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Store.ThefilescanbeaccessedthroughtheRESTAPI,whichmeanswebportalscouldpoten-
tiallyaccessthefilesdirectlywithouthavingtogothroughaWorkflowprocess(seeTheConnect
RESTAPICookBook).
The engines
DataMapper engines.ADataMapperengineextractsdatafromadatafile.ThenumberofDataMap-
perenginesisconfigurable(Enginespreferences).
Merge engine/s.Amergeenginemergesdatawithatemplateusingthescriptsinthetemplate,in
ordertocreatecontentitems.
Thenumberofmergeenginesisconfigurable(seeEnginespreferences):itcanbeincreaseddepend-
ingonthecapacityofthemachinethatrunsthesolution(see"Performanceconsiderations"on
page23).
Weaver engines.AWeaverenginecreatesPrintoutputfromPrintcontentitems.Ittakesthesettings
madeinPrintPresetsorinthePrintWizardintoaccount.
ThenumberofWeaverenginesisconfigurableaswell(seeEnginespreferences).
Note: TheProofPrintfunctiondoesn'tprintviatheConnectServer;itusestheDesigner's
internalengines.
The REST API
TheConnectserverreceivesRESTcommands(seeTheConnectRESTAPICookBook),normally
eitherviatheWorkflowserviceorfromtheDesigner.ThisdesignallowstheConnectfunctionalitytobe
usedbyotherapplications.Theserverforwardsthecommandstotheappropriateengineandreturns
theresultstothecaller.Theresultsaretheid'softheitems(records,contentitems,jobetc.)thatare
storedintheConnectdatabase(seebelow).AllConnecttasksexcepttheCreateWebContenttask
integratetheresultsintheMetadatainWorkflow.
ThefigurebelowshowsthecommunicationbetweenConnecttasksandtheConnectserverinaPrint
process.
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