How to Create Your Own Connector

HOW TO...Create Your Own Connector

Use this “How To” to create your own Connector which will be used in a simple example Process. When you create and run the tutorial example Process, the Connector will retrieve/read an RSS feed.

As you follow this tutorial, you will

• design a Connector wizard using java;
• design a simple Process;
• define global Data variables for inputs and outputs;
• use your Connector wizard to add a Connector to the Process;
• create input and output Forms in the Process; and
• run the Process to see the results.

The connector you will create is the same as one which has already been developed and is available on the BonitaSoft Community at www.bonitasoft.org/exchange/extension_view.php?eid=2.

The java code for this connector is given in the dcoument.

This connector has 2 dependencies which you will need to fetch and install in Bonita Studio. Go to
http://wiki.java.net/bin/view/Javawsxml/Rome and download to your system:

• ROME v1.0+ (binary jar Rome-1.0.jar)
• JDOM 1.0 (jdom-1.1.1.zip) (download and unzip to locate jdom.jar)