psdi.iface.bidi.maximo

Class BidiUtils

java.lang.Object

psdi.iface.bidi.maximo.BidiUtils

public class BidiUtils
extends java.lang.Object

Utilities class to wrap the transformation functionality

Author:

Hatim Mohammed (hatim@eg.ibm.com) Mod. History: - 2009-11-22: Adding Outbound transformation method - 2009-12-06: Adding Debug logging - 2009-12-08: Adding getBidiFormat() method

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static byte[]	bidiTransformInboundData(byte[] data, java.lang.String bidiFormat) Performs the Bidi transformation for the passed data according to the provided Bidi format
static byte[]	bidiTransformInboundData(java.lang.String extSystemName, byte[] data) Performs the Bidi transformation for the passed data according to the provided external system's Bidi format
static byte[]	bidiTransformOutboundData(byte[] data, java.lang.String bidiFormat) Performs the Bidi transformation for the passed data according to the provided Bidi format
static java.lang.String	getBidiFormat(java.lang.String extSystemName) Returns the Bidi format from an external system identified by its name

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

getBidiFormat

public static java.lang.String getBidiFormat(java.lang.String extSystemName)
                                      throws MXException

Returns the Bidi format from an external system identified by its name

Parameters:

extSystemName - the external system that posts the data to Maximo platform

Returns:

the Bidi format in five-char flag set

Throws:

MXException - thrown from ExtSystemCache's getInstance()

bidiTransformInboundData

public static byte[] bidiTransformInboundData(java.lang.String extSystemName,
                                              byte[] data)
                                       throws MXException

Performs the Bidi transformation for the passed data according to the provided external system's Bidi format

Parameters:

data - the XML document in byte array

extSystem - the external system that posts the data to Maximo platform

Returns:

the transformed data thru the Bidi Transformation APIs

Throws:

MXException - any error while transformation process will pass thru to caller to handle

bidiTransformInboundData

public static byte[] bidiTransformInboundData(byte[] data,
                                              java.lang.String bidiFormat)
                                       throws MXException

Performs the Bidi transformation for the passed data according to the provided Bidi format

Parameters:

data - the XML document in byte array

bidiFormat - the external system's bidi format to transform the data from.

Returns:

the transformed data thru the Bidi Transformation APIs

Throws:

MXException - any error while transformation process will pass thru to caller to handle

bidiTransformOutboundData

public static byte[] bidiTransformOutboundData(byte[] data,
                                               java.lang.String bidiFormat)
                                        throws MXException

Performs the Bidi transformation for the passed data according to the provided Bidi format

Parameters:

data - the XML document in byte array

bidiFormat - the external system's bidi format to transform the data to.

Returns:

the transformed data thru the Bidi Transformation APIs

Throws:

MXException - any error while transformation process will pass thru to caller to handle