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".
