Inbound interface

[Former Member]

Hi all,

When there is a Inbound interface existing in XI repository, Do we need a outbound interface on the other side to communicate with it or else it can be done in some other way?

Is there any example scenario to expalin the above case?

[Former Member]

Hi

To send a message, simply call the outbound interface to which you want to transfer parameters for the request message. Furthermore, on the receiver side, you must implement receiver processing for the inbound interface. Communication can only comprise the transfer of one message, depending on whether the communication is synchronous or asynchronous.

Outbound and inbound interfaces are used to separate (potential) senders and receivers. The interface parameters do not have to match for a message exchange to be possible (but a mapping is required at runtime if they do not). This enables various different senders and receivers to communicate with each other. In particular, this loose coupling also enables you to assign interfaces to each other when one side of the communication must not, or cannot be changed.

For example, an outbound interface can be a message interface for calling an RFC in a 4.6C SAP system. In this call, the RFC has the role of an inbound interface.

You can check out the following link:

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/cd/0b733cb7d61952e10000000a11405a/content.htm

Reward points if useful.

Regards

Sumit Jain