Overview

The Delimited data handler is a data-conversion module whose primary role is to convert business objects to and from delimited-formatted strings or streams. A delimited-formatted string or stream is serialized data with the text/delimited MIME type. The data handler parses text data based on a specified delimiter that separates the individual fields of a business object's data. This type of data conversion is used primarily where the efficiency of machine reading is most important.

The default top-level connector meta-object (MO_DataHandler_Default) supports the text/delimited MIME type. Therefore, a connector that is configured to use the MO_DataHandler_Default meta-object can call the Delimited data handler. If an access client must be able to call this data handler, you must modify the top-level server meta-object (MO_Server_DataHandler) to support the text/delimited MIME type.

Features of the Delimited data handler

The Delimited data handler allows you to set the following strings:

Business object and string processing

The Delimited data handler performs the operations listed in Table 56.

Table 56. Data operations for the Delimited data handler

Data-handler operation For more information
Receives a business object from the caller, converts the business object to a Delimited string or stream, and passes the serialized data to the caller. Converting business objects to delimited data
Receives a string or stream from the caller, builds a business object, and returns the business object to the caller. Receives a Delimited string or stream from the caller, builds a business object, and passes the business object to the caller. Converting delimited data to business objects

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