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A custom connection can be created if your project needs a connection that is not provided by Blueriq. Creating your own connection is easy and quick if you follow these steps:
1. Create the connection
Go to your plugin project and add a class. Pick a name for the class and let the class implement IConnection (com.aquima.interactions.foundation.connectivity.IConnection).
2. Implement the connection
Annotate the class and implement the two functions. See example below. In this class you can add methods to let your custom connection work.
import com.aquima.interactions.foundation.connectivity.ConnectionType; import com.aquima.interactions.foundation.connectivity.IConnection; import com.aquima.web.config.annotation.AquimaConnection; @AquimaConnection(connectionType = "custom", value = "OtherConn") public class OtherConnection implements IConnection { @Override public String getName() { return "OtherConn"; } @Override public ConnectionType getType() { return ConnectionType.CUSTOM; } }
3. Load your custom connection
There are multiple ways to let Spring load the connection but it's recommended to add a reference to your custom connection class in the Spring beans configuration file.
<context:component-scan base-package="your.own.package.connection" />
Thats all you have to do to create a custom connection for your plugin!