Indicating the connector response

Before the doVerbFor() method exits, it must prepare the response it sends back to the connector framework. This response indicates the success (or lack thereof) of the verb processing. The connector framework, which has invoked doVerbFor(), uses this information to determine its next action and to build the response it returns to the integration broker.

The doVerbFor() method can provide the response information in Table 44 to the connector framework.

Table 44. Response information from the doVerbFor() method
Response information How the response is returned
Outcome status Integer return code of doVerbFor()
Return-status descriptor Return-status descriptor that was passed in as an argument--Connector framework passes in an empty return-status descriptor as an argument to doVerbFor(). The method can update this descriptor with a message and status value to provide informational, warning, or error status.
Response business object Request business object that was passed in as an argument--Connector framework passes in the request business object as an argument to doVerbFor(). The method can update this request business object with attribute values to provide a response business object.

For information on how to send this response information for a Java connector, see Sending the verb-processing response.

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