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Xerces-c 2.8 (headers and dynamic libraries) is required for building the sample Handler project.
Note: as for future release of FIXEdge (5.11) xerces-c 3.1 is used then it also will be used in SDK instead of xerces-c 2.8
How to build samples
- Export a system variable pointing to the XERCES-C: export XERCESCROOT=/home/user/extlibs/xerces-c-src_2_8_0
- Create a folder for build:
$ mkdir ./build
$ cd ./build - Run CMake:
$ cmake -G "Unix Makefiles" ../
or (Windows)
> cmake.exe -G "Visual Studio 10 Win64" ../ - Build shared libraries:
$ make
or (Windows)
build b2b_fixserver_development_ta.sln (Release, MD)
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There are already implemented Handlers - see FIXEdge BL Handlers for more info.
Transport Adaptor is more complicated plugin. It is suited for using in following scenarios where adapting FIX Session to any other kind of session is required:
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There are already implemented Transport Adaptors - see FIXEdge Transport Adaptors for more info.
| Feature | Handler | Transport Adaptor |
|---|---|---|
| Load | reloads each time after BL Rules are reloaded loads only if reference to Handler exists in some BL rule | once at FE start |
| ClientID | doesn't have a ClientID. Can't be referenced by another Handler or TA. | Can register several ClientIDs |
| Incoming messages | Can be addressed from BL Rules using <HandlerAction> tag only message is coming to process method | Messages to each of ClientID can be passed from BL <Send> tag, or from another TA or Handler. Message is coming into sendToClient method |
| Outgoing messages | Can just pass original or transformed message to the BL Can send synchronously to any registered ClientID Can send asynchronously to any registed ClientID | Can be send to BL only via onMessageFromClient method. onMessageFromClient can't be called from the same thread as sendToClient |
| History access | has direct access to any configured on BL History | for Bridge Adaptors only (see FIXEdge Transport Adaptors Developer Guide) for more details |
| Configuration | in BL_Config.xml | in FIXEdge.properties |
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More detailed info on developing custom Handler see FIXEdge BL Handlers Developer Guide
More detailed info on developing custom Transport Adaptor see FIXEdge Transport Adaptors Developer Guide