Glue Code

In the programming is glue code source that contributes no functionality to achieve its objectives, but only the " sticking together " of different parts of the source code is used that would otherwise be incompatible. Glue code is often used to interact existing program libraries or programs, such as in multilingual function interfaces, for example, the Java Native Interface, or for mapping objects to a database using object-relational mapping; But also the integration of two or more commercial -off-the -shelf programs.