Collaborations use the connector to invoke web services. Or you can expose collaborations as web services. Web services are described using WSDL (Web Services Description Language). This chapter describes how to use the Web Services Description Language (WSDL) Object Discovery Agent (ODA) to generate business objects. The connector and SOAP data handler use these business objects when collaborations invoke a web service and when exposing collaborations as web services.
You use the WSDL ODA to generate business objects for two purposes:
You can launch the WSDL ODA when you use the Business Object Designer. The WSDL ODA reads a WSDL document and creates the business objects required by the connector and SOAP data handler. The WSDL ODA simplifies the job of business object development.