com.ibm.di.osgi
Class ConnectorDelegate

java.lang.Object
  com.ibm.di.connector.Connector
      com.ibm.di.osgi.ConnectorDelegate

All Implemented Interfaces:

ConnectorInterface, VersionInfoInterface

Direct Known Subclasses:

ChangeDetectionConnectorDelegate

public class ConnectorDelegate
extends Connector

Used to act as a way for accessing ConnectorComponent services from the OSGi layer.

Note: This class is for internal usage only. Any dependency from the end-user will not be supported. Changes to this class will happen without a warning.

Since:

7.2

Field Summary

protected Connector

worker

Fields inherited from class com.ibm.di.connector.Connector

ALL_MODES, myLog, PROPERTY_MESSAGE, PROPERTY_READER, PROPERTY_WRITER

Constructor Summary

ConnectorDelegate()

ConnectorDelegate(String id)

Method Summary

boolean	addFindEntry(Object entry) Adds an entry to the list of duplicate entries found.
void	clearFindEntries() Removes all entries from the duplicate entry list.
protected Object	clone()
void	debug(String msg) Log a debug message to the connector's log
boolean	debugMode() Returns whether debug mode is set or not.
void	deleteEntry(Entry entry, SearchCriteria search) Deletes an existing entry.
boolean	equals(Object o)
Entry	findEntry(Object arg0, Object arg1) Locates an entry based on a key/value pair.
Entry	findEntry(SearchCriteria search) Finds an existing entry.
Boolean	getBoolean(Object p1) Returns the value of a config parameter as a Boolean
Object	getConfiguration() Returns the current configuration for this connector
Object	getContext() Returns the parent task of the connector - an AssemblyLine object.
ConnectorInterface	getDelegate()
int	getFindEntryCount() Returns the number of duplicate entries in the list.
Entry	getFirstFindEntry() Returns the first entry from the list of duplicate entries found.
Log	getLog() Returns the current Log object.
int	getMaxDuplicateEntries() Returns the current maximum number of duplicate entries buffered up by the connector.
Vector<String>	getModes() Returns the connector's modes.
Vector<String>	getModes(ConnectorConfig config) Returns the connector's modes.
String	getName() Returns the name for this connector.
ConnectorInterface	getNextClient() Server mode - return a clone of self that handles the next client instance when running in server mode.
Entry	getNextEntry() Returns the next Entry from the connector.
Entry	getNextFindEntry() Returns the next entry from the list of duplicate entries found.
String	getParam(String param) Returns the value of a parameter as a java.lang.String object.
ParserInterface	getParser() Returns the parser interface used by this connector.
Object	getProperty(Object p1) Return a connector property.
Entry	getPushbackEntry() Returns the pushed back entry for the connector.
BaseConfiguration	getRawConnectorConfiguration() Returns the current configuration for the raw connector
RSInterface	getRSInterface() Returns the current RSInterface object in use by this connector.
JComponent	getUI() This method returns the user interface component presented to the user to configure the connector.
String	getVersion() Version information.
boolean	hasConfigValue(Object p1) Return true if we have a configuration value for configName.
int	hashCode()
boolean	hasParser() Check if the configuration includes a parser.
void	initialize(Object o) Initialize the connector.
void	initParser(Object is, Object os) Initialize the connector's parser with input and output streams.
boolean	isDeltaSupported() Returns true if this connector is able to perform delta updates
boolean	isExceptionFatal(Exception e) Returns true if the exception is considered to be fatal.
boolean	isIOException(Throwable e) Returns true if this connector considers the Throwable to be an IOException.
void	logError(String msg) Log an error message to the connector's log
void	logmsg(String msg) Log a message to the connector's log.
void	modEntry(Entry entry, SearchCriteria search) Modifies an existing entry.
void	modEntry(Entry entry, SearchCriteria search, Entry old) Modifies an existing entry.
void	pushback(Entry e) Make an entry the next entry to be iterated from the connector.
void	putEntry(Entry entry) Adds a new entry to the data source
void	queryOperations(ConnectorConfig config) Discover the operations for a connection given the provided configuration.
Entry	queryReply(Entry entry) Performs a query/reply operations.
Object	querySchema(Object source) This function translates to whatever means a connector has to discover schema for a connection.
Vector<String>	queryTables() This function translates to whatever means a connector have to discover "tables" for a connection.
void	reconnect() Reconnect to the underlying data source.
void	reconnect(Object o) Reconnect to the underlying data source
void	registerScriptBeans(ScriptEngine se) This method is called to register specific objects in the script context.
void	replyEntry(Entry entry) Send a reply to the connector.
void	selectEntries() Prepare the Connector for sequential read.
void	setConfiguration(Object config) Sets the configuration for use by this connector.
void	setContext(Object aContext) Sets the parent task of the connector - an AssemblyLine object.
void	setCurrent(Entry entry, SearchCriteria search) Change the SearchCriteria search to find the entry sent as a parameter.
void	setDebugMode(boolean debug) Modify the debug mode of the component.
void	setId(String id)
void	setLog(Log logger) Sets the Log object to use for logging messages
void	setMaxDuplicateEntries(int mde) Sets the maximum number of duplicate entries to buffer up.
void	setModes(String[] modes) Sets the connector's modes.
void	setModes(Vector<String> modes) Sets the connector's modes.
void	setName(String name) Set the name for the connector.
void	setParam(String param, String value) Adds or replaces a connector configuration parameter.
void	setParser(ParserInterface parser) Sets the connector's parser.
void	setProperty(Object p1, Object p2) Set connector property.
void	setRSInterface(RSInterface rsi) Sets the RSInterface for this connector to use.
void	terminate() Terminate the connector.
void	terminateServer() Interrupts and shuts down the Connector if it runs in Server Mode.
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class com.ibm.di.connector.Connector

