Use Case - Create a Custom ODA Data Source

Purpose

The Open Data Access (ODA) component is an open and flexible data access framework that provides a common way for a consumer application to access data from heterogeneous data sources. Any data provider who wants to be consumed by such ODA consumer applications may implement a custom ODA data provider by implementing the ODA runtime and design-time driver extension points.

Extension Points Involved

• ODA Runtime extension point:
  • org.eclipse.datatools.connectivity.oda.dataSource

• ODA Design-time extension points:
  • org.eclipse.datatools.connectivity.oda.design.ui.dataSource
  • org.eclipse.datatools.connectivity.connectionProfile
  • org.eclipse.ui.propertyPages

Java API Interfaces/Classes

• ODA runtime data access
  • org.eclipse.datatools.connectivity.oda package (Java interfaces for runtime data access)
  • org.eclipse.datatools.connectivity.oda.manifest package (utility classes to access the content of own plug-in manifest)

• ODA Design-time API for defining a data source and data set design
  • org.eclipse.datatools.connectivity.oda.design package
  • org.eclipse.datatools.connectivity.oda.design.ui.designsession.DesignSessionUtil class (utility class to manipulate ODA Design API objects during an ODA design session)

• ODA Designer API for contributing provider-specific design UI pages
  • org.eclipse.datatools.connectivity.oda.design.ui.wizards package
  • org.eclipse.datatools.connectivity.oda.design.ui.pages.impl package (default implementation to define a data source design)
  • org.eclipse.datatools.connectivity.oda.design.ui.manifest package (utility classes to access the content of own plugin manifest)

Exemplary Clients

• CSV Flat-file data source -
  • org.eclipse.datatools.connectivity.oda.flatfile and org.eclipse.datatools.connectivity.oda.flatfile.ui plug-ins
• XML data source -
  • org.eclipse.datatools.enablement.oda.xml and org.eclipse.datatools.enablement.oda.xml.ui plug-ins
• BIRT JDBC data source -
  • org.eclipse.birt.report.data.oda.jdbc and org.eclipse.birt.report.data.oda.jdbc.ui plug-ins