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:
vODA\i2\i2ODA.jar
vODA\messages\i2ODAAgent.txt
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