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Chapter 4. Generating business objects using i2 ODA
This chapter describes i2 ODA, an object discovery agent (ODA), which, working
with XML schema ODA, generates business objects for the IBM WebSphere
Business Integration Adapter for i2.
This chapter contains the following sections:
v
“Overview of i2 ODA” on page 17
v
“Installing i2 ODA” on page 17
v “Using i2 ODA in Business Object Designer” on page 19
Overview of i2 ODA
i2 Object Discovery Agent (ODA) is a utility to use to obtain the specifications for
the i2 business object from the metadata information in i2’s CIS registry. The
Business Object Development wizard automates the process. You can view or make
modifications to the business object before saving it to the server.
The process for generating an i2 business object has three distinct stages:
1.
Identifying the ports, operations, and types for which i2 ODA generates the
schema files; generating the XML schema for the types; and generating the
wrapper business object representing the operations with the types as
attributes.
2. Processing the i2 generated XML schema files and converting the XML schema
to the actual business object for the type.
3. Prior to saving the wrapper business object, saving to the repository the
MO_Instance business object and the business objects that were generated for
the types using XML ODA.
For details, see “Steps for using i2ODA” on page 20.
Installing i2 ODA
This section describes how to install and launch i2 ODA, run multiple instances of
i2 ODA, and work with error and trace message files.
Steps for installing i2 ODA
Before you begin: This chapter assumes you have already installed the i2
connector, as well as the required software for using the connector (see Chapter 2,
“Installing and configuring the connector”, on page 7). Be sure you are using i2
application version 6.0 and i2 ODA 1.0.0.
To install i2 ODA, use the Installer for IBM WebSphere Business Integration
Adapters. Follow the instructions in
IBM WebSphere Business Integration Adapters
Implementation Guide for MQIntegrator or for InterChange Server (ICS) , or IBM
WebSphere Business Integration System Installation Guide for UNIX or for Windows .
When the installation is complete, the following files are installed in the directory
on your system where you have installed the product:
v
ODA\i2\i2ODA.jar
v ODA\messages\i2ODAAgent.txt
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