You can use the IBM® z/OS® Connect SPI
to create a custom data transformer. Data transformers are OSGi services
that implement the com.ibm.zosconnect.spi.DataXform SPI
that is provided by IBM z/OS Connect .
About this task
IBM z/OS Connect data
transformers are written and delivered by any component to plug into
the framework. A data transformer is included with IBM z/OS Connect and
provides both to and from JSON byte arrays that are consumable by
COBOL, PL/I, and C programs on z/OS.
A
data transformer that is implemented for IBM z/OS Connect is
an OSGi service that connects and interacts with IBM z/OS Connect through
the OSGi framework.
Procedure
- Implement the IBM z/OS Connect
com.ibm.zosconnect.spi.DataXform SPI
in the service.
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Edit the metatype configuration so that it specifies the following attributes. This definition
should be entered on one line:
<OCD id="user.DataTransform.ID" ibm:alias="userDataTransformAlias" name="userDataTransformName"
description="zOSConnect User DataTransform" ibm:objectClass="com.ibm.zosconnect.dataXformType">
where the ibm:objectClass attribute indicates that this object is a type
dataTransform.
Java™ API documentation for the IBM z/OS Connect SPIs can be found in the z/OS Connect SPI reference, and as
a separate file at <installation_path>/doc/javadoc.zip.
The Java API documentation for each Liberty profile SPI can be found in the
Liberty product documentation and is also available in a separate
.zip file in one of the javadoc directories of the
<installation_path>/wlp/dev directory.
As an implementation of a z/OS Connect (OpenAPI 2)
programming interface, Liberty profile API and SPI features can be used.