Implementing custom connection properties for BizTalk RFID providers

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/// <summary>

/// Gets the list of capabilites this provider supports.

/// </summary>

/// <returns>List of provider capabilities</returns>

public static Collection<ProviderCapability> GetProviderCapabilities()

{

    List<ProviderCapability> acmeCapability = new List<ProviderCapability>();

    acmeCapability.Add(ProviderCapability.Discovery);

    acmeCapability.Add(ProviderCapability.TcpTransport);

    acmeCapability.Add(ProviderCapability.BluetoothTransport);

    acmeCapability.Add(ProviderCapability.HttpTransport);

    acmeCapability.Add(ProviderCapability.SerialTransport);

    acmeCapability.Add(ProviderCapability.VendorDefinedTransport);

    acmeCapability.Add(ProviderCapability.TriggeredDiscovery);

    acmeCapability.Add(ProviderCapability.ProviderDefunctEvent);

    return new Collection<ProviderCapability>(acmeCapability);

}

/// <summary>

/// Returns meta data for vendor specific entities like command,response etc.

/// </summary>

/// <returns>Dictionary of vendor entity key vs its meta data</returns>

public static Dictionary<VendorEntityKey, VendorEntityMetadata>
                  GetVendorExtensionsEntityMetadata()

{

    Dictionary<VendorEntityKey, VendorEntityMetadata> vendorData 
                = new Dictionary<VendorEntityKey, VendorEntityMetadata>();

    //Transport One

    VendorEntityKey key1 = new VendorEntityKey(
                                   typeof(VendorDefinedTransportSettings),
                                   "CustomAcmeTransportSettings", 
                                   EntityType.TransportSettings);

    Dictionary<string, VendorEntityParameterMetadata> dict 
                         = new Dictionary<string, VendorEntityParameterMetadata>();

    string host = "127.0.0.1";

    VendorEntityParameterMetadata dataForHost
                         = new VendorEntityParameterMetadata(typeof(string),

                                       "Enter the host address as a string",

                                       host, false);

    dict.Add("Host", dataForHost);

    VendorEntityParameterMetadata dataForPort 
                         = new VendorEntityParameterMetadata(typeof(int),
                                "Enter the port as an int", 6666, false);

    dict.Add("Port", dataForPort);

    VendorEntityMetadata metaData1
                         = new VendorEntityMetadata(
                                "VendorDefinedTransportSettings keys", dict);

    //Transport two

    VendorEntityKey key2 = new VendorEntityKey(
                               typeof(VendorDefinedTransportSettings), 
                               "Transport2", EntityType.TransportSettings);

    Dictionary<string, VendorEntityParameterMetadata> dict2 
                         = new Dictionary<string, VendorEntityParameterMetadata>();

    string property1 = "test1";

    VendorEntityParameterMetadata dataForproperty1 
                     = new VendorEntityParameterMetadata(typeof(string),

                            "Enter the host address as a string",

                            property1,

                            false);

    dict2.Add("property1", dataForproperty1);

    VendorEntityMetadata metaData2 = new VendorEntityMetadata(
                                            "Transport2 keys", dict2);

    vendorData.Add(key1, metaData1);

    vendorData.Add(key2, metaData2);

    return vendorData;

}