Working with Producer definitions | HCL Digital Experience

When you create a Producer definition, you use the information that you obtained from the Producer to configure the WSRP connection to the Producer. If required, you also register with the Producer.

There are different scenarios for creating a Producer definition:

1. You can use either the Web Service Configuration portlet or the XML configuration interface to create the Producer definition, depending on whether you work online or offline:
   1. If you can connect to the Producer portal and access all files that the Producer's WSDL service definition references, you can work online when you create the Producer definition. In this case, you can use either the Web Service Configuration portlet or the XML configuration interface to create the Producer definition. For example, this can be the case if you want to consume WSRP services in your current portal.
   2. If you cannot connect to the Producer portal and access all files that the Producer's WSDL service definition references, you work offline. In this case, you can use only the XML configuration interface to create the Producer definition. For example, this case can occur if you prepare your Consumer portal in a staging environment and do not connect to the Producer portal to consume WSRP services until you transfer your portal to the next stage.
2. There are three types of Producers. The type of Producer that you create determines which information you must provide with the Producer definition and whether you can create the Producer definition online or offline:
   1. The Producer does not require registration. In this case, you specify the information that you obtained from the Producer. You can create this type of Producer definition in online or offline mode. The HCL Digital Experience Producer is of this type.
   2. The Producer requires registration and is enabled for WSRP registration. Such a Producer provides a registration port. In this case, you can specify extra registration properties when you create the Producer definition in your Consumer portal. You can create this type of Producers only in online mode.
   3. The Producer requires registration and is not enabled for WSRP registration. In this case, you must provide a registration handle that you obtained from the Producer. You can create this type of Producer definition in online or offline mode.
   You can create all three types of Producers by using either the Web Service Configuration portlet or the XML configuration interface.