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

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Build a connector in Git repository

You can build a connector in the Git repository and recall version specific files and deploy them into your current projects.

In the Eclipse IDE, create a new connector project.

Click File > New > Project
.

A New Project
window appears.

Enter the project name in the Project Name
field.

Click

Finish

Select

Window

Perspective

Open Perspective

Other

A window appears with a list of open perspectives.

Select Informatica Connector
from the list of perspectives.

The Git repositories and Git staging tabs are displayed in the Informatica connector perspective: New Project homepage in Eclipse

Follow the instructions from Chapter 3 to create a new connector.

After you create the connector the project workspace is initialized as a

.git

file in the connector workspace: Local directory

Select the

Add an existing local Git repository

option on the

Git Repositories

tab.

New connector implemented in the Git repository

A search window appears.

Select the required connector workspace from your local system.

Select the file and click

Add

Expand the

Working Tree

to view the files in the connector bundle. Git Working Tree

The

Git Staging

tab displays staged and unstaged files. The selected files are listed under

Staged Changes

Add a commit message and click

Commit.

The connector workspace is saved in a local Git repository.

To provide the remote Git repository details to save your connector workspace in a remote Git repository, click

Rename Saved Search

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Cloud Data Integration Connector Toolkit Developer Guide

Cloud Data Integration Connector Toolkit Developer Guide

Build a connector in Git repository

Build a connector in Git repository