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You can make an adapter available to a process flow created in iWay Designer, a GUI-based tool, used to build stateless process flows that execute within iWay Service Manager (iSM). The adapter can be incorporated as a node, called an Adapter object, in an iWay process flow, allowing you to integrate it easily into a business process solution.
When creating an Adapter object, you can add an adapter to the object in one of two ways:
To use an adapter in a process flow, you must first configure a target for the adapter within iWay Explorer. For more information on configuring a target, see Creating XML Schemas and iWay Business Services.
Before you begin, ensure that you have created a project and created a process for that project. You can create a project by right-clicking the Processes folder in your project and selecting New Process from the context menu.
The New Adapter Object dialog box appears.
Note: The Deactivate option allows you to configure the object, but suppress its function within the process flow (usually used for debugging). The Design Mode option allows you to insert the object without configuring it, so that it acts as a placeholder in the process flow.
You are prompted to select the adapter type from the Defined Adapters list.
If you do not see the adapter target in the list, you must go through the process of defining the adapter. For more information, see How to Define a New Adapter in iWay Designer.
The Main Properties dialog box for the adapter you selected appears.
You can review and change the properties associated with the target. To change a property, click in the field and edit it directly. If multiple dialog boxes appear, continue to click Next to review all of the properties.
An icon representing the adapter object appears in the workspace and the adapter is available to your iWay process flow. You can define relationships to other objects in your iWay process flow.
You can create a new adapter object that has not been previously defined in iWay Service Manager from the New Adapter Object dialog box.
The New Adapter Object - Adapter Name and Description dialog box appears.
The New Adapter Definition dialog box appears.
The Define Adapter iBSP URL dialog box appears.
http://host:port
where
Is the name of the machine on which iWay Service Manager is installed.
Is the port number on which iBSP listens for SOAP requests. The default is 9000.
The iBSP URL allows you to access targets defined in the iBSP repository.
The Adapter/Target dialog box appears.
The descriptor properties for the adapter and target you selected appear.
You can review and change the parameters associated with the target. To change a parameter, click in the field and edit it directly. If multiple dialog boxes appear, continue to click Next to review all of the parameters.
The Main Properties dialog box appears. You can review and change the properties for the new adapter definition. For example, if you want to create an error document, change the value to true.
The Adapter Type dialog box appears with the newly created adapter in the Defined Adapters field.
The adapter and target properties dialog boxes for the adapter object appear. You can review all parameters associated with the target again. Continue to click Next through the dialog boxes.
An icon representing the adapter object appears in the workspace, and the adapter is available to your iWay process flow. You can define relationships to other objects in your iWay process flow. For information on defining relationships between the Adapter object and other objects in your iWay process flow, see the iWay Designer User’s Guide
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