allModes, getClassInstance

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

worker

protected Connector worker

Constructor Detail

ConnectorDelegate

public ConnectorDelegate()

ConnectorDelegate

public ConnectorDelegate(String id)
                  throws Exception

Throws:

Exception

Method Detail

getVersion

public String getVersion()

Description copied from interface: VersionInfoInterface

Version information.

Returns:

version information

initialize

public void initialize(Object o)
                throws Exception

Description copied from class: Connector

Initialize the connector. The connector may be passed a parameter of any kind by the user. It is up to the connector to determine whether this object can be used or not. The parameter is typically provided by a user script. When an AssemblyLine initializes it's Connectors, they are passed a ConnectorMode object.

Specified by:

initialize in interface ConnectorInterface

Overrides:

initialize in class Connector

Parameters:

o - User provided parameter

Throws:

Exception - if the initialization of this connector fails.

addFindEntry

public boolean addFindEntry(Object entry)

Description copied from class: Connector

Adds an entry to the list of duplicate entries found.

Overrides:

addFindEntry in class Connector

Parameters:

entry - The entry object to add

Returns:

true if the entry was successfully added, false if the passed entry is null or the found entries are more than the maximumDuplicatEntriesReturned limit.

clearFindEntries

public void clearFindEntries()

Description copied from class: Connector

Removes all entries from the duplicate entry list.

Overrides:

clearFindEntries in class Connector

debug

public void debug(String msg)

Description copied from class: Connector

Log a debug message to the connector's log

Overrides:

debug in class Connector

Parameters:

msg - The message to write to the log

debugMode

public boolean debugMode()

Description copied from class: Connector

Returns whether debug mode is set or not. May be accessed by different threads.

Overrides:

debugMode in class Connector

Returns:

True if debug mode is set

deleteEntry

public void deleteEntry(Entry entry,
                        SearchCriteria search)
                 throws Exception

Description copied from class: Connector

Deletes an existing entry. The search criteria specifies which entry to modify. Some connectors may silently ignore the search criteria. For example, the LDAP connector will use the distinguished name ($dn) from the entry parameter (if it exists) rather than expanding the search criteria and search for the entry. Each connector's inner semantics governs whether the search parameter is used or not.

Specified by:

deleteEntry in interface ConnectorInterface

Overrides:

deleteEntry in class Connector

Parameters:

entry - The entry data

search - The search criteria used to locate the entry to be deleted

Throws:

Exception - if an error occurs.

findEntry

public Entry findEntry(Object arg0,
                       Object arg1)

Description copied from class: Connector

Locates an entry based on a key/value pair. The search is translated to the connector's format for searching.

