URL provider settings for application clients

Use this page create new URL providers.

To view this Application Client Resource Configuration Tool (ACRCT) page, click File > Open. After you browse for an EAR file, click Open. Expand the selected JAR file. Right click URL Providers, and click New. The following fields appear on the General tab.

A URL provider implements the function for a particular URL protocol, such as Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP). This provider, comprised of classes, extends the java.net.URLStreamHandler and java.net.URLConnection classes.

Name

Administrative name for the URL.

Description

Optional description of the URL, for the administrative records.

Class Path

A list of paths or JAR file names which together form the location for the resource provider classes.

Protocol

Protocol supported by this stream handler. For example, nntp, smtp, ftp, and so on.

To use the default protocol, leave this field blank.

Stream handler class

Fully qualified name of a User-defined Java class that extends the java.net.URLStreamHandler for a particular URL protocol, such as FTP.

To use the default stream handler, leave this field blank.

Custom Properties

Specifies name-value pairs for setting additional properties on the object created at run time for this resource.

We must enter a name that is a public property on the object and a value that can be converted from a string to the type required by the set method of the property. The acceptable properties and values depend on the object created. Refer to the object documentation for a list of valid properties and values.

Related tasks

Use application clients

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