Use records to pass information to the EPI resource adapter and to retrieve information from the resource adapter.
Although the EPI resource adapter supports the Streamable interface as defined in the Connector Architecture, if you wish to use the Streamable interface you must write your own records, parsing the input stream and generating the output stream correctly. For information about the Stream format see Stream Format.
The EPI resource adapter provides a more efficient way to access information in the form of a record that is ready to use. This is the recommended way to access and send information to a resource adapter.