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Implementation Guidelines

Consider the following guidelines when designing and implementing a connector:

• Drive as much of the connector implementation logic as possible using metadata. This approach is the same as the approach used for CA IAM CS core framework where generic problems are encountered, such as adding support for connectorMapToAmbigious=metadata mappings for the JNDI connector.
• Write code that takes advantage of the service provided by the CA IAM CS framework, like pluggable validators and converters, and connection pooling support classes.
• Write custom connector code to address any additional specific coding requirements.

Note: This approach is not an either or situation of using metadata versus custom coding, but rather a case of treating custom coding of connector behavior as the last resort.