File adapter request and response for a delete action

When you use a context item as an input for an adapter request, you must enclose the adapter request in the <request-data> elements. However, when you create a static request, <request-data> is not required and the adapter request starts with the <adapterName-adapter-request> element.

The Delete action can be performed on any file. The absolute path of the file is required to delete a file through the Delete adapter request.

The following table describes the elements of an adapter request for the File adapter with a delete action.

Element of an adapter request for the File adapter with a delete action

The following figure shows a sample adapter request for the File adapter with a delete action.

XML sample of the File adapter request with a delete action 

<fileRequest>
  <filename>/tmp/filetodelete.txt</filename>
</fileRequest>

The delete action for the File adapter request returns an adapter response containing the summary information for the request. A detailed output is not returned for this action.

The following figure describes the elements of a File adapter response to a request with a delete action.

Elements of a File adapter response to a request with a delete action

The following figure illustrates a sample XML for the File adapter response to a request with a delete action.

XML sample of the File adapter response to a request with a delete action 

<file-output>
  <metadata>
    <status>success or error</status>				
    <error>Present only with status of 'error'</error>
     <execution-milliseconds>value</execution-milliseconds>
  </metadata>
  <output/>
</file-output>