Spoke Language Overview

The ATE20.xsd will help a lot when using an XML Schema savvy editor (like Visual Studio, Eclipse, NetBeans, etc.). The general idea is that you would define an EndPoint for the output file and use a FileWriter in the Target of a Phase. Below are some snippets from our Event signage export file and Banner section room assignment export. The spoke we will create will be a combination of these building blocks. The following is not a valid spoke, but rather the highlights of the three most important parts.

 <EndPoints>
 <FileEndPoint name="ftpSignFile">
 <Parameters>
 <Parameter name="FileName" ref="ExportFileName" />
 <Parameter name="Host" ref="FTPHost" />
 <Parameter name="User" ref="FTPUser" />
 <Parameter name="Pwd" ref="FTPPass" />
 </Parameters>
 <FileResource href="ftp://${User}:${Pwd}@${Host}/${FileName}" />
 </FileEndPoint>
 </EndPoints>

<Pipeline>
 <Sources>
 <!-- The fields and associations again match what is described in the
 entity definition files. -->
 <Source name="Astra">
 <Astra from="SectionMeeting" rootElement="SectionMeetings">
 <Select column="SisKey" />
 <Select column="RoomConfiguration.Room.SisKey" as="RoomSisKey" />
 </Astra>
 </Source>
 </Sources>
 <Phases>
   <Phase name="ExportEvents">
     <Fetch ref="Astra"/>
<Target endPoint="ftpSignFile">
 <FileWriter verb="write" sourceReader="Astra">
 <XmlFile/>
 </FileWriter>
 </Target>
 </Phase>
 </Phases>
 </Pipeline>