The Federated Portal Adapter is a component of Oracle9iAS Portal which allows Oracle9iAS Portal instances to share their database portlets via the Web portlet interface. It uses SOAP and HTTP to distribute database providers across database servers. The Federated Portal Adapter allows database providers on other portals to be accessed as though they were Web providers.
The process of registering a database provider from another portal as a Web provider is very similar to the process of registering a Web provider, except for the following:
In the URL field, enter the URL of the Federated Portal Adapter on the portal where the provider resides. The URL should look something like:
http://<hostname>:<port>/adapter/<dad>/<schema>
In the Service Id field, enter:
urn:<database provider name>
If you want private sessions to be created, set the Login Frequency to Once Per Session.
For more information about the Federated Portal Adapter, see the Oracle9iAS Portal Configuration Guide on Portal Center.
Every reference in the online help to Web providers includes database providers that are accessed via the Federated Portal Adapter.