About Java Manipulators

A Java manipulator is your own code in Java that takes records from any number of pipeline components in Forge or, optionally, your source data, and changes it according to your processing requirements.

A Java manipulator can then write any records you choose to its output. For example, a Java manipulator can write the "transformed" records into its output, so that the records can be passed to the next pipeline component in Forge.

Java manipulators are the most generic way of modifying your data and records in the pipeline. In other words, content adapters represent a specific case of Java manipulators. For more information about writing and implementing Java manipulators, refer to the Endeca Content Adapter Developer's Guide .