The following terms are used in this guide:
- ASI (Application-Specific Information) Metadata tailored
to a particular application or technology. ASI exists at both the
attribute, verb, and business object level of a business object.
See also Verb ASI.
- BF (Business Function) A collection of C functions and
their associated data structures, logically grouped to perform a
specific task. Regular business functions perform simple tasks,
such as tax calculation or account number validation. Master
business functions perform tasks that are more complex and can call
several regular business functions.
- BO (Business Object) A set of attributes that represent
a business entity (such as Employee) and an action on the data
(such as a create or update operation). Components of the WebSphere
business integration system use business objects to exchange
information and trigger actions.
- BO (Business Object) handler A connector component that
contains methods that interact with an application and that
transforms request business objects into application
operations.
- Connector agentA component of the connector that
processes service call requests from the Integration broker as well
as event notifications from OneWorld.
- Connection object A connection is a reference to an
application that can contain state information. For every instance
of a connection on the adapter side, there is a corresponding
object on the JD Edwards OneWorld side. The BO handler creates
connections when required, up to the maximum size of the value of
the pool size property. The new connections are maintained in the
pool and are re-used by multiple business object executions.
- Connection pool A repository used to store and retrieve
connection objects.
- GenJava A utility provided by JD Edwards OneWorld to
generate Java wrappers for the business functions running as part
of the OneWorld server. GenJava creates Java Class files for the
interface classes and associated data structures, compiles the
generated Java files, generates Java docs, and packages them into
two jar files: one for Java classes and the other for Java
doc.
- Interoperability framework Allows seamless sharing of
function and information between disparate software applications.
Includes business function wrappers that provide a single point of
access to major and minor business functions. Also includes master
business function wrappers.
- Java objects Wrappers, implemented in Java, around
OneWorld business functions and data structures. Java objects
provide a one-to-one correspondence with OneWorld business
functions.
- ODA (Object Discovery Agent) A tool that automatically
generates a business object definition by examining specified
entities within the application and "discovering" the elements of
these entities that correspond to business object attributes. When
you install the adapter, the ODA is automatically installed.
- Verb ASI (application-specific information) For a given
verb, the verb ASI specifies how the connector should process the
business object when that verb is active. It can contain the name
of the method to call to process the current request business
object.
