Adding connectivity and adapter bundles to projects
To add a connectivity bundle or an adapter bundle to a project
1. There are two ways of adding a connectivity bundle or an adapter bundle to a project.
If you are creating a new Apama project: Select
File > New > Apama Project, give it a name, and click
Next. Select the connectivity bundle or the adapter bundle that is appropriate for your application. Click
Finish. For more information, see
Creating Apama projects.
If you are adding a bundle to an existing project: In the
Project Explorer view, right-click the project and select
New > Connectivity and Adapters or right-click the
Connectivity and Adapters node and select
Add Connectivity and Adapters. In the
Connectivity and Adapters dialog, select the bundle and create a new name for the bundle instance in the
Instance name text box or accept the default instance name.
Software AG Designer prevents you from using a name that is already in use. Click
OK.
For the connectivity bundles, the
standard-codecs.yaml file and other linked configuration files are shown in the
Linked Resources folder. The
standard-codecs.yaml contains all the standard codecs defined by
Apama; see
Codec Connectivity Plug-ins for more information. Also, a
.yaml and a
.properties file are created in the
Connectivity and Adapters > bundle_name > bundle_instance node; see
Standard Connectivity Plug-ins for more information. References to bundled EPL files are listed in the
Dependent Bundles node, for example, the
Connectivity Plug-ins Application Support bundle which contains the EPL event definitions for controlling connectivity plug-in behavior; see the
API Reference for EPL (ApamaDoc) for more information.
For the adapter bundles,
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. For more information, see
Standard IAF Plug-ins as well as The Database Connector IAF Adapter (ADBC).
You can add more than one bundle instance for some connectivity bundles and adapter bundles. This allows you to create different configurations of the adapter, for example if your application needs to run with different data providers.