BEA WebLogic Integration 2.1 Service Pack 1: Data Integration

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BEA WebLogic Integration 2.1 Service Pack 1

Data Integration...

...provides integration with the WebLogic Integration process engine further enabling the integration of data from diverse enterprise applications by supporting data translations between binary formats from legacy systems and XML.
...normalizes legacy data into XML so it may be directly consumed by XML applications, transformed into a specific XML grammar, or used directly to start workflows in the WebLogic Integration process engine.
...works with the WebLogic Integration repository to allow you to store documents that can be shared among all WebLogic Integration components, including the process engine and the B2B engine.

Read the data integration overview!

link Building Format Definitions

Build Format Definitions using the design-time component (Format Builder).

link Testing Format Definitions

Test format definitions you have built using the Format Tester utility.

link Importing Meta Data

Import COBOL Copybooks, FML Field Table Classes, and convert C structure definitions into MFL message definitions using the provided import utilities.

link Retrieving and Storing Repository Documents

Retrieve and store supported document types in a repository that allows the documents to be shared among all WebLogic Integration components.

Contivo Analyst

The Contivo Analyst software and documentation are included with the WebLogic Integration software CD and download. You can use this software to extend the data transformation capabilities of your data integration environment.

link Using the Data Integration Plug-In

Explains how to use the data integration plug-in for business process management (BPM), which provides for an exchange of information between applications by supporting data translations between binary formats from legacy systems and XML.

link Using the Run-Time Component

Provides a description of the run-time component as a Java class with various methods used to translate data between binary and XML formats.

link Supported Data Types

Provides listings of the supported data types.

link Creating Custom Data Types

Create custom data types specific to your unique data type requirements using the user defined type utility.

link Running the Purchase Order Sample

Run the included Purchase Order sample to illustrate the basic techniques of creating message format definitions for binary data.