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  1. Preface
  2. Introduction to Informatica Connector Toolkit
  3. Before you begin
  4. Develop a connector for Cloud Data Integration
  5. Import a connector
  6. Connection attributes
  7. Type system
  8. Connector metadata
  9. Partitioning capability
  10. Manual changes to Informatica Connector Toolkit source code
  11. Runtime behavior
  12. Connector example: MySQL_Cloud
  13. Version control integration
  14. Appendix A: Metadata models
  15. Appendix B: ASO model
  16. Appendix C: Connector project migration
  17. Appendix D: Frequently used generic APIs in Informatica Connector Toolkit
  18. Appendix E: Frequently asked questions

Cloud Data Integration Connector Toolkit Developer Guide

Cloud Data Integration Connector Toolkit Developer Guide

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Type system

Type system

A type system is a framework that specifies characteristics of data types. The connector type system must define the data types that the data source supports, the semantic category that matches the data type, and how they map to the data types that the Informatica platform supports.
The type system you define for a connector consists of the following sets of data types:
  • Native types. Data types that the data source supports.
  • Semantic types. Semantic category that matches the native data type. For example, the semantic type Length matches the native data types, such as Char, Varchar2, Binary, Varbinary, Blob, and Clob.
  • Informatica platform types. Data types that the Informatica platform supports. The
    Informatica Connector Toolkit
     API uses ODBC as a model for describing Informatica platform data types.
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