Integrating composite applications and activities in the IBM Lotus Notes V8 Client

Introduction: Learn how to create an Eclipse view component and how to add it to a new composite application in the IBM Lotus Notes V8; The component uses the activities API to create, read, update, and delete activities on the activities server.

With the release of the new IBM Lotus Notes V8 client, composite applications have evolved. With composite applications, you can merge similar components to provide a complete application. Components can be obtained from different sources, including the IBM Lotus Domino database, the Eclipse view, and the JSR-I portlet.

Activities provide a way to organize, share, and reuse tasks. This allows the related document to be stored in an activity that can be accessed by the person concerned, such as a team member of the project management activity.

In this article, you will learn how to create an Eclipse based component that can be included in a composite application. This component queries the activities server using the activities API and allows you to perform multiple functions on the returned results.

Prerequisite

To use the activities API, you must ensure that the activities feature is selected when you install the Lotus Notes V8. Select the activities option, as shown in Figure 1.

You also need to select Composite application Editor, which will be used to construct the composite application. If the above features are not selected when you install Lotus Notes V8, return Install Wizard and add the above functionality.

Figure 1. Setup Wizard