Design Considerations to Implement an Action

Since an action definition models the higher-order encapsulation of an adapter operation on an external application, the adapter developer must consider the following design requirements:

• Identity

  Based on the properties that describe the identity of the adapter.

• Input and output schemas

  Contract of the action

• Configuration

  The multiple options that must be made available to the user to configure an action.

• Runtime implementation

  The implementation logic for the action definition.

The next sections explore each of the design requirements in detail.