Reading data from additional steps

The Java Class step allows you to read data from one or more secondary streams. In order to do this, the first thing you have to do is connect the steps to your Java Class step icon as follows:

Sample Transformation with Info steps

Then, you have to configure the Info steps tab in the lower grid of the Java Class configuration window. For each secondary stream, you must provide a Tag name and select the name of the incoming step, as shown in the following screenshot:

Configuring the Info steps tab

Once you ...

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