Overrides:

findEntry in class Connector

Parameters:

arg0 - The attribute name

arg1 - The attribute value match

Returns:

The entry found or null if no entries were found

findEntry

public Entry findEntry(SearchCriteria search)
                throws Exception

Description copied from class: Connector

Finds an existing entry. The search criteria specifies which entry to locate

Here is an example of how to find all people with names starting with 'J' which are from IBM organization in US.

Example:

 var ctor = input.getConnector();
 var crit = new com.ibm.di.SearchCriteria("$dn",
                com.ibm.di.SearchCriteria.SUBSTRING, "c=US,o=IBM");
 crit.addCriteria("name", com.ibm.di.SearchCriteria.INITIAL_STRING, "J");
 crit.addCriteria("objectclass", com.ibm.di.SearchCriteria.SUBSTRING, "person");
 
 var res = ctor.findEntry(crit);
 if (res != null) {
        main.logmsg("Found entry:");
        main.dumpEntry(res);
 } else {
  if( getFindEntryCount()> 1 ){
   main.logmsg("Found these entries:");
   while ( (entry = ctor.getNextFindEntry()) != null ) {
     main.dumpEntry(entry);
   }
  }
  else {
         main.logmsg("Entry not found!");
  }
 }
 

Specified by:

findEntry in interface ConnectorInterface

Overrides:

findEntry in class Connector

Parameters:

search - The search criteria used to locate the entry to be modified

Returns:

The entry found, or null if no or multiple entries found

Throws:

Exception - if an error occurs.

getBoolean

public Boolean getBoolean(Object p1)

Description copied from class: Connector

Returns the value of a config parameter as a Boolean

Overrides:

getBoolean in class Connector

Parameters:

p1 - the key that boolean value is mapped under.

Returns:

the Boolean value or null if not found.

getConfiguration

public Object getConfiguration()

Description copied from class: Connector

Returns the current configuration for this connector

Specified by:

getConfiguration in interface ConnectorInterface

Overrides:

getConfiguration in class Connector

Returns:

The configuration object (an instance of ConnectorConfig), or null if the configuration is not established

getContext

public Object getContext()

Description copied from class: Connector

Returns the parent task of the connector - an AssemblyLine object.

Here is an example hook of how to print the names of all enabled or passive components in the current running assembly line.

Example:

 var ctx = thisConnector.getConnector().getContext();
 var clist = ctx.getConnectors();
 
 for (i = 0; i < clist.size(); i++)
        main.logmsg(clist.get(i).getName());
 

Specified by:

getContext in interface ConnectorInterface

Overrides:

getContext in class Connector

Returns:

the context to which the connector belongs

getFindEntryCount

public int getFindEntryCount()

Description copied from class: Connector

Returns the number of duplicate entries in the list.

Specified by:

getFindEntryCount in interface ConnectorInterface

Overrides:

getFindEntryCount in class Connector

Returns:

Number of duplicate entries in the list

getFirstFindEntry

public Entry getFirstFindEntry()
                        throws Exception

Description copied from class: Connector

Returns the first entry from the list of duplicate entries found. Also resets the counter for getNextFindEntry

Specified by:

getFirstFindEntry in interface ConnectorInterface

Overrides:

getFirstFindEntry in class Connector

Returns:

The first entry from the list or null if list is empty

Throws:

Exception - if an error occurs.

getLog

public Log getLog()

Description copied from class: Connector

Returns the current Log object.

Overrides:

getLog in class Connector

Returns:

The current Log object or null if no log object exists.

See Also:

Log

getMaxDuplicateEntries

public int getMaxDuplicateEntries()

Description copied from class: Connector

Returns the current maximum number of duplicate entries buffered up by the connector.

Specified by:

getMaxDuplicateEntries in interface ConnectorInterface

Overrides:

getMaxDuplicateEntries in class Connector

Returns:

Max number of duplicate entries

getModes

public Vector<String> getModes()

Description copied from class: Connector

Returns the connector's modes.

Overrides:

getModes in class Connector

Returns:

The connector's modes

getModes

public Vector<String> getModes(ConnectorConfig config)

Description copied from class: Connector

Returns the connector's modes.

Overrides:

getModes in class Connector

Parameters:

config - return the modes given this configuration

Returns:

The connector's modes

getName

public String getName()

Description copied from class: Connector

Returns the name for this connector.

