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Event Classes

An event class represents a container for all processing operations related to a certain type of event. The event type is determined by a special property named eventtype. The initial eventtype property is set in the connector-specific code.

The name attribute of each <EventClass> property in the catalog is matched to the eventtype property in the event and the operations of that class are carried out on the event. Next, the <Classify> property changes the eventtype to reference a more specific <EventClass>. Event classes are hierarchical, so you can create subclasses of a base event class to further classify events. For more information, see Classification Policy.

You can modify the eventtype property through a connector policy just like any other property in policy files. Changing the eventtype in connector policy files changes the event class to the new eventtype value.

Inbound to connector policy must contain an <EventClass> definition of SiloDataFilter at the end of the file for delete operations to work. For more information, see Inbound to Connector Policy Considerations.