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Business object operation support
An operation is the name of the action that is performed on the business object by the adapter. Every business object has an operation associated with it. The name of the operation typically indicates the type of action that is taken on the business object.
The following table defines the operations that the adapter supports.
Supported operations of business objects Operation Result Create Creates a file with the specified file name in the specified directory with the content sent across in the request. Append Appends the content in the request to the end of the file. Retrieve Returns the content of the file specified in the request. Delete Deletes the file from the directory specified in the request. Overwrite Overwrites the file in the directory with the content specified in the request. Exists Returns a successful response if the file in the request exists in the specified directory or sub directories. List Returns all the file names in the specified directory. ServerToServerFileTransfer Transfers the file from one FTP server to another FTP server. ExecuteFTPScript Runs an FTP script file in the specified directory.