Developing a user-defined node to represent a connector

To use a connector in a message flow, you must create, package, and install a user-defined node for the IBM® App Connect Enterprise Toolkit

Before you begin

Create the connector for the runtime environment by completing the tasks in Developing a connector for the IBM App Connect Enterprise runtime environment.

About this task

To use a connector in a message flow, you create a user-defined node in the IBM App Connect Enterprise Toolkit. You package the node, then distribute it so that message flow developers can install it in the appropriate location.

To implement a connector in IBM App Connect Enterprise, complete the following tasks:

Procedure

  1. Creating a user-defined node for a connector
  2. Configuring the user-defined node properties and terminals for your connector
  3. Packaging the user-defined node project for a connector