OpenEdge Management allows extensions to contribute to the user interface to third-party Web applications. Predefined points are provided where the extensions can be added to the user interface. The primary points are main menu, page footers, and the Options page of the management console.
To accomplish this, a framework has been built to allow simple extensions through contributor class objects. Each individual point, where extensions are added to the user interface, requests necessary data using the fathom extension contributor classes. You can add other contributor classes to the framework, but only without altering the extension code of a previous version of the framework.
The extension framework allows hosting of third-party Web applications on the same Web server as that of OpenEdge Management. This enables OpenEdge Management to define the contributor classes as needed. The lifecycle of the extension points can be controlled using the lifecycle of the third-party Web application.
