Connection Protocols
The JADE Client can use a number of protocols to make connections for the source and target parts of the transfer. These protocols are specified in parameters set in protocol fragment elements in the JADE XML configuration.
Each protocol fragment has a number of required and optional child elements, depending on the properties of the protocol itself.
For example, the FTPS protocol element has the following required child elements:
And the following optional child elements:
Specifying Connection Protocols
Connection protocols are specified in the Fragments elements of the XSD Schema. All fragments elements are child elements of the ProtocolFragments element as shown schematically below:
- Fragments
- ProtocolFragments
- FTPFragment
- BasicConnection
- BasicAuthentication
- Account
- Password (optional)
- Optional fragment elements
- FTPSFragment
- BasicConnection
- BasicAuthentication
- Account
- Password (optional)
- Optional fragment elements
- HTTPFragment
- Etc ...
- Etc ...
- FTPFragment
- ProtocolFragments
As explained in the Configuration 2 - The Fragments Branch article, fragments elements are called from the Profiles branch of the configuration and are identified by a 'name' attribute specified in the *Fragment element.
Note that any number of ProtocolFragments can be specified within a configuration, allowing a number of authentication methods to be predefined for a particular file transfer operation. The AlternativeFragments element can be used to specify a number of alternative connections and authentication methods for a file transfer profile.
An example configuration for an FTP connection is shown in Example JADE Configuration for Simple FTP File Transfer article.
Optional Protocol-Related Elements
Note that the following authentication elements can be optionally specified:
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