Specifying a data handler

To specify a data handler to be used by the XML connector, use the following steps.

  1. Determine the types of data formats that the connector will support.

    By default, the connector uses the XML data handler for the text.xml MIME type. If you are converting between business objects and some other MIME type, make sure that the MIME type is an attribute in the top-level data-handler meta-object (by default, MO_DataHandler_Default). Only one data handler can be used to convert any given format type.

  2. Determine which data handler (or data handlers) the connector will use.

    The top-level data-handler meta-object associates MIME types with a child data-handler meta-object. The child data-handler meta-object determines which data handler is instantiated.

  3. Use the Business Object Designer to modify the data-handler meta-objects.
    Note:
    If your integration broker is InterChange Server, you can launch Business Object Designer from within System Manager.
  4. In Connector Configurator or System Manager, add the data handler top-level meta-object to the list of supported objects for the connector. If the connector is not subscribed to the top-level data-handler meta-object, the connector does not load the meta-object at startup.
  5. Specify the name of the top-level data-handler meta-object in the connector DataHandlerConfigMO configuration property. The product-delivered default is the MO_DataHandler_Default meta-object.

For more information about the data-handler meta-objects, see the Data Handler Guide.

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