IBM BPM, V8.0.1, All platforms > Authoring services in Integration Designer > Services and service-related functions

Work with data handlers, faults and registries

Creating your own data handlers provides a way of handling data formats unique to your own organization. The binding registry page lets you register your own data handlers with IBM Integration Designer, allowing them to be reused by yourself or others. Adding faults, lets you handle error conditions related to your application at run time.

Whereas a binding class provided as-is might be thought of as a class with hard-coded values, a binding resource configuration allows you to customize a binding yourself for your particular needs. Moreover, a binding resource configuration you create can often be reused by another type of binding.

For example, you might create a binding resource configuration to work with a Flat Files adapter that might be suitable for a service with a JMS binding.

Binding resource configurations can be created for data bindings, data handlers and function selectors, each of which has a section explaining their creation and how these binding resource configurations work together to bring flexibility and reuse to your services. These sections are followed by a look at the registry where these configurations are contained.