To create a configuration file for your connector, you need a connector-specific property template as well as the system-supplied standard properties.
You can create a brand-new template for the connector-specific properties of your connector, or you can use an existing file as the template.
This section describes how you create properties in the template, define general characteristics and values for those properties, and specify any dependencies between the properties. Then you save the template and use it as the base for creating a new connector configuration file.
To create a template:
Enter a unique name that identifies the connector, or type of connector, for which this template will be used. You will see this name again when you open the dialog box for creating a new configuration file from a template.
The names of all currently available templates are displayed in the Template Name display.
If you do not see any template that displays the connector-specific properties used by your connector, you will need to create one.
When you click Next to select a template, the Properties - Connector-Specific Property Template dialog box appears. The dialog box has tabs for General characteristics of the defined properties and for Value restrictions. The General display has the following fields:
After you have made selections for the general characteristics of the property, click the Value tab.
The Value tab enables you to set the maximum length, the maximum multiple values, a default value, or a value range for the property. It also allows editable values. To do so:
The Value column shows the value that you entered in the Property Value dialog box, and any previous values that you created.
The Default Value column allows you to designate any of the values as the default.
The Value Range shows the range that you entered in the Property Value dialog box.
After a value has been created and appears in the grid, it can be edited from within the table display. To make a change in an existing value in the table, select an entire row by clicking on the row number. Then right-click in the Value field and click Edit Value.
When you have made your changes to the General and Value tabs, click Next. The Dependences - Connector-Specific Property Template dialog box appears.
A dependent property is a property that is included in the
template and used in the configuration file only if the
value of another property meets a specific condition. For example,
PollQuantity appears in the template only if JMS is the
transport mechanism and DuplicateEventElimination is set
to True.
To designate a property as dependent and to set the condition upon
which it depends, do this:
== (equal to)
!= (not equal to)
> (greater than)
< (less than)
>= (greater than or equal to)
<=(less than or equal to)