Creating or modifying business objects

The connector is driven primarily by meta-data that is contained in WebSphere Business Integration Adapter business objects and meta-objects.

In WebSphere Business Integration Adapter business objects, meta-data is data about the application that is stored in a business object and that assists the connector to interact with an application. A meta-data-driven connector handles each business object that it supports based on meta-data encoded in the business object definition rather than on instructions hard-coded in the connector.

The connector makes assumptions about the structure of its business objects, including:

The connector follows rules based on those assumptions, and when you create or modify a business object for MetaSolv, the business object must conform to those rules for the connector to process the business object correctly.

This chapter describes the assumptions the connector makes and how the connector processes business objects. You can use this information as a guide to modifying existing business objects for MetaSolv or as suggestions for implementing new business objects. The following topics are covered:

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