Creating a Subscription
Note: You cannot create a subscription without a notification and you can only create one subscription for a notification.
After you create a notification, you can create a subscription for the notification. When you create a subscription, you specify the conditions for the subscription to be used with the notification.
To create a subscription
2. In the CAF Events Editor, click the Subscriptions tab.
3. Click Add.
4. In the Add New Subscription wizard, type a name in the Subscription Name text box.
5. (Optional) Type a description in the Subscription Description text box.
6. In the Notification drop-down list, select a notification, then do one of the following:.
Click
Next and follow the instructions in the wizard to customize the subscription view locations and name, managed bean name, managed bean scope, and Java attributes.
Click
Finish to accept the remaining configuration parameters as defaults.
7. Save your changes.
8. After you click Finish, the wizard creates a subscription bean and a subscription provider, and opens a template subscription view in the editor. You can customize this view to your own needs, as described in Configuring the Default Subscription
View. The view contains these components: Displayed Text | Control and Description |
Message | Formatted Messages. Displays error messages with a Details button to toggle a display of error contents. |
Subscription for Custom CAF Event | Property Group. Provides a label field for the subscription and contains controls for the subscription. |
Subscribed: | Property Line. Contains the Text Output control. |
Subscribed | Text Output. Contains a binding expression to the subscription provider in the managed bean. |
No text displayed | Submit group. Contains the subscribe/unsubscribe buttons. |
Subscribe | Async Command Button. Subscribes to the subscription. |
Unsubscribe | Async Command Button. Unsubscribes from the subscription. |