Mediator enables you to translate native format data into XML data, for inbound data, and XML data into native format data for outbound translations. So, for example, you can use inbound translation to convert an incoming comma-delimited native data file into an XML data file. You can use outbound translation to convert XML data into native data format for a target service.

Mediator provides the following translation features:

• Inbound Translation: Converts inbound data from native data format to XML. Inbound translation is configured at the operation level. The translated data is available for transform and assign operations.

• Outbound Translation: Converts outbound data from XML to native data format. Outbound translation can be configured for each routing rule. The native data is then routed to the target service.

• Translate and Route Only: Translates inbound data from native data format to XML, and routes it to the target service. An outbound WSDL file is created for the target service. This feature is only supported for mediators that have a one-way (no response) operation.