Synchronous coordination

Synchronous interaction between steps within the data integration process may sometimes be required. For example, it might be important to complete a transaction only when an acknowledgment of an action is received. Synchronous interaction can be accomplished in different ways:

• Communicate with other maps from a map rule during the data transformation process. Using a map rule in this way, the Launcher manages coordination among maps to avoid deadlocked situations and to ensure that shared resources are reliably accessed or deleted.
• Synchronize coordination to interact with other applications using a resource adapter for a data source or target. For example, when a file is sent to a server using the FTP target adapter, the FTP server response is received before the mapping process completes.