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Naming conventions

When the external service wizard generates a business object, it provides a name for the business object based on the business object schema file (XSD file) name.

When the external service wizard provides the business object name, it converts the name of the object to mixed case, which means that it removes any separators, such as spaces or underscores, and then capitalizes the first letter of each word.

For example, if the external service wizard uses a mail server object called CUSTOMER_ADDRESS to generate a business object, it generates a business object called CustomerAddress.

The generated business object name can indicate the structure of the business object. Names are derived during the metadata import process and are the same as the name given by the user to the pre-generated XSD files. Business objects names have no semantic value to the adapter. It means that if you change the business object name, the behavior of the business object remains the same.

Important: If you choose to rename a business object, use the refactoring functionality in IBM Integration Designer to ensure that you update all the business object dependencies. For instructions on using refactoring to rename business objects, refer to the following link: http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/dmndhelp/v7r5m1/topic/com.ibm.wbpm.wid.bpel.doc/selector/topics/trefacts.html.

Business graphs take the name of the business object followed by "BG".

For example, a business graph for a customer business object would be called CustomerBG.

Business graph generation is optional.

Business object information