Developing OTDs for Communication Adapters

ProcedureTo Copy an OTD to the Project

  1. Copy and paste the OTD to your Project to view the OTD in an editable mode.

  2. Right-click the OTD and select Copy from the shortcut menu.

  3. Right-click your Project and select Paste from the shortcut menu.

    The OTD is added to your Project on the Project Explorer tree.

  4. Double-click the copied OTD to view the copied OTD.

    The editable OTD appears in the OTD Editor. Notice that for the Library OTDs, the OTD segments are still write protected. The OTDs properties can only be modified from the Root node at this point.

    The OTD Editor - HL7_25_ADT_A01
  5. Select any of the OTDs nodes or sub-nodes to see the nodes properties displayed in the editor’s Properties pane from the editor’s Object Type Definition pane.

    For an overview of Object Type Definitions, OTD structure, and the OTD Editor, see the Sun Enterprise Service Bus User’s Guide.