An InteractionSpec holds properties for driving an Interaction with an EIS instance. An InteractionSpec is used by an Interaction to execute the specified function on an underlying EIS.

The CCI specification defines a set of standard properties for an InteractionSpec. An InteractionSpec implementation is not required to support a standard property if that property does not apply to its underlying EIS.

The InteractionSpec implementation class must provide getter and setter methods for each of its supported properties. The getter and setter methods convention should be based on the Java Beans design pattern.

The standard properties are as follows:

• FunctionName: name of an EIS function
• InteractionVerb: mode of interaction with an EIS instance: SYNC_SEND, SYNC_SEND_RECEIVE, SYNC_RECEIVE
• ExecutionTimeout: the number of milliseconds an Interaction will wait for an EIS to execute the specified function

The following standard properties are used to give hints to an Interaction instance about the ResultSet requirements:

• FetchSize
• FetchDirection
• MaxFieldSize
• ResultSetType
• ResultSetConcurrency

A CCI implementation can provide additional properties beyond that described in the InteractionSpec interface. Note that the format and type of the additional properties is specific to an EIS and is outside the scope of the CCI specification.

It is required that the InteractionSpec interface be implemented as a JavaBean for the toolability support. The properties on the InteractionSpec implementation class should be defined through the getter and setter methods pattern. An implementation class for InteractionSpec interface is required to implement the java.io.Serializable interface.