A plug-in project can contain any IBM® Integration Toolkit-developed plug-in resource.
In IBM Integration Bus, it is used for user-defined
message nodes.
User-defined Message Nodes
Plug-in development projects used to create Message Nodes contain
these resources:
.msgnode file
Contains the definition of the node.
palette.xmi file
Lists the user-defined nodes in the project and the Message Editor
palette group in which they are shown.
.html file
Contains the help files for the node.
.java file
Java™ source code for Property
Editors and Compilers.
plugin.xml file
The plug-in manifest file that adds the node to the IBM Integration Bus installation
.properties file
National Language properties - contains the translations for Properties
and Terminals
.gif file
Icon - contains the image to associate with the node