It all begins On the IBM Director Server

Basics: Anatomy of an extension

Creating an extension - at a high level

Almost all extension programming starts on the IBM Director Server. Getting started requires two steps.

  1. Create a Java class that is the main class for your extension.
  2. Tell the IBM Director Server program the location and name of your extension class.


The first two parts of your extension work like this:


When the IBM Director Server starts, it will find and read the extension file. The extension file will point to the main extension class. The IBM Director Server program will create an instance of your class and start calling certain methods in it. The next section discusses more details about the extension file and the extension class.