IBM WebSphere data handler API

The IBM WebSphere data handler API provides a single class, called DataHandler. The abstract DataHandler base class facilitates the development of a custom data handler. This class contains the methods that populate a business object with values extracted from serialized input data, and methods that serialize a business object into a string or a stream. The class also includes utility methods that a custom data handler can use. You derive a custom data handler from this DataHandler class. For information on the methods in the DataHandler class, see the Data Handler Guide.

Note:
You only need to consider developing a custom data handler if your access client formats its serialized data in some format other that one supported by existing IBM WebSphere Business Integration Server Express and Express Plusdata handlers. For a list of these data handlers, see "The role of IBM WebSphere Business Integration Server Express and Express Plus data handlers".

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