connector-base-config-plugin

Configuration class generation plugin for Base Connector framework.

This project, written in Groovy, is a gradle plugin used by the Base Connector framework in order to automatically generate a Configuration Java code class based upon the configuration.structure.yaml in the project.

This is done so that common configuration types, particularly those for authentication, do not have to be copied/pasted or rewritten for every connector implementation that has similar configuration needs. It also eliminates some risk for making a mistake in manual creation of the Configuration class. The Connid framework uses reflection and expects the look and be structured in a very particular way, which this plugin is aware of and adheres to.

Every connector updating to the 2.0+ base connector framework will now need to:

• have a configuration.structure.yml written and present in the top-level directory.
• have build.gradle setup to have the plugin ran and code generated, prior to the start of compiling Java.