An ODA run-time driver adapter that allows the BIRT Data Engine to consume an ODA run-time extension that implemented the ODA 2.0.x run-time API, published in BIRT 1.0.x .
The adapter can be used by any DTP ODA consumer application, which consumes the DTP ODA run-time interfaces (ODA version 3.0), to interact with an ODA 2.0.x run-time driver.

As of BIRT 2.0, the ODA run-time framework has been migrated to the Eclipse Data Tools Platform (DTP) project. The BIRT Data Engine now consumes DTP ODA data source extensions. In order to access an existing ODA version 2.0.x run-time driver, this ODA adapter plug-in must be installed. When the Data Engine detects an attempt to load and access an ODA version 2.0.x driver, it automatically loads this adapter to continue use the ODA 2.0.x driver via the DTP ODA interfaces.