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Outbound processing

During outbound processing, the adapter receives a request from the module, in the form of a business object, to perform an operation on a file in the local file system. The adapter performs the requested operation and returns a business object, if applicable, that represents the result of the operation to the component.

The following illustration shows the outbound processing flow for WebSphere Adapter for Flat Files.

Figure 1. Outbound processing

Technical overview of the WebSphere Adapter for Flat Files