After installing the connector, you must create business objects.
There are no requirements regarding the structure of the business objects
other than those imposed by the configured data handler. The business
objects that the connector processes can have any name allowed by WebSphere
InterChange Server Express.
The connector retrieves messages from a destination and attempts to
populate a business object (defined by the meta-object) with the message
contents. Strictly speaking, the connector neither controls nor
influences business object structure. Those are functions of
meta-object definitions as well as the connector's data handler
requirements. In fact, there is no business-object level application
text. Rather, the connector's main role when retrieving and passing
business objects is to monitor the message-to-business-object (and vice versa)
process for errors.
- Identify and configure the application that InterChange Server Express
will send business objects to when InterChange Server Express is configured
with an instance of the JMS adapter.
- Configure the connector with a data handler that can transform messages
from JMS destinations into business objects suitable for processing by the
target application. You do this by specifying the DataHandlerConfigMO
and DataHandlerMimeType connector properties, or by specifying the
DataHandlerClassName property. For further information, see Configuring connector properties. You can optionally specify special data handler
processing rules in static and dynamic meta-objects. For further
information, see Meta-object properties.
- Use Business Object Designer Express to create the application-specific
business objects. For further information see the Business Object
Development Guide.
- Add the business objects you create to the Supported Business
Objects. Using Connector Configurator Express, click the Supported
Business Objects tab for the JMS adapter, add the business objects you
have created, and set the Message Set ID to a unique value for each
supported business object. For further information on using Connector
Configurator Express to add supported business objects, see Specifying supported business object definitions.
