Once installed, running the IAF is straightforward. As already stated, the IAF is not a development library but a generic adapter framework whose functionality can be tailored according to a user's requirements through loading of the appropriate plug-ins.
In order to create an adapter with the IAF, one must supply a configuration file. This file – described in
The IAF configuration file – specifies which plug-ins to load and what parameters to configure them with, defines the translation and transformation rules of the Semantic Mapper, and configures communication with Apama.