Data Transformation Engine Intelligent Business Integration Reference Guide

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Chapter 4 - Developing Custom
Adapters
The interface for developing custom adapters makes it possible to develop
adapters with as much functionality as those provided with the product. The
primary benefits that this interface provides are:
♦ The ability to integrate adapters into Mercator products using the XML
registration file
♦ The ability to participate in connection pooling
♦ The ability to provide an event listener
♦ An object-orientated interface
The Adapter Toolkit provides the complete set of components to create adapters
that can be seamlessly embedded into the Mercator product execution
environment. Custom developed adapters can even be added as selections in the
Map Designer and Integration Flow Designer GUI when configuring map card
settings. With this capability, custom developed adapters can have the same
status within Mercator products as those that are shipped with the products.
The process for integrating a new adapter into the list of available adapters is very
straightforward; add your custom developed adapter to the adapters.xml file.
This file provides information about all adapters—Mercator’s and user-defined.