To begin the process of creating and deploying a module, you create
an adapter project. The adapter project contains the adapter itself plus other
related artifacts. You create the project by importing the RAR file, which
was copied to your local file system during installation, into WebSphere® Integration
Developer.
About this task
Create an adapter
project (called a
connector project in WebSphere Integration Developer)
to contain the adapter (which you import from the adapter installation directory)
as well as artifacts related to it. All projects are self-contained; they
do not refer to objects outside of the project.
To create an adapter project,
use the following procedure.
How to perform
this task
- If WebSphere Integration Developer is not currently running, start
it now.
- Click .
- If you are prompted to specify a workspace, accept the default
value.
The workspace is a directory where WebSphere Integration
Developer stores your project.
- When the WebSphere Integration Developer window is displayed,
close the Welcome page.
- Switch to the J2EE perspective:
- Click .
- Click J2EE.
If J2EE is
not displayed in the Select Perspective window, select
the Show all check box, click J2EE,
and click OK.
- If you see the Confirm Enablement window,
select Always enable capabilities and don't ask me again.
- Click OK.
- Import the RAR file by right-clicking Connector Projects and
clicking .
Figure 1. Importing the RAR
file
- From the Connector Import window, click Browse and
navigate to the directory in which Adapter for Flat Files was installed.
- Click CWYFF_FlatFile.rar.
The
connector project has the same name as the RAR file.
- Optional: In the Connector project field,
type another name for the project or accept the default value.
- Optional: In the Target server field,
select the server to which the adapter will be deployed or accept the default
value.
- Clear the Add module to an EAR project check
box.
Figure 2. Clearing the Add module to
an EAR project check box
Notice that the EAR project field becomes unavailable
after you remove the check mark.
- Click Finish.
Result
A new J2EE Connector project
is created. To see its contents, expand the project in Project Explorer. For
example, if the connector project is named CWYFF_FlatFile, expand
CWYFF_FlatFile.
Figure 3. Flat Files connector project