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 data handlers. For a list of these data handlers, see "The role of IBM WebSphere Business Integration Data Handlers".

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