Creating node connections with the Terminal Selection dialog box

Before you start:

Read the concept topic about connections.

You can use the Terminal Selection dialog box to connect nodes. To connect one node to another in this way:

  1. Switch to the Broker Application Development perspective.
  2. Open the message flow that you want to work with.
  3. Click Connection above the node palette.
  4. Click the node from which you want the connection to be made. The Terminal Selection dialog is displayed.
  5. Select the terminal from the list of valid terminals on this node. Click OK. The dialog box closes.
  6. Click the node to which to make the connection. If there is only one in terminal on this node, the connection is made immediately. If there is more than one in terminal on this node, the Terminal Selection dialog is displayed again, this time listing the in terminals of the selected node. Select the correct terminal by clicking it, and click OK.

You can also make a connection as follows:

  1. Click Selection above the node palette.
  2. Right-click the node from which you want to make the connection and click Create Connection. The Terminal Selection dialog is displayed.
  3. Select the terminal from the list of valid terminals on this node. Click OK. The dialog box closes.
  4. Click the node to which to make the connection. If there is only one in terminal on this node, the connection is made immediately. If there is more than one in terminal on this node, the Terminal Selection dialog is displayed again, this time listing the in terminals of the selected node. Highlight the correct terminal and click OK.
In the Message flow editor you can display node and connection metadata by hovering the mouse over a node or subflow in a message flow. To view metadata information for a node, subflow or connection:
  1. Open the Broker Application Development Perspective
  2. Open a message flow
  3. In the Editor view, hover the mouse over a node, a subflow, or a node connection in the open message flow by placing the mouse over the element.
Related concepts
Message flows overview
Related tasks
Connecting message flow nodes
Creating node connections with the mouse
Related reference
Built-in nodes