Creating custom plug-ins for Web Express Logon
Web Express Logon relies on plug-ins to provide the network user ID and host access credentials. Web Express Logon interacts with these plug-ins through Java™ interfaces, which are described in the following sections.
Web Express Logon is implemented at the enterprise archive (.ear)
file level for ZIETrans Web projects. Your plug-in needs to be placed into
each enterprise archive file or Web archive file accordingly. Follow
these steps to create your own plug-in:
- Create a Java™ project in Eclipse
to hold your plug-in.
Ensure that these ZIETrans files are in the class path of the Java™ project, in this order:
- hatscommon.jar
- hodwel.jar
- Code your plug-in using the APIs described in this chapter.
- Create a Java™ Archive (.jar) file from your Java™ project. For ZIETrans Web projects, export the .jar file to the file system in each .ear file in which you want to use it.
- Add the Java™ Archive to the MANIFEST.MF located in Web-Content/META-INF.
- Configure your connections to use Web Express Logon, and configure Web Express Logon to use your custom plug-in. Refer to Security and Web Express Logon for information about planning and configuring Web Express™ Logon.