Defining a Generic Plug-In

Generic plug-ins are implemented using Java. To develop a generic server plug-in, you must implement all the methods of the generic server plug-in interface as described.

Write the Java code to implement the server plug-in. See Coding a Generic Server Plug-In. Incorporate the server plug-in code into the appropriate .jar file.
Describe the plug-in attributes in the appropriate .properties file.

Guidelines to Set Up All Plug-Ins Types

Use the following list of guidelines to set up all plug-ins.

Set the plug_in_name.class to the name of the Java class for plug-in implementation.
Set the plug_in_name.conf_file to the name of a specific configuration file given to the plug-in by ActivID CMS in the init function.
Set the plug_in_name.link to the list of attribute names whose values are needed by the plug-in to match a user entry on its repository. This parameter is used in the setAttributes and getAttributes functions.

Important: If you have configured ActivID CMS to work with more than one type of directory, you may need to specify the directory type by adding a suffix with the directory short name to the plug_in_name.link property key (for example, plug_in_name.link.msft-ad). For details about the directory short names, see Configuring the Generic Plugin.

Guidelines to Set Up Non-Enrollment Plug-In Types

Use the following list of guidelines to set up non-enrollment plug-ins.

Important: If you have configured ActivID CMS to work with more than one type of directory, you may need to specify the directory type by adding a suffix with the directory short name to the plug_in_name.input and plug_in_name.output property keys (for example, plug_in_name.input.msft-ad).. For details about the directory short names, see Configuring the Generic Plugin.

Set the plug_in_name.input to the list of attribute names whose values are passed as input to the server plug-in. (This invokes the method.)
Set the plug_in_name.ouput to the list of attribute names whose values are returned as output from the server plug-in. (This invokes the method.)
Add the plug-in name to the server plug-in list corresponding to the logical step where the plug-in is to be invoked. (This invokes the method.) For example, to declare the GenericPluginSample1 server plug-in on the user information retrieval screen of the device issuance process, the entry in the generic_plugin.properties file should look like the following example.
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USER_INFO.plugin.server = GenericPluginSample1
```

Guidelines to Set Up Enrollment Plug-In Types

Use the following list of guidelines to set up enrollment plug-ins An enrollment plug-in is involved every time a user attribute is set or retrieved by ActivID CMS. This makes it possible to map user attributes to repositories other than ActivID CMS’ standard LDAP (for example, such as IDMS, databases, or XML files)..

To identify the plug-in as an enrollment plug-in, add a comma-delimited list of the EnrollmentPlugins at the beginning of the generic-plugin.properties file as illustrated next.

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EnrollmentPlugins=GenericPluginSample1,GenericPluginSample2

Copy your own .jar file and third-party packages to the following directory.

cms_install_dir\cms_portal\WEB-INF\lib

Where cms_install_dir is the ActivID CMS installation directory.