pros and cons of File adpater

[Former Member]

Hi

Can any one explain me pros and cons of using File adpater

venkat

[Former Member]

Sedamkar,

With file adapter some of the disadvantages are:

You cannot have multiple hierarchy structures in your file.

You should have a key field (depending upon your file structure) sometimes. Not necessarily everytime.

Other than these all are the advantages.

Regards,

---Satish

[Former Member]

Hi ,

Satish could you tell me as to what you mean by not having multiple hiearchy structure in a file ...

I have dealt with files which had structure like this

<Record> <1....9999>

<ClientSn> <1>

<address><0...9999>

<PhoneNumber><0...999>

[justin_santhanam]

Venkat,

There is nothing like Pros and Cons in file adapter. It all depends on business requirement against which adapter u have to use. If you want to connect to File system the only way is connect using File adapter. So u can search other Middleware tool and compare it with XI File adapter. Its my suggestion.

Best regards,

raj.