B2B Mail Client Adapter

How the B2B Mail Client Adapter Works

Process Data structure

Mail headers, message format, protocol, and contract ID information can be accessed in the process data of the business process document. They are written in the following format:

Mail headers 
<ProcessData> 
	<Mail_Client> 
		<Headers> 
			<{field name}> 
				{---value----} 
			</{field name}> 
		</Headers> 
	<Mail_Client> 
</ProcessData> 

Process Data Example

The following example shows how the process data might look:

<ProcessData> 
<PrimaryDocument SCIObjectID="server:20187f:ef9c723ba3:-7fa4"/> 
<Mail_Client> 
<Headers> 
<From>"Boston, Test1" <test1@mycompany.com></From> 
<Subject>xml file</Subject> 
<To>"Boston, Test2" <test2@mycompany.com>, "Boston, Test3" 
	 <test2@mycompany.com></To> 
<Date>Mon, 12 Aug 2002 10:48:28 +0800</Date> 
<Received>by aaasgpxs00.boston.mycompany.comid 
       <01C241AA.BCF67770@aaasgpxs00.boston.mycompany.com>; 
        Mon,12 Aug 2002 10:48:29 +0800</Received> 
<MIME-Version>1.0</MIME-Version> 
<Content-Type>application/octet-stream; 
	name="smtpSetSubject.xml"</Content-Type> 
<Content-Disposition>attachment; 
	filename="smtpSetSubject.xml"</Content-Disposition> 
<Message-ID><EA43E744516FD311A2FB00903B5C499CFF9B64@aaasgpxs00.
            boston.mycompany.com>
     </Message-ID> 
</Headers> 
</Mail_Client> 
</ProcessData>

Initiating a Business Process that Contains the B2B Mail Client Adapter

You can configure the B2B Mail Client adapter to look up either a predefined contract or a business process. When configuring the adapter, you must fill in Universal Resource Indicator (URI) information. The URI must be the same name that you entered in the User Name field. The URI name is then compared with the Userid (that matches a contract or business process). If a contract match is found, the business process ID is obtained from the contract and the adapter starts that business process. If a business process match is found, the adapter starts that business process.

Configuring Multiple URIs

You can configure multiple URIs when you configure the B2B Mail Client adapter for the first time. If you want to modify a URI, you need to change only the username and password of the URI. The same service configuration is used for multiple users. If you modify the service configuration, you need not change the business process. For example, if you want to bootstrap a business process configured in a second URI, you need to change the username and password for the second URI. The business process fails to bootstrap if the values of URI and User Name fields are different.

Business Process Example

The following example illustrates the B2B Mail Client adapter configuration called TEST_MAIL_CLIENT_ADAPTER being executed by a scheduler:

<process name="Schedule_TEST_MAIL_CLIENT_ADAPTER"> 
 <sequence> 
    <operation name="Service"> 
    <participant name="TEST_MAIL_CLIENT_ADAPTER"/> 
    <output message="Xout"> 
        <assign to="." from="*"></assign> 
      </output> 
    <input message="Xin"> 
        <assign to="." from="*"></assign> 
      </input> 
  </operation> 
  </sequence> 
</process> 

Implementing the B2B Mail Client Adapter

Configuring the B2B Mail Client Adapter

To configure the B2B Mail Client adapter, you must specify settings for the following fields in Sterling B2B Integrator: