Creating New Elements

Service Development Help : Working with Elements : Creating New Elements

When creating elements, keep the following points in mind:

The names of non-folder elements must be unique across all packages. If you try to create an element using a name that already exists at that level in any package, Designer creates the element and names it Untitled.

Designer places some restrictions on the characters you can use in element and package names. For more information about these restrictions, see Guidelines for Naming Elements.

Before you can create a new Java or C service, ensure that all services in the folder in which you want to create the new service and of the type you want to create (Java or C) are unlocked. Alternatively, you can ensure that you have all the services locked. For more information, see Guidelines for Locking Java and C/C++ Services.

To create a new element

1. In the Package Navigator view of Designer, click File > New and then click the element you want to create.

You can also click Other to view all the elements that you can create in Designer. The New dialog box appears. Click the type of element you want to create and then click Next.

2. On the New Element dialog box, follow the prompts given by Designer for the type of element you are creating.

3. To create an element such as a flow service or a Java service using a predefined template, select the template from the Choose template list. If you want to apply the default properties to the element, select Default from the Choose template list.

Note:

The Choose template field appears only for those elements that support property templates. The default value for this field is Default.

4. When you have supplied all the information that Designer needs to create the element, click Finish. Designer refreshes the Package Navigator view and displays the new element.

Note:

When Designer creates web service connectors as part of creating a consumer web service descriptor, Designer applies the default property template to the web service connector. You can modify the properties of the element by changing them in the Properties view or apply a different template after the element is created. For more information about applying templates, see Applying Property Templates to Elements.

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