Repository: incubator-edgent-website Updated Branches: refs/heads/master 898caa466 -> 6d60cc9e1
[Edgent-328] Add connector recipe Project: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-edgent-website/repo Commit: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-edgent-website/commit/6d60cc9e Tree: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-edgent-website/tree/6d60cc9e Diff: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-edgent-website/diff/6d60cc9e Branch: refs/heads/master Commit: 6d60cc9e15485f292aad97c4b208e5bcd50b598e Parents: 898caa4 Author: Dale LaBossiere <[email protected]> Authored: Fri Dec 23 13:29:06 2016 -0500 Committer: Dale LaBossiere <[email protected]> Committed: Fri Dec 23 13:29:06 2016 -0500 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- site/_data/mydoc/mydoc_sidebar.yml | 8 ++++++++ site/recipes/recipe_writing_a_connector.md | 9 +++++++++ 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-edgent-website/blob/6d60cc9e/site/_data/mydoc/mydoc_sidebar.yml ---------------------------------------------------------------------- diff --git a/site/_data/mydoc/mydoc_sidebar.yml b/site/_data/mydoc/mydoc_sidebar.yml index d2e4b64..3772d02 100644 --- a/site/_data/mydoc/mydoc_sidebar.yml +++ b/site/_data/mydoc/mydoc_sidebar.yml @@ -209,6 +209,14 @@ entries: version: all output: web, pdf + - title: How do I write a connector? + url: /recipes/recipe_writing_a_connector.html + audience: writers, designers + platform: all + product: all + version: all + output: web, pdf + - title: Sample Programs audience: writers, designers platform: all http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-edgent-website/blob/6d60cc9e/site/recipes/recipe_writing_a_connector.md ---------------------------------------------------------------------- diff --git a/site/recipes/recipe_writing_a_connector.md b/site/recipes/recipe_writing_a_connector.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..16315f8 --- /dev/null +++ b/site/recipes/recipe_writing_a_connector.md @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ +--- +title: Writing a Connector +--- + +Edgent applications interface with other entities by way of a connector. The other entity may be an IO device, an IoT messaging hub, a file, process, database, another Edgent application/topology, etc. + +Edgent includes several connectors -- see the "Edgent Connectors" package group in the [javadoc](https://edgent.incubator.apache.org/javadoc/latest). The [CommandStreams](https://edgent.incubator.apache.org/javadoc/latest/org/apache/edgent/connectors/command/CommandStreams) connector can be particularly useful if commands already exist for getting data to or from an entity. + +When your application needs something new or special [Writing Connectors for Edgent Applications](https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/EDGENT/Writing+Connectors+For+Edgent+Applications) tells you what you need to know!
