Creating Custom Asset Types that can be Imported from an Input File
The CentraSite Control user interface enables users to add assets to the registry in the following ways:
Users can create an asset “from scratch,” meaning that they manually assign values to the asset's attributes in the
CentraSite Control user interface.
Users can import an asset from an archive file (a file that contains objects that have been exported from an instance of
CentraSite).
Users can import the asset from an input file. To add an asset in this way,
CentraSite must be configured with an “importer” that can read the input file and generate an instance of the specified asset type from it.
CentraSite includes importers for the following types of assets:
Type of Asset | Required Input File |
Web Service | Web Services Description Language (WSDL) file |
XML Schema | XML Schema Definition (XSD) file |
Business Process | Business Process Execution Language (BPEL) file |
If you want your users to be able to generate an instance of a custom asset type from an input file, you must build a custom importer and register it in CentraSite. You can find information about developing a custom importer in the CentraSite Administrator’s Guide.