The Object API application model enables developers to write custom code — C#, Java, or Objective-C, depending on the target device platform — to create device applications.
Development of Object API applications provides the most flexibility in terms of leveraging platform specific services, but each application must be provisioned individually after being compiled, even for minor changes or updates.
Development involves both server-side
and
client-side
components.
Unwired Server brokers data synchronization and transaction processing between the
server and the client components.
- Server-side components
address the interaction between the enterprise information
system (EIS) data source and the data cache. EIS data subsets and business
logic are encapsulated in artifacts, called mobile business
object
or DOE
packages,
that are
deployed
to Unwired Server.
- Client-side components are built into the mobile application
and address the interaction between the data cache and the mobile device
data store. This can include synchronizing data with
the
server, offline data access capabilities,
and
data change notification.
These applications:
- Allow users to connect to data from a variety of EIS systems, including SAP® systems.
- Build in more complex data handling and logic.
- Leverage data synchronization to optimize and balance device response time and need for real-time data.
- Ensure secure and reliable transport of data.