Connectors (reference)

Javadoc documentation is provided to describe the connector framework. A sequence diagram is provided to illustrate a synchronous request through a request connector.

Javadoc documentation

Javadoc documentation has been provided at Connector API.

Sequence diagram

The following sequence diagram illustrates a synchronous request.
This sequence diagram shows that a connector factory is initialised, then a request connector is created and initialised.  A request interaction is created.  The host requests properties and data from a remote service, and this data is passed back to the host, which finally terminates the request connector.