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The importers

Importers bring source code or artifacts into your development environment.

Using the service flow project tools, you can import host application artifacts (those artifacts that comprise the existing interface definition), as well as components from previous application development projects or business solutions.

The purpose of importing artifacts from a host application is to populate parts of the information model of the service that you are creating.

Importers simplify your development effort through import wizards that enable you to do the following:
The importers for the service flow project tools include:
In addition to supporting these file import mechanisms, the service flow project tools also provide a screen capture capability that acts as an importer by bringing into the development environment resources for the following types of host artifacts:

When you import a COBOL file, a BMS map, or a screen capture of a 3270 or 5250 application screen, the result is schema in .sfmxsd format. The resources resulting from these import / capture operations are referred to in general as messages.

The importers are shown in Figure 1.
Figure 1. Importers
Illustration of the service flow project tools importer functionality. The illustration demonstrates that the importer takes in source artifacts from existing enterprise information system applications and data and stores the artifacts as resources that can be used in the service flow project information model.
More detailed definitions of the importers are listed below.
Note: Descriptions on how to use the importers are contained in separate task articles in the service flow project help.

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