ConnectorProvider

All Implemented Interfaces:
```
public interface ConnectorProvider

                    
```
To provide a new Connector from a ConnectorConfiguration. The implementation is loaded at runtime to list all available connectors, using the java java.util.ServiceLoader
- you need to provide a META-INF/services/ai.tock.bot.connector.ConnectorProvider file.

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes
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Field Summary

Fields
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Constructor Summary

Constructors
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Enum Constant Summary

Enum Constants
Enum Constant	Description

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`abstract Connector`	`connector(ConnectorConfiguration connectorConfiguration)`	Provides a new Connector instance from the specified ConnectorConfiguration.
`List<String>`	`check(ConnectorConfiguration connectorConfiguration)`	Checks the connector configuration.
`ConnectorTypeConfiguration`	`configuration()`	Describes the configuration parameters of the connectorType.
`RequestFilter`	`createRequestFilter(ConnectorConfiguration connectorConfiguration)`	Creates a RequestFilter from the current configuration.
`abstract ConnectorType`	`getConnectorType()`	The connector type provided
`Set<KClass<out ConnectorMessage>>`	`getSupportedResponseConnectorMessageTypes()`

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
- Method Detail
  - connector
```
 abstract Connector connector(ConnectorConfiguration connectorConfiguration)
```
    Provides a new Connector instance from the specified ConnectorConfiguration.
  - check
```
 List<String> check(ConnectorConfiguration connectorConfiguration)
```
    Checks the connector configuration.
    
    Returns:
    
    empty list if there is no error, and a list of errors if this configuration is invalid.
  - configuration
```
 ConnectorTypeConfiguration configuration()
```
    Describes the configuration parameters of the connectorType.
  - createRequestFilter
```
 RequestFilter createRequestFilter(ConnectorConfiguration connectorConfiguration)
```
    Creates a RequestFilter from the current configuration.
  - getConnectorType
```
 abstract ConnectorType getConnectorType()
```
    The connector type provided
  - getSupportedResponseConnectorMessageTypes
```
 Set<KClass<out ConnectorMessage>> getSupportedResponseConnectorMessageTypes()
```