Specifying a data handler
To specify a data handler to be used by the XML connector,
use the following steps.
- Determine the types of data formats that the connector will
support.
By default, the connector uses the XML data handler for the text.xml MIME type. If you are converting between business objects
and some other MIME type, make sure that the MIME type is an attribute
in the top-level data-handler meta-object (by default, MO_DataHandler_Default). Only one data handler can be used to convert any given
format type.
- Determine which data handler (or data handlers) the connector
will use.
The top-level data-handler meta-object associates MIME types
with a child data-handler meta-object. The child data-handler meta-object
determines which data handler is instantiated.
- Use the Business Object Designer Express to
modify the data-handler meta-objects.
Note:
With InterChange Server Express as the integration
broker, you can launch Business Object Designer Express
from within System Manager.
- In Connector Configurator Express
or System Manager, add the data handler top-level meta-object to
the list of supported objects for the connector. If the connector
is not subscribed to the top-level data-handler meta-object, the
connector does not load the meta-object at startup.
- Specify the name of the top-level data-handler meta-object in
the connector DataHandlerConfigMO configuration property. The product-delivered default is
the MO_DataHandler_Default meta-object.
For more information about the data-handler meta-objects, see
the Data Handler Guide.
