Modes are used to direct the actions of the Adapter Shell. The e-ADK supports Schema, Catalog, Schema Remove, Acquire, Deliver, and Process modes.
Schema is used to create formats for storing data structure definitions in a repository. Run the acquireSchema function to define all formats that are used to parse and reformat messages. Schemas can be created in NCF, DTD, or XML formats.
Catalog is used to get listings of supported schemas from the adapter.
Schema Remove is used to remove formats from a repository. Mapping information is retained in the repository when the formats are removed.
Acquire is used to get data from an application and put that data to a transport.
Deliver is used to get information from a transport and deliver it to the application.
Process is used to get data from a transport, call the user-written processing function, and then deliver data to an output transport. This effectively provides a shell for processing data.
For additional information about modes, see Chapter 2, “Modes.”