Specified by:

getName in interface ConnectorInterface

Overrides:

getName in class Connector

Returns:

The connector's name

getNextClient

public ConnectorInterface getNextClient()
                                 throws Exception

Description copied from class: Connector

Server mode - return a clone of self that handles the next client instance when running in server mode. The returned connector may be used in its own thread to handle a "client" request so if the returned instance is returned more than once it must be thread safe.

Specified by:

getNextClient in interface ConnectorInterface

Overrides:

getNextClient in class Connector

Returns:

the clone of itself

Throws:

Exception - if an error occurs.

getNextEntry

public Entry getNextEntry()
                   throws Exception

Description copied from class: Connector

Returns the next Entry from the connector. The entry is populated with attributes and values from the next entry in the input set.

Example:

 var ctor = input.getConnector();
 var entry = ctor.getNextEntry();
 
 for (; entry != null; entry = ctor.getNextEntry()) {
        main.logmsg("Read entry...");
        main.dumpEntry(entry);
 }
 

Specified by:

getNextEntry in interface ConnectorInterface

Overrides:

getNextEntry in class Connector

Returns:

- the next Entry, or null if no more data

Throws:

Exception - if an error occurs.

See Also:

ConnectorInterface.selectEntries()

getNextFindEntry

public Entry getNextFindEntry()
                       throws Exception

Description copied from class: Connector

Returns the next entry from the list of duplicate entries found.

Specified by:

getNextFindEntry in interface ConnectorInterface

Overrides:

getNextFindEntry in class Connector

Returns:

The next entry from the list or null if list is empty or at the end

Throws:

Exception - if an error occurs.

getParam

public String getParam(String param)

Description copied from class: Connector

Returns the value of a parameter as a java.lang.String object.

Specified by:

getParam in interface ConnectorInterface

Overrides:

getParam in class Connector

Parameters:

param - The connector configuration parameter name

Returns:

The parameter's value or null if no such parameter exists

getParser

public ParserInterface getParser()

Description copied from class: Connector

Returns the parser interface used by this connector.

Overrides:

getParser in class Connector

Returns:

The parser interface object or null if no parser exists

getProperty

public Object getProperty(Object p1)

Description copied from class: Connector

Return a connector property. Each connector may have static or runtime properties which can be accessed with this method. Note that connector properties are very different from the connector configuration.

Overrides:

getProperty in class Connector

Parameters:

p1 - The property name

Returns:

The property value/object

getPushbackEntry

public Entry getPushbackEntry()

Description copied from class: Connector

Returns the pushed back entry for the connector.

Specified by:

getPushbackEntry in interface ConnectorInterface

Overrides:

getPushbackEntry in class Connector

Returns:

The pushed back entry or null if no such entry exists.

See Also:

ConnectorInterface.pushback( Entry )

getRawConnectorConfiguration

public BaseConfiguration getRawConnectorConfiguration()

Description copied from class: Connector

Returns the current configuration for the raw connector

Specified by:

getRawConnectorConfiguration in interface ConnectorInterface

Overrides:

getRawConnectorConfiguration in class Connector

Returns:

The configuration object or null if the configuration is not established

getRSInterface

public RSInterface getRSInterface()

Description copied from class: Connector

Returns the current RSInterface object in use by this connector. If not set, return com.ibm.di.server.RS.getServer()

Overrides:

getRSInterface in class Connector

Returns:

Connector's RSInterface object

getUI

public JComponent getUI()

Description copied from class: Connector

This method returns the user interface component presented to the user to configure the connector.

Overrides:

getUI in class Connector

Returns:

null by default, indicating no special user interface.

hasConfigValue

public boolean hasConfigValue(Object p1)

Description copied from class: Connector

Return true if we have a configuration value for configName. The value must be present and have a value not equal to the empty string.

Overrides:

hasConfigValue in class Connector

Parameters:

p1 - the key name of the value

Returns:

true if a value with that key is present, false otherwise.

equals

public boolean equals(Object o)

Overrides:

equals in class Object

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

clone

protected Object clone()
                throws CloneNotSupportedException

Overrides:

clone in class Object

Throws:

CloneNotSupportedException

hasParser

public boolean hasParser()

Description copied from class: Connector

Check if the configuration includes a parser.

