Creating connections with the Terminal Selection dialog
You can use the Terminal Selection dialog to connect nodes. To
connect one node to another in this way:
Switch to the Broker Application Development
perspective.
Open the message flow that you want to work with.
Click Connection above the node palette.
Click the node from which you want the connection
to be made. The Terminal Selection dialog is displayed.
Select the terminal from the list of valid terminals on this node.
Click OK. The dialog ends.
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:
Click Selection above the node palette.
Right-click the node from which you want to make the
connection and click Create Connection. The Terminal
Selection dialog is displayed.
Select the terminal from the list of valid terminals on this node. Click OK.
The dialog ends.
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:
Open the Broker Application Development Perspective
Open a message flow
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.