Overview of the i2 ODA
The i2 Object Discovery Agent (ODA) is a utility to use
to obtain the specifications for the i2 business object from the
metadata information in i2's CIS registry. The Business Object
Development wizard automates the process. You can view or make modifications
to the business object before saving it to the server.
The process for generating an i2 business object has three distinct
stages:
- Identifying the ports, operations, and types for which the i2
ODA generates the schema files; generating the XML schema for the
types; and generating the wrapper business object representing the
operations with the types as attributes.
- Processing the i2 generated XML schema files and converting
the XML schema to the actual business object for the type.
- Prior to saving the wrapper business object, saving to the repository
the MO_Instance business object and the business objects that were
generated for the types using the XML ODA.
For details, see Steps for using the i2 ODA.