Overrides:

hasParser in class Connector

Returns:

True if a parser is specified

initParser

public void initParser(Object is,
                       Object os)
                throws Exception

Description copied from class: Connector

Initialize the connector's parser with input and output streams. If the parser has not been loaded then an attempt is made to load it. The input and output objects may be one of InputStream, OutputStream or Socket.

Overrides:

initParser in class Connector

Parameters:

is - The input object.

os - the output object.

Throws:

Exception - if a parser is not configured or the exception is derived from the parser

See Also:

Connector.getParser()

isDeltaSupported

public boolean isDeltaSupported()

Description copied from class: Connector

Returns true if this connector is able to perform delta updates

Specified by:

isDeltaSupported in interface ConnectorInterface

Overrides:

isDeltaSupported in class Connector

Returns:

true if delta updates are supported, false otherwise

isExceptionFatal

public boolean isExceptionFatal(Exception e)

Description copied from class: Connector

Returns true if the exception is considered to be fatal. This governs whether the AssemblyLine logs the error as a warning or terminates. By default all exceptions are fatal.

Specified by:

isExceptionFatal in interface ConnectorInterface

Overrides:

isExceptionFatal in class Connector

Parameters:

e - The exception object

Returns:

whether the exception is fatal or not

isIOException

public boolean isIOException(Throwable e)

Description copied from class: Connector

Returns true if this connector considers the Throwable to be an IOException. This is needed because we only try reconnection for IO Exceptions, and some Connectors do not return an IOException for an IO Exception.

Specified by:

isIOException in interface ConnectorInterface

Overrides:

isIOException in class Connector

Parameters:

e - The Throwable to be determined

Returns:

true if this Throwable is an IO Exception

logError

public void logError(String msg)

Description copied from class: Connector

Log an error message to the connector's log

Overrides:

logError in class Connector

Parameters:

msg - The message to write to the log

logmsg

public void logmsg(String msg)

Description copied from class: Connector

Log a message to the connector's log. The message is prefixed by the connector's name.

Overrides:

logmsg in class Connector

Parameters:

msg - The message to write to the log

modEntry

public void modEntry(Entry entry,
                     SearchCriteria search)
              throws Exception

Description copied from class: Connector

Modifies an existing entry. The new entry data is given by the entry parameter and the search criteria specifies which entry to modify.

Specified by:

modEntry in interface ConnectorInterface

Overrides:

modEntry in class Connector

Parameters:

entry - The entry data

search - The search criteria used to locate the entry to be modified

Throws:

Exception - if an error occurs.

modEntry

public void modEntry(Entry entry,
                     SearchCriteria search,
                     Entry old)
              throws Exception

Description copied from class: Connector

Modifies an existing entry. The new entry data is given by the entry parameter and the search criteria specifies which entry to modify.

Specified by:

modEntry in interface ConnectorInterface

Overrides:

modEntry in class Connector

Parameters:

entry - The entry data

search - The search criteria used to locate the entry to be modified

old - The old entry found by the search criteria

Throws:

Exception - if an error occurs.

pushback

public void pushback(Entry e)

Description copied from class: Connector

Make an entry the next entry to be iterated from the connector. This method along with getPushbackEntry is used by the AssemblyLineComponent when it iterates the connector. A connector may read one record and then push it back for the subsequent ConnectorInterface.getNextEntry() call. The task component first checks if there is a pushback entry available, and if so, returns that entry as the next input entry.

Specified by:

pushback in interface ConnectorInterface

Overrides:

pushback in class Connector

Parameters:

e - The entry to be returned at the next ConnectorInterface.getNextEntry() call

putEntry

public void putEntry(Entry entry)
              throws Exception

Description copied from class: Connector

Adds a new entry to the data source

Example:

 var ctor = write.getConnector();
 
 for (i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
        var entry = system.newEntry();
        entry.setAttribute("linenumber", i);
        entry.setAttribute("line", i + " line of text...");
 
        main.logmsg("Writes entry to output...");
        main.dumpEntry(entry);
        ctor.putEntry(entry);
 }
 

Specified by:

putEntry in interface ConnectorInterface

Overrides:

putEntry in class Connector

Parameters:

entry - The entry data to add

Throws:

Exception - if an error occurs.

queryOperations

public void queryOperations(ConnectorConfig config)
                     throws Exception

Description copied from class: Connector

Discover the operations for a connection given the provided configuration. The implementation should update the configuration object with available operations. If this method requires the connector to be initialized then the connector must perform init/terminate operations itself.

