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Extensible

Siebel Financial Services EAI can be extended using standard class derivation or API implementation. You can extend the generic industry XML connector by modifying its user properties and implementing the Siebel Industry XML Connector Factory APIs to support other industry XML standards. The Industry XML Connector provides the following services that are required in most industry XML standards.

• Envelope and Header section
• Fault or Error section
• Body with heterogeneous command or messages
• Data Type Formatting - Support for multiple formats. For example, Interactive Financial eXchange (IFX) has Data type in DTD
• Data model mapping and transformation
• Overwriting the methods available in the APIs to customize industry XML connector on the Siebel Business Application platform. Figure 3 illustrates the architecture of a customized industry XML connector.

  NOTE:  For details on customization solution, see Industry XML Connector Factory APIs.

Figure 3. Customized Industry XML Connector Architecture