The generic XML Digital Data Connector data sink

The IBM Digital Data Connector framework contains a generic data sink. Use the data sink in combination with HTML forms generated by the IBM Web Content Manager design components.

The data sink plugs into the POC resolver framework. We can address it through the action.uri parameter defined in the DDC HTML forms.

The data sink supports simple HTTP PUT, POST, and DELETE operations for XML-based remote APIs. This approach follows the Representation State Transfer (REST) design pattern as used in many existing remote APIs. Use the data sink to transform form post parameters into XML documents we can then send to remote service end points. We can control the transformation using list-rendering profiles. We address the generic XML DDC data sink using the following URI: ddc:operation:blp:ibm.portal.ddc.xml.

The result data the addressed service returns is transformed into a generic JSON object. We can access this object in the WCM design components after the page refresh triggered by the form post.

• Parameters the generic XML data sink supports
  The generic XML IBM Digital Data Connector data sink supports the parameters listed here.

• The generic XML data sink result object
  The IBM Digital Data Connector data sink returns a JSON string. The JSON string contains the result information for the outbound interaction call that was performed.

Parent Send data to the Web Content Viewer portlet

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