The Adapter Runtime provides a common framework for webMethods adapters version 6 and later to use webMethods Integration Server’s functionality, making Integration Server the run-time environment for the adapters. The Adapter Runtime functionality is delivered as the WmART package, which is automatically installed with Integration Server. The WmART package provides logging, transaction management and error handling for adapter connections, services, notifications, and listeners.

The following diagram shows at a high level how an adapter uses WmART to interact with the back end.