Plugins

In GreenVulcano^® ESB, a plug-in is a software component that extends the capability to access an external system, database or data in general.

For example, plug-ins are commonly used in GreenVulcano^® ESB to read Excel files (excelreader-call), or for reading/writing a file (filereader-call / filewriter-call).

The following tables show all the available GreenVulcano^® ESB plugins grouped by technology:

File system

	Plug-in	Use this for ...
	filereader-call	reading a file present in the local file system
	filewriter-call	writing a file in the local file system
	filemanager-call	searching, moving, coping, deleting, compressing and uncompressing files/directories
	fsmonitor-call	getting a XML report of a directory containing the existing, created, modified and deleted files, from the last scan, on local or remote file system
	remotemanager-call	performing operations on files/directories present in a remote file system via FTP/SFTP/FTPS
	shell-call	executing a local shell command
	rsh-filereader-call	reading a file in a local or remote file system through the GreenVulcano^® ESB RSH RMI server
	rsh-filewriter-call	writing a file in a local or remote file system through the GreenVulcano^® ESB RSH RMI server
	rsh-call	executing a shell command in a local or remote system through the GreenVulcano^® ESB RSH RMI server

WebService

	Plug-in	Use this for ...
	ws-call	invoking a Web Service using SOAP

	Plug-in	Use this for ...
	rest-call	invoking a Web Service using REST

Data Base

	Plug-in	Use this for ...
	db-call	basic DB interaction
	dh-call	defining the parameter for making a call to DataHandler
	birt-report-call	generate a BIRT report
	excel-call	create an Excel report from a DB select

JMS

	Plug-in	Use this for ...
	jms-enqueue	performing a queuing/publish operation on a JMS Queue/Topic
	jms-dequeue	performing a reception operation from a JMS Queue/Topic

Routing

	Plug-in	Use this for ...
	routed-call	creating a routing mechanism at the level of communication channel during the execution of flows, the operation is seen as a simple call
	routed-dequeue	creating a routing mechanism at the level of communication channel during the execution of flows, the operation is seen as a simple dequeue
	routed-enqueue	creating a routing mechanism at the level of communication channel during the execution of flows, the operation is seen as a simple enqueue

Mail

	Plug-in	Use this for ...
	smtp-call	sending an email using SMTP protocol
	pop-call	receiving an email using POP3 protocol

	Plug-in	Use this for ...
	pop-uid-remove-call	removing emails UID from UID cache, useful for email reprocess using POP3 protocol
	exchange-send-call	sending an email using Exchange WS interface
	exchange-receive-call	receiving an email using Exchange WS interface
	exchange-manage-call	manage an email on server using Exchange WS interface

J2EE

	Plug-in	Use this for ...
	j2ee-ejb-call	invoking an EJB (Enterprise Java Bean)
	j2ee-jca-call	invoking an adapter JCA (Java Connector Architecture) that exposes the interface CCI (Common Client Interface).

LDAP

	Plug-in	Use this for ...
	ldap-search-call	searching data on LDAP servers
	ldap-update-call	updating data on LDAP servers

Communication

	Plug-in	Use this for ...
	http-call	calling HTTP methods on remote servers
	hl7-call	invoking synchronous services on systems that use the HL7 v2 protocol with messages either standard or in XML format
	jbpm-call	using the JBPM plugin
	jbpm-task-call	using the JBPM TASK plugin
	openspcoop-call	using the Open SPCoop plugin

Utility

	Plug-in	Use this for ...
	jmx-call	invoking MBean methods or set/get attributes on servers
	extract-data-call	extract data from the body of the message
	test-service-call	simulate a test service
	excelreader-call	reading from a Excel file
	generic-call	doing a user developed generic plug-in invocation
	gvcore-call	invoking directly a flow of the GreenVulcano^® ESB core. REMOVED in v3.2.0
	rules-call	invoking a Rule Engine service

Twitter

	Plug-in	Use this for ...
	twitter-update-status	tweet
	twitter-retweet-status	retweet
	twitter-enable-notification	follow
	twitter-disable-notification	unfollow
	twitter-get-followers-ids	get followers
	twitter-get-friends-ids	get friends
	twitter-send-direct-message	send direct tweet