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Inbound data transformation

During inbound communications an adapter transforms an event record created in a native format, such as bytes or a string, into a business object. The process is called data transformation. The adapter uses an adapter-specific data binding and data handlers to accomplish the data transformation.

The data bindings and data handlers are configured in the external service wizard.


Data bindings

The adapter uses the data bindings to retrieve the fields from an event record created in a native format. Then populate the corresponding fields in a business object. The adapter uses the FTPFileBaseDataBinding data binding during inbound communication.

During inbound communications, the data binding uses the following fields from an event record and populates the corresponding business object attributes with their values:

For data that does not require transformation, the adapter conducts pass-through processing because data passes through the system without being altered.


Data handlers

In addition to data bindings, data transformation requires the use of a data handler. A data handler converts data from a native format into a business object. From version 6.2 onwards, the adapter provides the following data handlers:

Inbound processing