Connector business object processing

The connector passes business objects between the integration broker and protocol handlers. It sends request business objects to a protocol handler and receives response business objects from protocol handlers. However, it does not process any of the data in the business objects.

When an integration broker passes a business object to the connector, the connector performs the following operations:

  1. Extracts the request business object from the top-level business object. The connector expects the request business object to be the first child business object that does not have a value of CxIgnore or CxBlank.
  2. Sends the request business object to a protocol handler.
  3. When the protocol handler returns the response business object, the connector adds the response business object to the top-level business object and returns the complete top-level business object to the integration broker.

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