The ePortal generator is a Component Enabler Generator to facilitate the integration of EAE and AB Suite applications with ePortal. This generator generates XML definition files from the ispec definitions in the EAE or AB Suite models. The generated files are then imported into an ePortal Solution.
The ePortal software provides a platform for application modernization of legacy ClearPath applications. ePortal Developer is a plug-in to Microsoft Visual Studio and allows the capture of interface definitions for existing ClearPath applications, which is used to create Web browser applications, mobile applications, or Web services. The ePortal capabilities are extended for use with EAE and AB Suite systems by introducing a new ePortal data source referred to as the AB Suite/EAE Data Source.
Using ePortal Developer you can create a Visual Studio solution that includes:
Data Source project – contains server messages, client messages, and logic to control the data flow. It defines the transaction and connection information required to interact with the ClearPath servers and client applications.
Presentation projects – defines the presentation types that use the transactions in a Data Source. ePortal supports different types of Presentation projects including HTML5, Mobile web forms (iOS, Android, Blackberry, Windows Phone), ASP.NET Web Forms, ASP.NET Web Services, WCF Services, Restful Services and Mobile presentations.
The information generated by the ePortal Generator for EAE or AB Suite is imported into an ePortal Data Source project that is specific to EAE and AB Suite applications. An ePortal Presentation project can subsequently be created to use that Data Source.