Adding adapters to projects
Apama provides standard adapters that communicate with third-party messaging systems, transforming incoming messages into Apama events and, in the opposite direction, transforming Apama events into the proprietary representations required by third-party messaging systems. In addition, the adapter for the Apama Database Connector (ADBC) allows an application to connect to standard ODBC and JDBC data sources as well as Apama Sim data sources. You can add IAF adapters and connectivity plug-ins to an Apama project by adding the corresponding adapter bundles to the project.
To add an adapter to a project
1. There are several ways of adding an adapter to a project.
If you are creating a new Apama project, select
File > Project > New > Apama, give it a name, and click
Next. The
New Apama Project dialog appears. For more information, see
Creating Apama projects.
If you are adding an adapter to an existing project:
a. In the Project Explorer view, right-click the project and select New > Connectivity and Adapters or Apama > Add Connectivity and Adapters.
b. In the Connectivity and Adapters dialog, create a new name for the adapter instance or accept the default instance name. Software AG Designer prevents you from using a name that is already in use.
2. Select the adapter bundle that is appropriate for your application. If you want to use connectivity plug-ins in your project, you can add one or more connectivity bundles to the project from this dialog. An instance of User Connectivity can be selected if you want to make use of any user-defined connectivity plug-ins. Click Finish.
Software AG Designer adds an instance of the adapter to the Connectivity and Adapters node in your project along with the supporting monitors such as IAFStatusManager.mon and the associated service monitors. Reference to bundled files associated with the adapters, such as IAF Status Manager and Status Support are listed in the adapter's Dependent Bundles node.
You can add multiple instances of a given adapter to a project. This allows you to create different configurations of the adapter, for example if your application needs to run with different data providers.
For more information on configuring Apama standard adapters, see
Standard IAF Plug-ins as well as
The Database Connector IAF Adapter (ADBC).
