5.2 Builders

A Builder is a complete graphical interface for creating and managing the policies that define the exchange of data between connected systems. Builders help you to build portions of a policy. For example, you define most arguments in the Argument Builder, and the Policy Builder enables you to add, view, and delete the rules that make up a policy. You can also use the Policy Builder to import and save policies and rules, and manage XML namespaces.

There are several more builders and editors that are used by the Condition editor and Action editor in the Policy Builder. Each builder can recursively call anyone of the builders. For more information on builders, see Managing Policies with the Policy Builder and Using Additional Builders and Editors in the Policies in Designer 4.0.2.

Builders give you powerful flexibility in designing data exchange. For example, the Policy Builder has the following capabilities: