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Mail attachment business object properties
Each email attachment is stored in its own Mail Attachment object. Mail Attachment business objects consist of an attachment name and data worth of one email attachment.
During inbound processing, the attachments are parsed and the contents sent out as business objects. By default, each attachment is parsed into one MailAttachment business object. However, you can select to emit the entire email as a single email business object by setting the activation specification property Emit individual business objects from a multipart email to false in the external service wizard.
During outbound processing, IBM BPM or WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus sets the data within the MailAttachment business object. The data in this business object then becomes an email attachment when the email message is created by the adapter.
MailAttachment objects can store email attachments of any user-defined type (such as Customer or PurchaseOrder).
The following table describes the attribute values for the mail attachment business object. A more detailed description of each property is provided in the sections that follow the table. For more information about how to read the property detail tables in the sections that follow, see Guide to information about properties.
MailAattachment business object attribute values Attribute name Purpose Attachment name The name of the email attachment Application business object data (AppBOData) Data contained in the email attachment.
Attachment name
This attribute value specifies the name of the file attached to the email.
Attachment name attribute characteristics Required Yes Default No default value Attribute type String Usage The fully qualified path of the email attachment Globalized Yes Bidi supported No
Application business object data (AppBOData)
This attribute comprises the data in the file attached to the email.
Application business object data attribute characteristics Required Yes Default No default value Attribute type anyType
Usage The anyType attribute type can hold hexBinary content or a child business-object.
For hexBinary type, the data binding deciphers the data and converts it to an unstructured content business object.
Globalized Yes Bidi supported No