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Idea / RFE Review. Apologies for the length of time this RFE has been held in Uncommitted Candidate / Future Consideration status. Our strong suspicion is that the need for this request has long since been satisfied through other means in any case, and for this reason coupled with the very low number of votes (2 votes over 9 years), we will not be moving forward with this suggestion. To expand on the reasoning here, the IIB/ACE graphical data mapping capability (GDM) has been made available as a common component within the company so that other parts of IBM can share it (in line with the open source style separable component idea), but this is a distinct issue from exposing the code in such a way that any alternative XSL or XQuery engine would be capable of executing the files in a non-proprietary context. As noted, the feature as currently designed and implemented deliberately chooses not to externalise the generated code. Any change from this strategy would obviously have commercial implications. Other points worth making in regard to this issue are that the ability to pre-compile maps and schemas into a BAR file prior to deployment has been made available in subsequent product releases, so there is no performance argument to be made in favour of changing the current operational model of this code component. Another factor worth considering is that the open-sourced JSONata mapping technology has also received higher levels of investment more recently than GDM, so in terms of long-term alternatives you may also wish to consider its capabilities too.
Due to processing by IBM, this request was reassigned to have the following updated attributes:
Brand - WebSphere
Product family - Integration
Product - IBM Integration Bus (WebSphere Message Broker) - IIB
For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
Brand - WebSphere
Product family - Connectivity and Integration
Product - IBM Integration Bus (WebSphere Message Broker) - IIB
Thanks for raising this requirement. At a high level, we think there are two phases to the solution: (1) Provide export capabilities from the mapper into XSL and/or xQuery, and (2) Improve the consumability of the mapper as a separable component. We'll look to start this work as a candidate for the second half of the year.