Preface
Introduction to Informatica Connector Toolkit
- Supported features
- Informatica Connector perspective
  - Connector Navigator
  - Connector Progress
Before you begin
- Download the welcome kit
- Download and install Eclipse IDE
- Download and install the Informatica Connector Toolkit
- Download OpenJDK and configure environment variables
- Log in to Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud
Develop a connector for Cloud Data Integration
- Create a new connector project
- Phase 1: Establish a connection
  - Create a connection
  - Test a connection
- Phase 2: Define the metadata
- Phase 3: Configure the runtime behavior
- Phase 4: Generate the connector package
  - Naming Convention
- Phase 5: Generate and run the test scenarios
  - Generate the test scenarios
    - Configure parameters in test suite file
    - Regenerate a test case
  - Run the test scenarios
    - Unit tests and sanity tests
    - Integration tests
Develop a connector for Data Loader
- Create a new connector project
- Phase 1: Establish a connection
  - Create a connection
  - Test a connection
- Phase 2: Define the metadata
- Phase 3: Configure the runtime behavior
- Phase 4: Generate the connector package
  - Naming Convention-DLT
- Phase 5: Generate and run the test scenarios
  - Generate the test scenarios
    - Configure parameters in test suite file
    - Regenerate a test case
  - Run the test scenarios
    - Unit tests and sanity tests
    - Integration tests
Import a connector
Connection attributes
- Connection attribute properties
Type system
- Native types and semantic categories
  - Native Type Properties
- Cloud Data Integration types
Connector metadata
- Metadata components
- Import dialog box settings
Partitioning capability
- Automatic partitioning
- Static partitioning
Pushdown capability
- Pushdown optimization execution flow
- Classes and methods for pushdown capabilities
Mappings in advanced mode
- Project, classes, and methods
Manual changes to Informatica Connector Toolkit source code
- Code changes for connection pooling
  - Connection Pooling through API
- Code changes for custom query
- Code changes for object path override
- Code changes for pushdown capability
- Code changes for SQL transformation
- Code changes for stored procedures
Runtime behavior
- Runtime Java functions
Connector example: MySQL_Cloud
- MySQL_Cloud Connector requirements
- Building the sample connector
- MySQL_Cloud Connector components
Version control integration
- Git version control integration
  - Prerequisites
  - Build a connector in Git repository
- Perforce version control integration
Appendix A: Metadata models
- Metadata model components
- Metadata patterns
- Features of type A metadata template
Appendix B: ASO model
- ASO model components
- ASO projections
Appendix C: Connector project migration
- Migrate connector project from Windows platform to other platforms
Appendix D: Frequently used generic APIs in Informatica Connector Toolkit
Appendix E: Frequently asked questions

Cloud Data Integration Connector Toolkit Developer Guide

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Develop a connector for Data Loader

The

Informatica Connector Toolkit

consists of the libraries, plug-ins, and sample code to assist you in developing a connector for a data loader task.

You can build a connector to connect to a data source and define how the connector reads from the data source. Also, you can only use data sources in which data is stored as records.

If you built a connector for Cloud Data Integration using

Informatica Connector Toolkit

and need to use the connector in a data loader task, contact the Informatica administrator.

To build a connector for a data loader task, use the

Informatica Connector Toolkit

and perform the following tasks:

Create a connector project and select the product type. Then, select the creation method and define the basic properties of the connector such as name, ID, and vendor name.

Define the connection attributes to connect to the data source. Implement the methods to open or close the connection to the data source, validate the connection, and specify the attribute dependencies. Before you define the type system for the connector, you can test and debug the connection components of the connector.

Define the type system for the connector. Specify the data types supported by the data source and the corresponding data types supported by Informatica.

Define the connector metadata, create endpoint metadata object, operations for the endpoint metadata object, and partition methods for the operations. Implement the methods to fetch metadata from the data source. You can also test and debug the metadata components of the connector.

Define the connector run-time behavior that defines how the connector reads from the data source. Before you deploy the connector, you can test and debug the read capability of the connector.

Deploy the connector to the data loader task.

Create a new connector project

Phase 1: Establish a connection

Phase 2: Define the metadata

Phase 3: Configure the runtime behavior

Phase 4: Generate the connector package

Phase 5: Generate and run the test scenarios

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