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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 FTP server. The name typically reflects the operation to be performed and the structure of the business object.
- Business object structure
The adapter supports three different types of business object structures. A generic business object, which is used to pass unstructured data. A generic business object with a business graph, which contains the action to be performed on the data and the connection-specific information. A user-defined type, which is a content-specific business object that supports specific business object structures (such as customer and order business objects).- 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 FTP server that it uses to build the business object. Use the Business Object Editor to create user-defined objects.- Support for null namespace
WebSphere Adapter for FTP supports the business objects with null namespaces.- Business object attribute properties
Business object architecture defines various properties that apply to attributes. This section describes how the adapter interprets these properties.- 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.- Custom business objects
If you use custom business objects, create predefined business objects using the IBM Integration Designer business object wizard before running the external service wizard. The business object definitions created by the wizard are stored as .xsd files on your local system. When the external service wizard creates the business objects, it looks for the predefined business objects created in the business object wizard and populates them with the data specific to the module.