Desktop Providers

Providers are vertical channels that have a single use and can be reused (multiple channels can be created from a single provider) on a custom portal. Providers are Java class files based on the Provider API that can be used to construct both channels and page containers.

You can use the Portal Server pre-built providers such as JSPProvider, URLScraperProvider, and XMLProvider to implement channels without the need to write code.

For more information on the Provider API, see Sun Java System Portal Server 7.1 Developer’s Guide.