Plug-in steps: The step-type
element#
You define plug-in steps with the step-type
element; each step-type
element represents a single step in the HCL™ Launch process editor.
A step-type
element has a name attribute and up to four child elements:
description
properties
command
post-processing
The mandatory name attribute identifies the step. The description and name are shown in the web application and on informational pages for the plug-in. The contents of the description determine which icon is displayed with the step.
<step-type name="Start">
<description>Start Apache HTTP server</description>
Note: A step name cannot contain the forward slash (/) character.
- Step properties: the properties element
Theproperties
element is a container for properties, which are defined with theproperty
tag. - Plug-in step icons
A keyword in the description determines which icon is displayed in the plug-in step.
Parent topic: Creating plug-ins