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Configure the module for inbound processing
To configure a module to use the adapter for inbound processing, use the external service wizard in IBM Integration Designer to build business services, specify data transformation processing, and generate business object definitions and related artifacts.
- Setting deployment and runtime properties
After you have decided whether your module is to be used for outbound or inbound communication with the enterprise information system (local file system), configure the activation specification properties, which hold the inbound event processing configuration information for the export.- Selecting the operation and data type
Use the external service wizard to select a data type and name the operation associated with this data type. The external service wizard gives you a choice of three data types: generic FlatFile business object, generic FlatFile business object with business graph, and user-defined type. Each data type corresponds to a business object structure.- Configure the data binding
Each data type has an equivalent data binding used to read the fields in a business object and fill the corresponding fields in the file. In the external service wizard, you add a data binding to your module and configure it to correspond with your data type. This way, the adapter knows how to populate the fields in the file with information it receives in the business object.- Configure data handlers
Data handlers perform the conversions between a business object and a native format. The configuration in this topic is shown using the XML data handler. For comma-separated values (CSV) file format files, you must select the Delimited data handler.- Setting deployment properties and generating the service
Use the external service wizard to set activation specification properties and generate artifacts for use with your module. Artifacts are the business objects, WSDL files, and import and export files that are created as part of the external service. While creating artifacts for the module, the adapter generates an export file. The export file contains the operation for the top-level business object.
Configure the module for deployment
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