Consider the situation in which a company wants to use the WebSphere
Business Integration Server Express Adapter for XML to read XML documents from
and post XML documents to Web Servers. Below is a sample scenario
designed to be simple and show the basic points of the XML Adapter's
functionality with InterChange Server Express connectivity.
This fictitious scenario involves two integrations that represent the two
directions of data exchange:
- The first integration starts with an "XML_REQUEST_Order" object
sent from the PortConnector to the XML Adapter via the "Port_To_XML"
collaboration object. The XML Adapter will invoke the XML DataHandler
to convert the request business object to an XML Document. The XML is
POSTed to a Web server. The Web server will respond to the XML Adapter,
which converts the response XML to the response business object sent back to
InterChange Server Express.
- In the second integration, the XML Adapter will poll a URL for an XML
document. Once read, the XML Adapter will send the document through the
XML DataHandler to convert it to a response business object that will be sent
to InterChange Server Express. Then, via one of two collaborations,
"XML_To_Port_Customer" or "XML_To_Port_Manifest," the events
will be sent to the Port Connector.
