Property File Types

Five different kinds of property files exist in Sterling B2B Integrator.

The following table lists different kinds of property files:

File Type

Description

*.properties

A file that is used during the operation of Sterling B2B Integrator.

The initial properties in this file are set by the file's corresponding *.properties.in file.

*.properties*_ext

A file that is used during the operation of Sterling B2B Integrator. It is an extension of the similarly named *.properties file. More application-specific customization can be done in *.properties*_ext files. The initial properties in this file are set by the file's corresponding *.properties*_ext.in file.

*.properties.in

An initialization file that is used during an installation. It sets the initial values of *.properties files.

*.properties*_ext.in

An initialization file that is used during an installation. It sets the initial values of *.properties*_ext files.

customer_overrides.properties

The file that maintains changes in *.properties and *.properties*_ext files. This file overrides *.properties.in and *.properties*ext.in files when Sterling B2B Integrator is re-installed or when the setupfiles script is run.