Setting Encoding Options

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Chapter 7 Configuring Advanced Topics : Setting Encoding Options

Setting Encoding Options

See TIBCO ActiveMatrix Adapter for PeopleSoft Concepts for an introduction to Internationalization topics such as Unicode and how adapters handle it.

The wire format encoding used for communication between adapters and TIBCO applications is determined by the encoding property set in the project. Configure inter-communication encoding prior to running the adapter so it can handle files in different encoding.

The adapter configuration can be saved in a local or repository server-based project.

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If the adapter configuration is saved in a repository server-based project, inter-communication encoding is determined by the repo.encoding property in the server's config file. Each adapter or TIBCO application that uses the repository server for storing and retrieving configuration data from a project uses this encoding setting when communicating. This assures that all components (including adapters and other TIBCO applications) that use the same repository also use the same encoding value to communicate. The repo.encoding property value can be ISO8859-1 (the default) or UTF-8. If English or other Latin-1 language data is transmitted between adapters, ISO8859-1 should be used. Otherwise use UTF-8.

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If an adapter configuration is saved in a local project, the inter-communication encoding is determined by the encoding property of the local project file. To communicate with other adapters using the same encoding, all adapters and applications must set their local project file encoding property identical. Use the Repository Finder in TIBCO Designer to set the encoding property for a local project. The default encoding is Latin-1.

When a local project is later promoted to a repository server-based project, the encoding property set in the project file is superseded by the server's encoding property.

The encoding property discussed above is the encoding used by the communication between adapters and applications, not the encoding used for the persistent storage of the project files. Project files are always saved using UTF-8.