DTE Methods and Arguments

The FINS ACORD XML DTE methods and arguments are described in the following tables. The following table describes the DTE methods.

Method	Display Name	Function
ToExternal	Transform To External Hierarchy	Transforms a Siebel hierarchy into an external hierarchy.
ToInternal	Transform To Siebel Hierarchy	Transforms an external hierarchy into a Siebel hierarchy.

The following table describes the arguments for the DTE methods.

Argument	Value	Description
XMLHierarchy	XML Property Set	For ToExternal, takes as input the output of the Execute outbound method of the transaction manager. Sends an output hierarchy that contains the XML document in Siebel external integration object format. For ToInternal, takes as input the output of the XMLPropetySetToPropertySet method of the converter. Sends an output hierarchy that contains the ACORD document in Siebel internal integration object format.
MapArgs>		Run-time input arguments that can be used by DTE maps when a map is called from a workflow. See the explanation in the following section.

The following table provides specifications for the ToExternal method argument.

Name	Display Name	Data Type	Type	Optional
XMLHierarchy	XML Property Set	Hierarchy	Input or Output	No

The following table provides specifications for the ToInternal method argument.

Name	Display Name	Data Type	Type	Optional
XMLHierarchy	XML Property Set	Hierarchy	Output	No