Basic Custom Scanner Example

The sample Attivio project contains the com.sample.module.SampleDataSourceScanner sample scanner. There are two ways to run the sample scanner:

As a standalone test: Run the SampleDataSourceScannerTest Junit test.
From the connectors administration page: Go to the connectors administration page after the sample Attivio project was created and Attivio was started. Create a new "Simple Sample Scanner" connector and start it.

Examine how the following phases of the scanner life-cycle are implemented below.

Configuring the scanner

Observe the @ConfigurationOptionInfo annotation that describes the scanner in the UI administration page and specifies its preferred workflow.
Observe the setTestText and getTestText configuration methods.
Observe the @ConfigurationOptionInfo @ConfigurationOption annotation that tells the UI how to present and how to process the configuration options.

Validating the configuration

Observe the validateConfiguration optional method that throws an exception if testText was not configured

Creating documents and feeding the workflow

Observe the start method:
- It creates a document with the "1" document id.
- It loads the document with the configured text.
- It feeds the document through the publisher.