USER MANUALS

CUSTOM Wrappers

Custom wrappers provide access to a source through a specific implementation. The CUSTOM wrappers are associated with a CUSTOM data source. In the creation process for this type of data sources (see section Custom Data Sources), a class implementing the wrappers of this type must be specified.

The section Developing Custom Wrappers of the Developer Guide explains how to develop custom wrappers.

Syntax of the CREATE WRAPPER CUSTOM statement shows the syntax for creating a CUSTOM-type wrapper. The only mandatory parameter received in its creation - as well as a name to identify it by - is the name of the data source from which it will be created (see section Custom Data Sources).

Where the data source wrappers accept configuration parameters, the PARAMETERS clause allows specifying them.

The clause URIPARAM is always used along with the clause EXTERN, which indicates that this field represents the value of an interpolation variable. By adding URIPARAM, the value of the field will be encoded as a query parameter of a URL. URIPARAM should only be added when the wrapper uses an HTTP path and the variable is the value of a URL’s query parameter. See more details about this in the section HTTP Path (subsection of Path Types in Virtual DataPort) of the Administration Guide.

Lastly, certain wrapper properties can be specified (SOURCECONFIGURATION). They will be used to determine the operations that can be executed over the wrapper. The applicable properties are indicated in the corresponding statement declaration (Syntax of the CREATE WRAPPER CUSTOM statement), and are explained in the section Wrapper Configuration Properties.

Syntax of the CREATE WRAPPER CUSTOM statement
CREATE [ OR REPLACE ] WRAPPER CUSTOM <name:identifier>
    [ FOLDER = <literal> ]
    DATASOURCENAME = <name:identifier>
    [ PARAMETERS ( <param name:identifier> = <param value>
              [, <param name:identifier> = <param value> ]* ) ]
    [ OUTPUTSCHEMA ( <field> [, <field> ]* ) ]

<param value> ::=
      <text:literal> [ ENCRYPTED ]
    | <boolean value:boolean>
    | <number value:number>
    | ROUTE <route> [ <route_filters> ]

<field> ::=
      <name:identifier> [ = <mapping:literal> ] : <type:literal>
        [ ( { OBL | OPT } ) ]
        [ DEFAULTVALUE <literal> ]
        [ EXTERN ]
        [ <inline constraints> ]*
    | <name:identifier> [ = <mapping:literal> ] : ARRAY OF ( <register field> )
        [ DEFAULTVALUE <literal> ]
        [ <inline constraints> ]*
    | <name:register field>

<register field> ::=
    <name:identifier> [ = <mapping:literal> ] :
      REGISTER OF ( <field> [, <field> ]* )
        [ DEFAULTVALUE <literal> ]
        [ <inline constraints> ]*
<inline constraint> ::=
      [ NOT ] NULL
    | [ NOT ] UPDATEABLE
    | { SORTABLE [ ASC | DESC ] | NOT SORTABLE }
    | URIPARAM

Below there is an example of how to create a CUSTOM wrapper. The wrapper is given the name testcustom and is associated with the CUSTOM data source known as testcustomds. The testcustomds data source wrappers receive two configuration parameters known as ENTERPRISE and YEAR. The new wrapper is configured using the values 'enterprise1' and '2006', respectively.

Example of creating a Custom wrapper
CREATE WRAPPER CUSTOM testcustom
    FOLDER '/wrappers/custom'
    DATASOURCENAME = testcustomds
    PARAMETERS (
    ENTERPRISE = 'enterprise1', YEAR = '2006'
) ;

See below the syntax to modify custom wrappers. The options available are the same as for the creation of the wrapper.

Syntax of the ALTER WRAPPER CUSTOM statement
ALTER WRAPPER CUSTOM <name:identifier>
    [ DATASOURCENAME = <name:identifier> ]
    [ PARAMETERS ( <param name:identifier> = <param value>
    [, <param name:identifier> = <param value> ]* ) ]
    [ OUTPUTSCHEMA ( <field> [, <field> ]* ) ]
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