The xBus offers a wide variety of interfacing modes. The exact way of data exchange is controlled by several classes - namely receivers, messages, transformers and senders. The following table should help to choose the correct settings in different interfacing situations of record type data exchange.

Interface type	Direction	Large files	Trans- for- mation	Sensitive for string length or line breaks	Receiver	Message	Transformer	Message	Sender	Message	Transformer	Message	Sender
File transfer	xBus -> AS400	N/A	No	No	FileReceiver	SimpleTextMessage	SimpleTextCloneTransformer	SimpleTextMessage	AS400FileSender	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
				Yes	ByteArrayListReceiver	ByteArrayListMessage	ByteArrayListTransformer	ByteArrayListMessage	AS400FileSender	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
			Yes	No	FileReceiver	RecordTypeMessage	RecordTypeTransformer	RecordTypeMessage	AS400FileSender	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
				Yes	ByteArrayListReceiver	RecordTypeMessage	RecordTypeTransformer	RecordTypeMessage	AS400FileSender	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
	AS400 -> xBus	No	No	No	AS400FileReceiver	SimpleTextMessage	SimpleTextCloneTransformer	SimpleTextMessage	FileSender	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
				Yes	AS400ByteArrayListReceiver	ByteArrayListMessage	ByteArrayListTransformer	ByteArrayListMessage	FileSender	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
			Yes	No	AS400FileReceiver	RecordTypeMessage	RecordTypeTransformer	RecordTypeMessage	FileSender	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
				Yes	AS400ByteArrayListReceiver	RecordTypeMessage	RecordTypeTransformer	RecordTypeMessage	FileSender	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
		Yes	N/A	N/A	AS400LineReaderReceiver	SimpleObjectMessage	SimpleObjectCloneTransformer	SimpleObjectMessage	FileLineWriterSender	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Program call	xBus -> AS400 -> xBus	N/A	N/A	N/A	FileReceiver	AS400ProgramMessage	XMLCloneTransformer	AS400ProgramMessage	AS400ProgramSender	AS400ProgramMessage	XMLCloneTransformer	AS400ProgramMessage	AS400ProgramSender

Explanation

• "Large files" indicates that file of enormous size are processed in this interface.