WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus, Version 6.2.0 Operating Systems: AIX, HP-UX, i5/OS, Linux, Solaris, Windows


Considerations before using the WebSphere Transformation Extender data handler

The WebSphere® Transformation Extender data handler is an ideal choice when you have non-XML data coming into, or leaving, your WebSphere ESB. Note that you must have WebSphere Transformation Extender available.

You must install WebSphere ESB before you install the WebSphere Transformation Extender for WebSphere ESB. You must have a valid license for WebSphere Transformation Extender. WebSphere Transformation Extender is an independent product and has to be installed separately.

For your server to work with WebSphere Transformation Extender, you must use the WebSphere Transformation Extender installer for WebSphere ESB. In addition to installing WebSphere Transformation Extender, this process also installs the WebSphere Transformation Extender Java™ client libraries as an OSGi bundle in the WebSphere ESB product so that it is accessible to WebSphere ESB.

Installing WebSphere Transformation Extender for WebSphere ESB is a two-step process:
  1. Run the WebSphere Transformation Extender for the Software Developers Kit (SDK). This installs the SDK and the OSGi bundle for WebSphere Transformation Extender in the WebSphere ESB plug-ins.
  2. Optional: Run the installer for WebSphere Transformation Extender Design Studio. This step provides you with all the tools required to design and create tree-types and maps.
Note: You must perform the first step on every node where you will utilize the WebSphere Transformation Extender data handler. The second step is required only on nodes where you want to create and edit maps.

The installation of WebSphere Transformation Extender should have configured the system path to point to WebSphere Transformation Extender. Verify that the installation location (for example, C:\Program Files\IBM\WebSphere Transformation Extender 8.2) is part of your system path.

The WebSphere Transformation Extender data handler calls WebSphere Transformation Extender using Java Native Interface (JNI). This may have performance implications on your system.

The WebSphere Transformation Extender data handler has the following memory requirements:

The WebSphere Transformation Extender data handler is an ideal choice when you have non-XML data entering, or leaving, your WebSphere ESB environment. For XML data, you should use the XML data handler for JMS, WebSphere MQ, and HTTP imports and exports, and use the XMLDataHandler for EIS bindings.

Additional considerations for using the WebSphere Transformation Extender data handler.

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