2 simple questions :
Do all http requests make thru http adapter do go thru the worklight server first?
If so then does it mean even a http
If you use the adapter API on the client side then your request with go through the Worklight server. You can still make AJAX requests from the client side and skip the server. Essentially you'd be making server requests in the same way you would in Cordova, which means using a whitelist to allow your requests to access third party servers.