When you select the Create Adapter Configuration File button, ECMap prompts you through a series of dialogs to create a customized configuration file. The first dialog to appear is the Configuration File Options
Adapter use two methods of transferring data: buffer and NDO.
The buffer method moves raw data to and from the transport with no additional processing.
The NDO method moves the data in a hierarchical (tree) structure. The term NDO (New Data Object) is the Sybase-specific name given to the tree method of exchanging data.
If you select Buffer or NDO, the following modes are available:
Acquire mode to get data from the application and put that data to a transport.
Deliver mode to get information from the transport and deliver it to the application.
Process Mode to get data from a transport, enrich the data or submit a request and get a response, and put the data to another transport.
The Input Buffer Name and Output Buffer Name’s availability depends on whether you select Buffer or NDO. For example, if you select Buffer and Acquire because you want to get a data buffer from an application, the available Output Buffer Name would be EDI File.
If you select Buffer and Deliver because you want to get data in the form of a buffer from a transport and delivers it to an application, the available Input Buffer Name would be EDI File.
For Buffer and Process, the Adapter Shell constructs two buffers, one used during input and one used during output, and passes them to the processBuffer() function. The data is retrieved from the transport into a buffer, the adapter plug-in is called for processing, and the processing output is put to the transport. The result of the processing should provide an indication of whether looping should continue or not. If you select Buffer and Process, both the Input Buffer Name and the Output Buffer Name would be EDI File:
See the Adapter Runtime Environment for EDI User Guide and ECRTP Reference Guide for more information about the contents of the configuration files.
