Contents

  • About this document
  • Audience
  • Related documents
  • Typographic conventions
  • New in this release
  • New in WebSphere Business Integration Adapter Framework v2.6.0
  • New in WebSphere Business Integration Adapter Framework v2.4.1
  • New in WebSphere InterChange Server v4.2.2 and WebSphere Business Integration Adapter Framework v2.4.0
  • New in WebSphere InterChange Server v4.2.1 and WebSphere Business Integration Adapter v2.3.1
  • New in WebSphere InterChange Server v4.2 and WebSphere Business Integration Adapter v2.2.0
  • New in WebSphere Business Integration Adapter Framework v2.1
  • New in WebSphere Business Integration Adapter Framework v2.0.1
  • New in WebSphere Business Integration Adapter Framework v2.0
  • New in release 4.1.0
  • New in release 4.0.1
  • New in release 4.0.0
  • Getting started

  • Data handler overview
  • What is a data handler?
  • Data handler instantiation
  • Calling the data handler
  • Metadata-driven data handler design
  • Installing and configuring data handlers
  • Installing data handlers
  • Configuring data handlers
  • Configuring a connector to use data handlers
  • XML data handler
  • Overview
  • Requirements for business object definitions
  • Configuring the XML data handler
  • XML documents that use DTDs
  • XML documents that use schema documents
  • Creating business object definitions
  • Converting business objects to XML documents
  • Converting XML documents to business objects
  • Customizing the XML data handler
  • EDI data handler
  • Overview
  • Configuring the EDI data handler
  • Business object definitions for EDI documents
  • Converting business objects to EDI documents
  • Converting EDI documents to business objects
  • Customizing the EDI data handler
  • Request-Response data handler
  • Overview
  • Requirements for business object definitions
  • Configuring the Request-Response data handler
  • Converting business objects with the request data handler
  • Converting business objects with the response data handler
  • Error handling
  • Customizing the Request-Response data handler
  • FixedWidth data handler
  • Overview
  • Configuring the FixedWidth data handler
  • Converting business objects to FixedWidth documents
  • Converting FixedWidth documents to business objects
  • Delimited data handler
  • Overview
  • Configuring the Delimited data handler
  • Converting business objects to delimited data
  • Converting delimited data to business objects
  • NameValue data handler
  • Overview
  • Configuring the NameValue data handler
  • Converting business objects to NameValue data
  • Converting NameValue data to business objects
  • Complex Data data hander
  • Overview
  • Configuring the Complex Data data handler
  • Converting business objects to specified data formats
  • Converting specified data formats to business objects
  • Error handling
  • Custom data handlers

  • Creating a custom data handler
  • Overview of the data-handler development process
  • Tools for data-handler development
  • Designing the data handler
  • Extending the data handler base class
  • Implementing the methods
  • Building a custom name handler
  • Adding a data handler to the jar file
  • Creating data-handler meta-objects
  • Setting up other business objects
  • Configuring a connector
  • An internationalized data handler
  • Data Handler base class methods
  • createHandler()
  • getBO() - abstract
  • getBO() - public
  • getBOName()
  • getBooleanOption()
  • getByteArrayFromBO()
  • getEncoding()
  • getLocale()
  • getOption()
  • getStreamFromBO()
  • getStringFromBO()
  • setConfigMOName()
  • setEncoding()
  • setLocale()
  • setOption()
  • traceWrite()
  • Appendixes

  • Appendix A. Using the XML ODA
  • Installation and usage
  • Using an XML ODA in Business Object Designer
  • Contents of the generated business object definition
  • Modifying information in the business object definition
  • Enabling bidirectional support in the XML ODA
  • Notices
  • Programming interface information
  • Trademarks and service marks
  • Index
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