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Chapter 9. Configuring collaboration objects This chapter describes configuration of a collaboration object and contains the following sections: v "Collaboration objects and groups" v "Creating a collaboration object" on page 156 v "Modifying collaboration objects" on page 158 This chapter focuses on the task of configuing a collaboration object, but contains some references to the development tasks of designing and creating collaboration templates. For information about designing and creating a collaboration template (tasks that require the WebSphere Business Integration Server Express Plus version of this product), and for information about using Process Designer Express, see the Collaboration Development Guide. Collaboration objects and groups A collaboration object is an instance of a collaboration template. To configure a collaboration, you must: 1. Create a new collaboration object from a collaboration template. For more information, see "Creating a collaboration object" on page 156. 2. Bind the ports of the collaboration object, either internally (to a connector or another collaboration) or externally (to an external process that calls the collaboration, such as an e-business web application servlet). For more information, see "Binding collaboration object ports" on page 161. 3. Configure the general properties of the collaboration object. For more information, see "Configuring collaboration object general properties" on page 164. 4. Configure the collaboration-specific properties for the collaboration object. For more information, see "Configuring collaboration-specific properties" on page 169. When you create an internal binding, you can bind only to connectors or collaborations that support the business object expected by the collaboration port. This allows communication between the bound components, allowing the collaboration to send and receive business objects, as well as receive responses to requests. A collaboration cannot run until you bind all its ports. You can create multiple collaboration objects from a single collaboration template. For example, two collaborations from the same template can implement the same logic across two sets of applications at your site. Collaboration-object groups A collaboration-object group is a set of two or more collaboration objects that are bound to one another. When you configure a collaboration object's port to receive an incoming business object from another collaboration object or to send an outgoing business object to © Copyright IBM Corp. 2001, 2004 155