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Business object information
You can determine the purpose of a business object by examining both the application-specific information within the business object definition file and the name of the business object. The application-specific information dictates what operations can be performed on the local file system. The name typically reflects the operation to be performed and the structure of the business object.
- Business object structures
The WebSphere Adapter for Flat Files defines and generates business objects during external service. The business object structure is based on the generic WebSphere Business Integration business object structure, which is modeled as a base XML schema.- Attribute properties
Business object architecture defines various properties that apply to attributes. This section describes how the adapter interprets these properties.- Naming conventions
When the external service wizard generates a business object, it provides a name for the business object based on the name of the object in the local file system that it uses to build the business object.