Installing the sample plug-in into CAS

After you build the sample extensions into a plug-in, install the resulting plug-in files into the Content Acquisition System.

To install the sample plug-in into CAS:

  1. Stop the CAS Service.

  2. If you built the extensions using Ant, copy the cas-sample-extensions directory from CAS\version\sample\cas-extensions\build\ to CAS\version\lib\cas-server-plugins.

  3. If you built the extensions using Eclipse, do the following:

    1. Create a new folder named cas-sample-extensions under CAS\version\lib\cas-server-plugins\.

    2. Locate the JAR you built and copy it to CAS\version\lib\cas-server-plugins\cas-sample-extensions\.

    3. Copy the JARs from \CAS\version\sample\cas-extensions\lib\main into CAS\version\lib\cas-server-plugins\cas-sample-extensions\. (These JARs are dependencies that the sample extensions require.)

  4. Start the CAS Service.

You can confirm that the extensions are installed by running the listModules task of the CAS Server Command-line Utility. The task returns the installed modules. 

C:\Endeca\CAS\<version>\bin>cas-cmd listModules
Blob Database
 *Id: com.endeca.cas.extension.sample.datasource.blob.BlobDataSource
 *Type: SOURCE
 *Description: Reads a database table containing documents
 *Capabilities:
   *Has Binary Content

CSV File
 *Id: com.endeca.cas.extension.sample.datasource.csv.CsvDataSource
 *Type: SOURCE
 *Description: Reads comma separated files
 *Capabilities: None

Document Directory
 *Id: com.endeca.cas.extension.sample.datasource.directory.DirectoryDataSource
 *Type: SOURCE
 *Description: Reads a directory of documents
 *Capabilities:
   *Binary Content Accessible via FileSystem
   *Has Binary Content

Change Tracking Data Source
 *Id: com.endeca.cas.extension.sample.datasource.incremental.ChangeTrackingDataS
ource
 *Type: SOURCE
 *Description: A data source that can incrementally crawl a change tracking data
 base
 *Capabilities: None

File System
 *Id: File System
 *Type: SOURCE
 *Description: No description available for File System
 *Capabilities:
   *Binary Content Accessible via FileSystem
   *Data Source Filter
   *Has Binary Content
   *Expand Archives

Substring Manipulator
 *Id: com.endeca.cas.extension.sample.manipulator.substring.SubstringManipulator
 *Type: MANIPULATOR
 *Description: Generates a new property that is a substring of another property value
 *Capabilities:
   *Supports Incrementals

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