Locale and globalization support

This adapter has been globalized so that it can support single- and double-byte character sets and deliver message text in the specified language.

This adapter supports the processing of bidirectional script data for Arabic and Hebrew languages. To use the bidirectional capacity, you must configure the bidirectional properties. In this user guide, the term bidirectional properties refers to the properties that control invocation of bidirectional support.

If your enterprise information system (EIS) uses a bidirectional format that differs from the Windows standard format, all properties with bidirectional support are transformed from the Windows standard format to the bidirectional format of the target EIS. The adapter also transforms such data from the EIS into Windows standard format before passing it to WebSphere Process Server.

The Java(TM) runtime environment within the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) represents data in the Unicode character code set. Unicode contains encodings for characters in most known character code sets (both single- and multi-byte). Most components in the WebSphere Business Integration system are written in Java. Therefore, when data is transferred between most WebSphere Business Integration system components, there is no need for character conversion.

To log error and informational messages in the appropriate language and for the appropriate country or territory, the adapter uses the locale of the system on which it is running.

WebSphere Process Server bidirectional language format

WebSphere Process Server uses the bidirectional language format of ILYNN (implicit, left-to-right, on, off, nominal), which is also the Windows bidirectional language format. All other bidirectional language formats must be converted prior to being introduced to WebSphere Process Server.

Five attributes must be set for the proper bidirectional language format. The attributes and settings are listed in the table titled "Bidirectional attributes."

Bidirectional attributes
Letter position Purpose Values Description Default setting
1 Order Schema I or V Implicit (Logical) or Visual I
2 Direction

L
R
C
D

Left-to-Right
Right-to-Left
Contextual Left-to-Right
Contextual Right-to-Left

L
3 Symmetric Swapping Y or N Symmetric Swapping is on or off Y
4 Shaping

S
N
I
M
F
B

Text is shaped
Text is not shaped
Initial shaping
Middle shaping
Final shaping
Isolated shaping

N
5 Numeric Shaping H, C, or N Hindi, Contextual, or Nominal N

The adapter is responsible for transforming data into a Logical-Left-to-Right format before sending the data into WebSphere Process Server components.

Note: The locale setting of the user interface (browser) defines the bidirectional language display and edit format. WebSphere Process Server user interfaces must convert locale-specific formats to the WebSphere Process Server default format.

Bidirectional property levels

You can set bidirectional properties at several different levels. For more details on these properties and how to set them using the enterprise service discovery wizard, refer to the sections on creating the adapter project and configuring the adapter.

Editing bidirectional properties

You can edit the bidirectional properties for business objects and business object attributes using annotations in the Business Object Editor in WebSphere Integration Developer. The annotations are stored in the business object (the *.xsd file). For more information, refer to the Business Object Editor documentation on the WebSphere Integration Developer website at http://www.ibm.com/software/integration/wid.

You can also edit certain bidirectional properties once they have been defined by using the assembly editor in WebSphere Integration Developer. For more information on using bidirectional properties at run time, refer to the general technical paper and the adapter technical paper regarding bidirectional support. For more information on the assembly editor, refer to the assembly editor documentation on the WebSphere Integration Developer website at http://www.ibm.com/software/integration/wid.

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