Overview
of e-Mail adapter implementation
The process of implementing the e-Mail adapter includes
a variety of tasks. Here is an overview of the tasks that you must
complete before using the e-Mail adapter to send and receive business
objects:
- Determine the format of the data that will be sent and received
in e-mail attachments.
- When you understand the data formats, you can determine what
data handlers the adapter will need to convert business objects
to e-mail messages and messages to business objects. For information
on data handlers, see How the e-Mail adapter and data handlers work.
- If the adapter must handle business object requests, create
the business object definitions that the e-Mail adapter will use.
For information, see Developing
business objects for the adapter.
- Configure the e-Mail adapter with the other components of the
integration broker to send or receive the desired business objects
via e-mail.
- If your integration broker is InterChange Server, you may need
to modify the data handler top-level meta-object. For adapters,
the default top-level meta-object is named MO_DataHandler_Default.
To modify this meta-object, use Business Object Designer. For information
on data handler meta-objects, see Data
handler meta-objects.
- If polling must be implemented, determine what mail servers
the adapter will connect with, and create the mailboxes for the
poll locations. For information, see Configuring mail servers for polling.
- For polling, configure the e-Mail adapter meta-object. This
meta-object defines the poll locations for the e-Mail adapter. For
more information, see Using
e-Mail adapter meta-objects.
- Configure the adapter by setting adapter configuration properties.
For example, specify the name of the top-level data handler meta-object
in the e-Mail adapter configuration attribute DataHandlerConfigMO.
For information on adapter configuration properties, see Configuring
the adapter definition.
