Test Connector uses profiles to store the information it needs
to emulate a connector. You must create a profile for each
connector you want to emulate. You can edit and delete existing
profiles.
To emulate a connector using Test Connector, you must save the
connector definition to a file. Do the following to save a
connector definition to a file:
- Open the connector definition in Connector Configurator.
- Select File > Save As > To File from the menu
bar.
- Navigate to the directory in which you want the file saved,
type a name in the File name field, ensure that the value
Configuration (*.cfg) is displayed in the Save as type
drop-down menu, and click Save.
Connector Configurator saves the connector definition to a file
with the specified name.
You must create a profile for any connector you want to emulate
in Test Connector. The profile specifies information such as the
name of the connector, the configuration file to be used, and the
type of integration broker with which the connector communicates.
To create a new connector profile, do the following:
- Select File > Create/Select Profile from the menu bar
to display the "Connector Profile" window.
- In the "Connector Profile window", select File > New
Profile from the menu bar.
- In the "New Profile" window, click Browse and then
navigate to the configuration file for the connector you preparing
in Saving the connector
definition to a file.
- Type the name of the connector in the Connector Name
field. You must type the exact name of the connector definition as
it exists in the integration broker repository. For the adapter for
JText, for instance, you must type JTextConnector, without
any spaces between the words JText and Connector,
and with each letter being the proper case.
- Select the proper
integration broker in the Broker Type drop-down
menu--ICS, WMQI or WAS.
- Note:
- Select WMQI if your broker is any WebSphere message
broker.
- If you selected ICS as your broker type in step
5,do the following as
well:
- Type the name of the InterChange Server instance in the
Server field.
Be sure to type the name precisely; it is case-sensitive and
Test Connector will not be able to communicate with InterChange
Server if the name is not correct.
- Type the password for the admin user account in the
Password field. The default password is null.
Figure 43 shows the "New
Profile" window:
Figure 43. Creating a new
connector profile

- Click OK to close the "New Profile" window.
The "Connector Profile" window displays the name of the
connector in the Connector column, the name of the
InterChange Server instance in the Server column (if the
integration broker is ICS), and the path and name of the connector
configuration file in the Configuration File column.
Figure 44 shows the "Connector
Profile" window with a profile for the ClarifyConnector
configured to communicate with an InterChange Server instance, and
a profile for the JTextConnector configured to communicate
with a WMQIB server.
Figure 44. The "Connector
Profile" window

- Click OK to close the "Connector Profile" window.
Follow the steps below to make changes to an existing connector
profile:
- Select File > Create/Select Profile from the menu bar
of Test Connector or use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+N to
display the Connector Profile window.
- In the "Connector Profile" window select the profile you want
to edit and then select Edit > Edit Profile from the menu
bar.
- Type new values in the fields of the "New Profile" window and
use the Browse button to change the configuration file as
necessary to make your edits.
- Click OK to close the "New Profile" window.
Do the following to delete a connector profile:
- Select File > Create/Select Profile from the menu bar
of Test Connector or use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+N to
display the "Connector Profile" window.
- In the "Connector Profile" window, select the profile you want
to delete and then select Edit > Delete Profile from the
menu bar.
