Interface Manager

The Interface Manager is meant for administration and testing of interfaces from or to UBIK^®, before deploying them to the UBIK EnterpriseService.

When started, the interface manager searches for valid UBIK^® interface components, where an interface component can be either an assembly or a Workflow.

Interface Manager

Interface assemblies are very useful when the need for complex interfacing arises. Since they are programmed in .NET or any compatible language, almost everything is possible here.

Identification

• UBIK^® tries to find a sub-directory Interfaces parallel to the UBIK.Studio.exe and scan it for assemblies (*.dll) which name matches the pattern UBIK.Interface.*
• it looks for types (classes) in those assemblies which derive from UBIK.Interface.UBIKInterfaceBase
• it checks if those types implement either UBIK.Interface.IUBIKImport or UBIK.Interface.IUBIKExport or both

All components that fulfill those criteria will be listed in the boxes Import Interfaces and/or Export Interfaces. Checking a component will mark it generally for execution with the UBIK^® EnterpriseService, if a respective valid .command file lands in one of the folders that can be added to Command Directories.

Workflows provide a more user friendly way of interfacing to other systems. Besides the visual design capabilities, they also offer a wide range of predefined activities for standard tasks, as well as powerful tracing- and debugging functionality.

The Parameters table allows the creation of named parameters that are passed via the .command file, to enable conditional execution.

A valid .command file for a component can be created with the button Create command file at any time, it will also be stored in the Interfaces sub-folder and named accordingly. Use this generated file to call your interface via the EnterpriseService later.