Specified by:

queryOperations in interface ConnectorInterface

Overrides:

queryOperations in class Connector

Parameters:

config - The configuration

Throws:

Exception - if an error occurs in the derived class implementation.

queryReply

public Entry queryReply(Entry entry)
                 throws Exception

Description copied from class: Connector

Performs a query/reply operations.

Specified by:

queryReply in interface ConnectorInterface

Overrides:

queryReply in class Connector

Parameters:

entry - The data used in outgoing call

Returns:

The entry returned by the peer

Throws:

Exception - if an error occurs.

querySchema

public Object querySchema(Object source)
                   throws Exception

Description copied from class: Connector

This function translates to whatever means a connector has to discover schema for a connection. The connector may implement this, in which case a Vector of Entry objects is returned for each column/attribute it discovered. For a database connector this would typically be column names and their attributes.

Each Entry in the Vector returned should contain the following attributes:

Name	Value
name	The name of the column/attribute/field ....
syntax	The syntax or expected value type
size	If specified this will give the user a hint as to how long the field may be

Specified by:

querySchema in interface ConnectorInterface

Overrides:

querySchema in class Connector

Parameters:

source - The object on which to discover schema. This may be an Entry or a string value

Returns:

A Vector of com.ibm.di.entry.Entry objects describing each entity

Throws:

Exception - if an error while retrieving the schema occurs.

See Also:

Entry, Vector

queryTables

public Vector<String> queryTables()
                           throws Exception

Description copied from class: Connector

This function translates to whatever means a connector have to discover "tables" for a connection. The connector may implement this in which case a Vector of strings is returned. For a database connector this would typically be a list of table/view names the user can access with the current set of parameters. For other connectors this might translate to different concepts.

Overrides:

queryTables in class Connector

Returns:

A list of table names

Throws:

Exception - if an error occurs.

See Also:

Vector

reconnect

public void reconnect()
               throws Exception

Description copied from class: Connector

Reconnect to the underlying data source.

The following code could be placed in the 'On Connection lost' hook to change the connector's ldapUrl to another server in case the connection is lost.

Example:

 thisConnector.setParam("ldapURL", "ldap://backupserver.acme.com:389");
 
 // reconnect to backup server
 thisConnector.reconnect();
 

Overrides:

reconnect in class Connector

Throws:

Exception - if an error occurs.

See Also:

Connector.initialize(Object)

reconnect

public void reconnect(Object o)
               throws Exception

Description copied from class: Connector

Reconnect to the underlying data source

Specified by:

reconnect in interface ConnectorInterface

Overrides:

reconnect in class Connector

Parameters:

o - User provided parameter, which is sent to initialize()

Throws:

Exception - if an error occurs.

See Also:

ConnectorInterface.initialize(Object)

registerScriptBeans

public void registerScriptBeans(ScriptEngine se)
                         throws Exception

Description copied from class: Connector

This method is called to register specific objects in the script context. If the connector has a parser, the parser's registerScriptBeans method is also called.

Specified by:

registerScriptBeans in interface ConnectorInterface

Overrides:

registerScriptBeans in class Connector

Parameters:

se - The script engine context

Throws:

Exception - if an error occurs.

replyEntry

public void replyEntry(Entry entry)
                throws Exception

Description copied from class: Connector

Send a reply to the connector.

Specified by:

replyEntry in interface ConnectorInterface

Overrides:

replyEntry in class Connector

Parameters:

entry - the information as an Entry

Throws:

Exception - if an error occurs.

selectEntries

public void selectEntries()
                   throws Exception

Description copied from class: Connector

Prepare the Connector for sequential read. If necessary, create a result set to be used for getNextEntry(). When the Connector is used as an Iterator in an AssemblyLine, this method will be called. Default is an empty method.

Specified by:

selectEntries in interface ConnectorInterface

Overrides:

selectEntries in class Connector

Throws:

Exception - if an error occurs.

setConfiguration

public void setConfiguration(Object config)

Description copied from class: Connector

Sets the configuration for use by this connector.

Specified by:

setConfiguration in interface ConnectorInterface

Overrides:

setConfiguration in class Connector

Parameters:

config - The configuration object (an instance of ConnectorConfig)

setContext

public void setContext(Object aContext)

Description copied from class: Connector

Sets the parent task of the connector - an AssemblyLine object.

