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<!-- Java sync-link --><script language="Javascript" src="../rzahg/synch.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
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<h1 class="topictitle1">How plug-ins work</h1>
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<div><p>A detailed example of how iSeries Navigator will locate a new plug-in
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and install it in a new configuration</p>
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<p><strong>The following illustration demonstrates how a Java™ plug-in
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that adds a new container to the iSeries™ Navigator tree could work.</strong></p>
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<p>After identifying the new plug-in to the Windows<sup>®</sup> registry, iSeries Navigator
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will find the new plug-in and install it in a new configuration. Afterwards,
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the new container will appear in the iSeries Navigator hierarchy. When the
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user selects the container, the plug-in's Java code is called to obtain the container's
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contents--in this case, a list of messages on the user's default message queue.</p>
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<div class="fignone"><span class="figcap">Figure 1. iSeries Navigator dialog -- messages in the message queue</span><br /><img src="rzakx001.gif" alt="Operations Navigator message queue" /><br /></div>
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<p>iSeries Navigator
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communicates with the Java plug-in by calling methods defined
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on a Java interface:
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ListManager. This interface lets Java applications supply list data to the
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Navigator's tree and list views. To integrate your application into iSeries Navigator,
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you create a new Java class that implements this interface. The methods
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on the new class call into your existing Java application to obtain the list data,
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as shown below.</p>
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<div class="fignone"><span class="figcap">Figure 2. How iSeries Navigator calls an application to obtain list data</span></div>
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<br /><img src="rzakx500.gif" alt="How iSeries Navigator obtains list data" /><br /><p>What happens when the user wants to perform an action on one of your objects?
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The illustration below shows what happens when the user right-mouse clicks
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on a message object to display its context menu.</p>
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<div class="fignone"><span class="figcap">Figure 3. iSeries Navigator object context menu</span></div>
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<br /><img src="rzakx003.gif" alt="iSeries Navigator object context menu" /><br /><p>iSeries Navigator
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calls a predefined method on another Java interface: ActionsManager. This interface
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obtains the list of menu items supported for message objects. Once again,
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you would create a new Java class that implements this interface.
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This is how you make your application's specialized functions available to
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your users through iSeries Navigator. When the user selects the menu
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item, the Navigator calls another ActionsManager method to perform the action.
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Your ActionsManager implementation calls your existing Java application,
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which then can display a confirmation dialog or some other more sophisticated
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user interface panel that allows the user to perform a specialized task. The iSeries Navigator
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user interface is designed to let users work with lists of iSeries server
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resources and to perform actions on them. The architecture of the plug-in
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feature reflects this user interface design, both by defining interfaces for
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working with lists of objects in a hierarchy, and for defining actions on
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those objects. A third interface, DropTargetManager, handles drag-and-drop
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operations.</p>
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<div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent topic:</strong> <a href="rzakxplugsuport.htm" title="iSeries Navigator Plug-in support provides a convenient way to integrate your own functions and applications into a single user interface: iSeries Navigator.">Plug-in support in iSeries Navigator</a></div>
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