Working with Schemas
TIBCO Adapters use schema data to describe or constrain data or operations used by adapters.
For inbound data, schemas are used as a constraining mechanism, that is, the incoming data have to conform to a structure. For outbound data, schemas are used to interpret data from the application. Schema data effectively isolate the data description from the application data.
When you create an adapter service in an adapter configuration with a specific schema object, the schema is stored in the AESchemas/ae/SAP_Version/basic/Schema_Type.schema folder for the adapter configuration and transformed into AE Schema. The difference between a schema object and AE schema is that TIBCO proprietary Active Enterprise Schema is recognized by TIBCO Adapter SDK and the fundamental class library used in the adapter implementation.
The content of AE Schema consists of associations, classes, scalars, sequences, and unions. The transformation is done automatically, and you cannot modify the AE Schema manually.