Complex Data data hander

The IBM WebSphere Business Integration Data Handler for Complex Data, called the Complex Data data handler, converts business objects into binary or text data formats and converts those formats back into business objects. The Complex Data data handler is capable of converting an almost infinite number of proprietary and legacy formats into business object and vice versa. The supported formats include MS Office documents, PDF,

COBOL Copybooks, any XML based format, any text format (delimited or fixed-width), and many more.

This chapter describes how the Complex Data data handler processes data formats and how to generate business object definitions for use with the data handler. You can use this information as a guide to implementing a solution which leverages the data-conversion capabilities of the Complex Data data handler. This chapter also discusses how to configure the Complex Data data handler.

Note:
For instructions on installing the Complex Data data handler, see Installing data handlers.

This chapter contains the following sections:

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