Business objects for JD Edwards EnterpriseOne

A business object is a structure that consists of data, the action to be performed on the data, and additional instructions, if any, for processing the data. The data can represent either a business entity, such as an invoice or an employee record, or unstructured text. The adapter uses business objects to send data to or obtain data from the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne server.

How the adapter uses business objects

The WebSphere® Adapter for JD Edwards EnterpriseOne uses the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Dynamic Java™ Connector APIs to communicate with the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne server. The adapter exchanges information with JD Edwards EnterpriseOne through business functions, XML List calls, and the real-time event mechanism.

How business objects are created

You create business objects by using the Adapter Connection wizard, which connects to the application, discovers data structures in the application, and generates business objects to represent them. It also generates other resources needed by the adapter.

Business object structure

The adapter supports processing of hierarchical business objects. A container business object representing a JD Edwards EnterpriseOne operation is a wrapper object that contains single or multiple child business function objects, also called simple business function objects. Each business function object represents a specific function call in the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne application.