Data Transformation Engine Intelligent Business Integration Reference Guide
Chapter 4 - Developing Custom Adapters  XML Descriptor File 
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Attribute Description 
library  Name of the DLL or shared library. The DLL, SO, or SL file 
extension should not be provided. In addition, for UNIX 
adapters, the name should not be prefixed with lib. This will be 
added when accessing the adapter. 
vendor  Name of the adapter manufacturer. The vendor name is 
displayed along with the adapter name in the Map Designer 
and Integration Flow Designer. 
The following is an example of adding an adapter to the available adapter pool: 
1  Create the adapter using the Adapter Toolkit. 
2  Add the entry for the new adapter to the adapters.xml file: 
<!-- UserAdapters must have id numbers in the range 200-299. --> 
 <UserAdapters> 
 <UserAdapter name="FIX API (Cstm)" alias="FIX" id="201" type="app" library="fixapi" 
vendor="CLSA"/> 
 <UserAdapter name="OMS API (Cstm)" alias="OMS" id="202" type="app" library="omsapi" 
vendor="CLSA"/> 
 </UserAdapters> 
</Adapters> 










