Automatic installation of data handlers

Data handlers are automatically installed with the installation of WebSphere Business Integration Server Express. The XML, EDI, and Complex Data data handlers are installed with Windows. The XML and EDI data handlers are installed with Linux and OS/400 and i5/OS.

When the installation of WebSphere Business Integration Server Express is complete, the files in Table 6are automatically installed in the product directory on your system.

Table 6. Installed file structure for data handlers in WebSphere Business Integration Server Express
Directory Description
DataHandlers Contains these files:
  • CwXMLDataHandler.jar , which contains the separate XML data handler
  • CwDataHandler.jar for compiled versions of the IBM-delivered base data handlers
  • an empty jar file, CustDataHandler.jar, which is intended to hold any custom data handlers you might develop.
repository\sadk Contains text files with meta-object definitions for data handlers called in the context of the Server Access Interface.
DevelopmentKits\edk\DataHandler Contains a template file (StubDataHandler.java) for a custom data handler and a batch file (StubDataHandler.java) to compile a custom data handler.
DevelopmentKits\edk\DataHandler\Samples Contains source code for the sample FixedWidth, NameValue, and Delimited data handlers.
repository\DataHandlers Contains text files with meta-object definitions for data handlers called in the context of a connector.

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