Resolved: Custom Connector Development problem

Identity Security Cloud (ISC) ISC Discussion and Questions
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Hello dear community

I’m currently trying to implement a custom connector in Java according to the documentation found here:
https://documentation.sailpoint.com/connectors/custom_source_config/help/idn_custom_connector_config…

I set up a small project with the openConnctor.jar found in the zip here (It’s linked in the documentation above):

https://documentation.sailpoint.com/connectors/custom_source_config/help/idn_custom_connector_config…

I created the connector, source config and source template via REST API and uploaded my jar in my newly injected frontend component.

I can also see that my jar is in the class path. When I test the connection I get the following error:

returnMap {result=error, message={ExceptionType=sailpoint.connector.ConnectorException, LocalizedMessage=sailpoint.tools.GeneralException: Failed to create connector object for the openconnector.MxpCustomConnector connector: java.lang.NoSuchMethodException: openconnector.MxpCustomConnector.(sailpoint.object.Application)}}

I have developed Java for 15+ years, so it’s fairly obvious that the exception complains about the constructor with the signature (sailpoint.object.Application) being missing.

The thing is. openConnector.jar doesn’t contain sailpoint.object.Application (there’s no sailpoint namespace at all - on openconnector).

openconnect.AbstractConnector which needs to be implemented according to the documentation only has:

public AbstractConnector() and
public AbstractConnector(ConnectorConfig config, Log log)

Has anyone had that problem? Did I get the wrong .jar?

I’ve already a experts support case open but since they appear to be swamped I try to verify if I’m using the correct dependency at least.

Thank you!

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Hi @rdoebele

Can you share your application xml?

It should start like:

<Application connector=“sailpoint.connector.OpenConnectorAdapter”

You can’t reference your connector directly, you need to go through the OpenConnectorAdapter. Then later in the configuration you would have:

<entry key=“connectorClass” value="openconnector.MxpCustomConnector"/>

edit: I just realized you are using ISC, not IIQ. Configuration might be different, but likely the same issue.

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Get the attachment from here, see if you’re doing anything differently in the java file. (The deployment steps will differ between IIQ and ISC, of course. But the connector JAR / java code doesn’t care beyond the connector itself)L

https://community.sailpoint.com/t5/Technical-White-Papers/Custom-Connectors/ta-p/75122

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@paul_hilchey Thank you! That actually solved the problem.
It would have been nice if the documentation for ISC would mention this.

Here’s the example provided by SailPoint:

<Application
  name="Custom HR Connector"
  type="Custom HR Connector"
  connector="sailpoint.connector.ExampleConnector"
  featuresString="ITERATE" >

  <Attributes>
    <Map>
      <entry key="url" value=""/>
      <entry key="username" value=""/>
      <entry key="password" value=""/>
      <entry key="token" value="OAuth"/>
      <entry key="pageSize" value="200"/>
    </Map>
  </Attributes>
  <Schemas>
    <Schema
      identityAttribute="Employee Number"
      displayAttribute="Employee Number"
      nativeObjectType="account"
      objectType="account">

    <AttributeDefinition name="First Name" type="string"/>
    <AttributeDefinition name="Last Name" type="string"/>
    <AttributeDefinition name="Employee Number " type="string"/>
    </Schema>
  </Schemas>
</Application>