Generating and wiring a target component for testing inbound processing

Before deploying to the test environment a module that includes an adapter for inbound processing, you must first generate and wire a target component. This target component serves as the destination to which the adapter sends events.

1. Create the target component.
   1. From the Business Integration perspective of IBM Integration Designer, expand Assembly Diagram and double-click the export component. If you did not change the default value, the name of the export component is the name of your adapter + InboundInterface.

      An interface specifies the operations that can be called and the data that is passed, such as input arguments, returned values, and exceptions. The InboundInterface contains the operations required by the adapter to support inbound processing and is created when you run the external service wizard.

   2. Create a new component by expanding Components, selecting Untyped Component, and dragging the component to the Assembly Diagram.

      The cursor changes to the placement icon.

   3. Click the component to have it displayed in the Assembly Diagram.
2. Wire the components.
   1. Click and drag the export component to the new component.
   2. Save the assembly diagram. Click File > Save.
3. Generate an implementation for the new component.
   1. Right-click on the new component and select Generate Implementation > Java.

   2. Select (default package) and click OK. This creates an endpoint for the inbound module.

      The Java™ implementation is displayed in a separate tab.

   3. Optional: Add print statements to print the data object received at the endpoint for each of the endpoint methods.
   4. Click File > Save to save the changes.