Specified by:

setContext in interface ConnectorInterface

Overrides:

setContext in class Connector

Parameters:

aContext - the new context to which the connector will belong.

setCurrent

public void setCurrent(Entry entry,
                       SearchCriteria search)

Description copied from class: Connector

Change the SearchCriteria search to find the entry sent as a parameter. Used when multiple entries found, and you want to modify or delete one of them. Only a few connectors need to implement this.

Specified by:

setCurrent in interface ConnectorInterface

Overrides:

setCurrent in class Connector

Parameters:

entry - The entry we want to find for modification/delete

search - The SearchCriteria we want to change

setDebugMode

public void setDebugMode(boolean debug)

Description copied from class: Connector

Modify the debug mode of the component. Also modifies the debug mode of the associated Parser. May be accessed by different threads.

This method is for internal use only. Do not call it from user code.

Overrides:

setDebugMode in class Connector

Parameters:

debug - the debug mode setting

setLog

public void setLog(Log logger)

Description copied from class: Connector

Sets the Log object to use for logging messages

Specified by:

setLog in interface ConnectorInterface

Overrides:

setLog in class Connector

Parameters:

logger - The Log object

See Also:

RSInterface.logmsg(String)

setMaxDuplicateEntries

public void setMaxDuplicateEntries(int mde)

Description copied from class: Connector

Sets the maximum number of duplicate entries to buffer up. This is used by the lookup functions when a lookup returns more than one entry.

Specified by:

setMaxDuplicateEntries in interface ConnectorInterface

Overrides:

setMaxDuplicateEntries in class Connector

Parameters:

mde - The maximum number of entries to buffer up

setModes

public void setModes(String[] modes)

Description copied from class: Connector

Sets the connector's modes.

Overrides:

setModes in class Connector

Parameters:

modes - The connector's modes

setModes

public void setModes(Vector<String> modes)

Description copied from class: Connector

Sets the connector's modes.

Overrides:

setModes in class Connector

Parameters:

modes - The connector's modes

setName

public void setName(String name)

Description copied from class: Connector

Set the name for the connector. This name is used by the logmsg/debug functions.

Specified by:

setName in interface ConnectorInterface

Overrides:

setName in class Connector

Parameters:

name - The name for the connector

setParam

public void setParam(String param,
                     String value)

Description copied from class: Connector

Adds or replaces a connector configuration parameter.

Specified by:

setParam in interface ConnectorInterface

Overrides:

setParam in class Connector

Parameters:

param - The parameter name

value - The parameter value

setParser

public void setParser(ParserInterface parser)
               throws IOException

Description copied from class: Connector

Sets the connector's parser.

Overrides:

setParser in class Connector

Parameters:

parser - The parser interface to use

Throws:

IOException - if an error occurs.

setProperty

public void setProperty(Object p1,
                        Object p2)

Description copied from class: Connector

Set connector property. This method sets a named property to a given value. Note that connector properties are very different from the connector configuration.

Overrides:

setProperty in class Connector

Parameters:

p1 - The property name

p2 - The property value

setRSInterface

public void setRSInterface(RSInterface rsi)

Description copied from class: Connector

Sets the RSInterface for this connector to use. The RSInterface object is used to get access system wide parameters such as parser configurations.

Specified by:

setRSInterface in interface ConnectorInterface

Overrides:

setRSInterface in class Connector

Parameters:

rsi - The RSInterface object

terminate

public void terminate()
               throws Exception

Description copied from class: Connector

Terminate the connector. This function closes all connection and releases all resources used by the connector. This function also calls the parser's closeParser() method if a parser is active.

Specified by:

terminate in interface ConnectorInterface

Overrides:

terminate in class Connector

Throws:

Exception - if an error occurs.

terminateServer

public void terminateServer()
                     throws Exception

Description copied from class: Connector

Interrupts and shuts down the Connector if it runs in Server Mode. Does not have effect if the Connector is not running in Server Mode.

Specified by:

terminateServer in interface ConnectorInterface

Overrides:

terminateServer in class Connector

Throws:

Exception - if an error occurs

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

getDelegate

public ConnectorInterface getDelegate()

setId

public void setId(String id)

Parameters:

id - the id to set