Supported operations

The adapter performs inbound and outbound operations. After-image and delta support are provided for outbound operations. The adapter provides only after-image support for inbound operations. The supported operations are listed here.

Outbound operations

The adapter supports two business object styles that relate to the amount and purpose of information conveyed by the business object: after-image and delta. An after-image is the state of a business object after all changes have been made to it. A delta is a business object used in an update operation that contains only key values and the data to be changed. The adapter provides both after-image and delta support for the following operations:

Verbs are definable only for after-image business objects. A verb reflects the state of the business object, whereas an operation reflects the operation to be performed by the adapter. The top-level verbs supported for after-image are:
  • Create
  • Update
  • Delete
  • UpdateWithDelete

Inbound operations

The adapter provides only after-image support for inbound operations. When the adapter receives a business object for updating, it assumes that the business object represents the desired state of the data after the update. These are the supported operations:
  • Create
  • Update
  • Delete

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