Integration Module Implementation Properties
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Can be used by different applications while using different business
objects.
T Can be designed to make multiple external invocations.
T Can use different communication protocols for different logical
management operations and operational management products.
T Supports the use of another thread to accommodate a long-running
service.
T Can implement multiple logical management operations, even when the
input configuration and the output configuration is different.
T Is less likely to require the use of an external integration module.
Implementing an integration module by using an invocation channel has the
following advantages:
T An invocation channel is useful when you pass complex data to the
endpoint. It is also useful when you can define a clear mapping between
the fields in the source object and the input the endpoint requires.
T Can support hierarchical object structures on input and output
transactions.
T The integration framework handles the conversion of objects to XML, and
XML to objects.
T Can be configured to use processing classes, user exits, and XSL mapping
for inbound and outbound transactions.
T The integration framework performs endpoint invocation.
T Can be invoked directly without an association to an integration module
or a logical management operation.
T A simple integration can be implemented using system configuration that
does not require you to restart the application server.
Implementing an integration module by using a Java class has the following
disadvantages:
T Requires you to perform more Java coding.
T Does not support an object structure with a parent and child relationship
as input or output. Only the parent object can be used as input, and the
Java code must find the child relationship.
T Conversions of objects to XML and XML to objects must be coded when
you use an endpoint handler.
T Customization must be built into the design of the integration module.
Customization cannot be added later without redeploying the code.
T Use of any integration framework components, such as an endpoint
handler, must be coded in the Java class.
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