Overview of Creating Connections

To implement a connection, you perform the following steps:

Create a WmManagedConnection implementation class.

This class is primarily responsible for wrapping the connection to your resource. The method that instantiates the class receives information from the connection factory. Accessing the resource is your responsibility. For more information, see Creating a WmManagedConnection Implementation Class.

Create a WmManagedConnectionFactory implementation class, which:

Constructs a new connection object.

Identifies all adapter service templates supported by the factory's connections.

Specifies the transactional capabilities of the factory's connections.

Creates webMethods metadata for the connection factory.

For more information, see Creating a WmManagedConnectionFactory Implementation Class.

Update the adapter's resource bundle with display names and other display-oriented data for the connection implementation and its parameters. For more information, see Updating the Resource Bundle.

Link the connection type to the adapter as described in Updating AdapterTypeInfo.

Compile and reload your adapter, and test the connection as described in Configuring and Testing Connection Nodes.