The WebSphere® Adapter for Flat Files performs inbound and outbound operations. The supported operations and the business object structures for the supported operations are listed here.
The "Supported operations" table below describes the operations supported by the Flat Files adapter.
Supported operations
Operation | Response |
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Append | The content in the request is appended at the end of the file. |
Create | File with the specified filename is created in the specified directory with the content sent across in the request. |
Delete | Deletes the file from the directory specified in the request. |
Exists | If the file in the request exists in the specified directory, true is returned in outputString field, else false is returned in the outputString. |
List | The operation would return all the filenames in the directory specified in the request. |
Overwrite | Overwrites the file in the directory with the content specified in the request. |
Retrieve | Response returns the file content of the filename specified in the request. |
The "Business object structure for Create" table below defines the business structure for the Create operation.
Business object structure for Create
Name request | Value request | Name response | Value response |
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DirectoryPath | /home/user/ outputdir | DirectoryPath | /home/user/ outputdir |
Filename | Myoutput.out | Filename | Myoutput.out |
InputBytes | MSH|^~\& ||.||| 199908180016|| ADT^A04| ADT.1.1698593|P | InputBytes | MSH|^~\& ||.||| 199908180016|| ADT^A04| ADT.1.1698593|P |
OutputBytes | Null | OutputBytes | Null |
OutputString | Null | OutputString | Null |
The "Business object structure for list" table below defines the business structure for the List operation.
Business object structure for List
Name request | Value request | Name response | Value response |
---|---|---|---|
DirectoryPath | /home/user/ outputdir | DirectoryPath | /home/user/ outputdir |
Filename | Null | Filename | Null |
InputBytes | Null | InputBytes | Null |
OutputBytes | Null | OutputBytes | Null |
OutputString | Null | OutputString | File01.out, File02.out, File03.out, File04.out |
The "Business object structure for Exists" table below defines the business structure for the Exists operation.
Business object structure for Exists
Name request | Value request | Name response | Value response |
---|---|---|---|
DirectoryPath | /home/user/ outputdir | DirectoryPath | /home/user/ outputdir |
Filename | File01.out | Filename | File01.out |
InputBytes | Null | InputBytes | Null |
OutputBytes | Null | OutputBytes | Null |
OutputString | Null | OutputString | True |
Last updated: Sun Mar 12 11:47:10 2006
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