Request processing collaboration checklist

Using Business Object Designer to generate business objects is part of the process of developing collaborations. You must perform the following tasks, described in sections below, to generate business objects that a collaboration can use to invoke web services:

  1. Identify the WSDL document either from a URL, UDDI or a file system. You use third-party tools for this task--the web services connector provides no tools for this task.
  2. Open Business Object Designer and launch the WSDL ODA. For further information, see Starting the WSDL ODA.
  3. Configure the ODA.
  4. Confirm your selections.
  5. Generate a top-level business object that includes Request and (for synchronous requests) Response and Fault business objects as well as SOAP Config MOs, Protocol Config MOs, header container and child objects and application-specific information appropriate to each object and attribute. The WSDL ODA automates this process.

After you generate business objects, you must perform tasks to enable a collaboration to invoke a web service using the connector and the SOAP data handler. For steps on developing a collaboration, including creating a collaboration template and object and binding its ports, see IBM WebSphere InterChange Server Collaboration Development Guide. For further information on creating maps between generic business objects and the application-specific business objects generated by the WSDL ODA, see IBM WebSphere InterChange Server Map Development Guide.

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