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 connector definition 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 in Connector Configurator Express:
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:
The Property Subtype can be selected when Property Type is a String. It is an optional value which provides syntax checking when you save the configuration file. The default is a blank space, and means that the property has not been subtyped.
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:
To create a new property value:
The Value panel displays a table with three columns:
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 Dependencies - 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)
Some general rules for setting pathnames are:
for example, C:\WebSphereAdapters\bin\Data\Std\StdConnProps.xml