Adapter interface

The Adapter interface is a set of classes and methods to which your Java code must adhere. In other words, any Java manipulator that you write must implement the Adapter interface.

AdapterConfig class

Contains configuration information handed to the Adapter class via the execute method. The configuration data AdapterConfig contains is essentially a multimap of name-value pairs, where a given name may have one or more values associated with it.

AdapterHandler class

Used by a Java manipulator or a content adapter to emit records. In the case of a Java manipulator, this class represents your “connection” to Forge.

The Java manipulator gets records from the AdapterHandler and emits records to it. You can also use the AdapterHandler to obtain information about Forge state, and to obtain the configuration from Forge.

PVal class

A name/value pair, a collection of which constitutes an Endeca record.

Record class

A collection of data in the format of PVals (that is, name/value pairs).

AdapterException class

Represents all exceptions thrown by Adapter-related classes. Specific exceptions are either inherited from this class or are accessible via Java’s chained exception facility.