Configuring adapter at runtime

[DarioCrivelli]

Hello Paul,

The adapters.xml file is loaded before adapters are initialized because it contains information on how to load the Adapters.
Then the Adapters are initialized before the Server starts listening.
If you need to initialize two adapters differently even though their installation directories are identical, they should acquire specific information by asking to some external system or by looking for some file outside the installation directory; this can be done in the init() method.
Is this enough for your purpose?
Perhaps you cannot accept that the init() code that will be used also in production can look for specialized information that are needed only in the test environment?

[paulwiersema]

Dario,

Thanks for the reply. What I seem to be missing is that the parameters map is already read in by the time the init() is called, so I'd need to interject into the code path before then, but I don't see any way to do that.

The best that I can come up with at this point is to build both the SI and PROD packages at the same time, with only the configuration being different, and then deliver the appropriate package for the intended environment. It's not ideal, but I can't see any other way. Please let me know if I've missed something.

Thanks,
Paul

[paulwiersema]

I think the approach I'll take for now is to set both SI and PROD specific values in the original map and then, in init() set the general one to the appropriate value.

Thanks,
Paul

[DarioCrivelli]

I still can't understand how you would have liked to operate.
There may be a few tricks left, but, since you say that you are not allowed to set different JVM variables in the two environments (which would be a very simple solution), it is not clear to me what other ways of distinguish the environments are allowed.