Introducing INFAConnect

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Use Informatica Connector Toolkit

Open the Eclipse IDE and use the Informatica Connector Toolkit to build a connector.

The process of building a connector consists of five phases.

Establish a connection.

Define the connection attributes, create connection pages, and add third-party libraries required to connect to the data source.

The following image shows the five phases of connector development:

There are five phases of connector development. Define the connection properties, metadata, and runtime behavior, generate the connector package, and generate and run the test scenarios.

While building a connector, the toolkit autogenerates code for each phase based on the connector capabilities that you choose.

The Connector Navigator tab shows the files that contain the autogenerated code for each phase

Define the connector metadata.

Define the data types, object metadata, and the connector capabilities.

Configure the runtime behavior of the connector.

Configure the runtime behavior that defines how the connector performs operations, such as, establish a connection, close a connection, prepare SQL statements, and run SQL statements.

You can set up the runtime implementation for each object.

Generate the connector package.

After you develop the connector, the toolkit bundles the connector artifacts and generates the connector package.

Generate and run test scenarios.

Use the toolkit to autogenerate test scenarios to quickly perform unit and integration testing for your connector.

The Connector Navigator tab shows the auto generated test scenarios

To understand the step-by-step process of building a connector, see Build a connector.

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Introducing INFAConnect

Introducing INFAConnect

Use Informatica Connector Toolkit

Use Informatica Connector Toolkit