Configuring the connector

The iSeries adapter uses standard connector properties for configuration as detailed in the next section and connector-specific properties as detailed in the following section.

Standard connector properties

Standard configuration properties provide information that all connectors use. See Appendix A, Standard configuration properties for connectors for documentation of these properties.

You must set at least the following standard connector configuration properties before running the connector.

Connector-specific properties

Connector-specific configuration properties provide information needed by the connector at runtime. Connector-specific properties also provide a way of changing static information or logic within the connector agent without having to recode and rebuild the agent.

Table 4 lists the connector-specific configuration properties for the connector. See the section that follows for explanations of the properties.

Table 4. Connector-specific configuration properties

Name Possible values Default value Required?
ExecutionTimeout
None Yes
UseDefaults default value None Yes
PollQuantity An integer greater than 1. 1 No

ExecutionTimeout

This is the Timeout where a connector calls the pgm program on an iSeries system.

UseDefaults

Typically, some of the input parameters to a program would be constant. So these attributes can be designed to have default values. If there is no default value and the UseDefaults property is set to true, the adapter errors out and throws a VerbProcessingFailedException. If UseDefaults is not set or set to false, and there are no default values, the adapter builds a String of length MaxLength with padded spaces for the attribute values.

PollQuantity

Designates the number of items that the connector polls for. If the adapter has set a connector-specific property for the poll quantity, the value set in the connector-specific property will override the standard property value.

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