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<p>In order to manage (CRUD) connections in Ditto <a href="installation-operating.html#devops-commands">DevOps commands</a>
have to be used. There is no separate HTTP API for managing the connections, as this is not a task for a developer using
the digital twin APIs but more for a “DevOps engineer” creating new connections to external systems.</p>
<p>All connection related piggyback commands use the following HTTP endpoint:</p>
<div class="highlighter-rouge"><div class="highlight"><pre class="highlight"><code>POST /devops/piggyback/connectivity
</code></pre></div></div>
<h2 id="authorization">Authorization</h2>
<p>When creating new connections, an <code class="highlighter-rouge">authorizationContext</code> is needed providing the <em>authorization subjects</em> (e.g. IDs of authorized users) to use in order to determine the permissions for when the connection executes commands (e.g. modifying a Thing).
If you want to use a user for the basic auth (from the <a href="connectivity-protocol-bindings-http.html">HTTP API</a>) use the prefix <code class="highlighter-rouge">nginx:</code>, e.g. <code class="highlighter-rouge">nginx:ditto</code>.
See <a href="basic-auth.html#authorization-context-in-devops-commands">Basic Authentication</a> for more information.</p>
<h2 id="crud-commands">CRUD commands</h2>
<p>The following commands are available in order to manage connections:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="#create-connection">create</a></li>
<li><a href="#modify-connection">modify</a></li>
<li><a href="#retrieve-connection">retrieve</a></li>
<li><a href="#delete-connection">delete</a></li>
</ul>
<h3 id="create-connection">Create connection</h3>
<p>Create a new connection by sending the following DevOps command:</p>
<div class="language-json highlighter-rouge"><div class="highlight"><pre class="highlight"><code><span class="p">{</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="s2">"targetActorSelection"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">"/system/sharding/connection"</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="s2">"headers"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="s2">"aggregate"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kc">false</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="p">},</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="s2">"piggybackCommand"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="s2">"type"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">"connectivity.commands:createConnection"</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="s2">"connection"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{}</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="p">}</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="p">}</span><span class="w">
</span></code></pre></div></div>
<p>The content of the connection configuration object is specified in the <a href="basic-connections.html">Connections section</a>.
For protocol specific examples, consult the <a href="connectivity-protocol-bindings-amqp091.html">AMQP-0.9.1 binding</a>,
<a href="connectivity-protocol-bindings-amqp10.html">AMQP-1.0 binding</a> or
<a href="connectivity-protocol-bindings-mqtt.html">MQTT-3.1.1 binding</a> respectively.</p>
<h3 id="modify-connection">Modify connection</h3>
<p>Modify an existing connection by sending the following DevOps command:</p>
<div class="language-json highlighter-rouge"><div class="highlight"><pre class="highlight"><code><span class="p">{</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="s2">"targetActorSelection"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">"/system/sharding/connection"</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="s2">"headers"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="s2">"aggregate"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kc">false</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="p">},</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="s2">"piggybackCommand"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="s2">"type"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">"connectivity.commands:modifyConnection"</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="s2">"connection"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{}</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="p">}</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="p">}</span><span class="w">
</span></code></pre></div></div>
<p>The connection with the specified ID needs to be created before one can modify it.</p>
<h3 id="retrieve-connection">Retrieve connection</h3>
<p>The only parameter necessary for retrieving a connection is the <code class="highlighter-rouge">connectionId</code>:</p>
<div class="language-json highlighter-rouge"><div class="highlight"><pre class="highlight"><code><span class="p">{</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="s2">"targetActorSelection"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">"/system/sharding/connection"</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="s2">"headers"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="s2">"aggregate"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kc">false</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="p">},</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="s2">"piggybackCommand"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="s2">"type"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">"connectivity.commands:retrieveConnection"</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="s2">"connectionId"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="s2">"&lt;connectionID&gt;"</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="p">}</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="p">}</span><span class="w">
</span></code></pre></div></div>
<h3 id="open-connection">Open connection</h3>
<p>The only parameter necessary for opening a connection is the <code class="highlighter-rouge">connectionId</code>:</p>
<div class="language-json highlighter-rouge"><div class="highlight"><pre class="highlight"><code><span class="p">{</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="s2">"targetActorSelection"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">"/system/sharding/connection"</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="s2">"headers"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="s2">"aggregate"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kc">false</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="p">},</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="s2">"piggybackCommand"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="s2">"type"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">"connectivity.commands:openConnection"</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="s2">"connectionId"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="s2">"&lt;connectionID&gt;"</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="p">}</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="p">}</span><span class="w">
</span></code></pre></div></div>
<h3 id="close-connection">Close connection</h3>
<p>The only parameter necessary for closing a connection is the <code class="highlighter-rouge">connectionId</code>:</p>
<div class="language-json highlighter-rouge"><div class="highlight"><pre class="highlight"><code><span class="p">{</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="s2">"targetActorSelection"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">"/system/sharding/connection"</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="s2">"headers"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="s2">"aggregate"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kc">false</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="p">},</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="s2">"piggybackCommand"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="s2">"type"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">"connectivity.commands:closeConnection"</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="s2">"connectionId"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="s2">"&lt;connectionID&gt;"</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="p">}</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="p">}</span><span class="w">
</span></code></pre></div></div>
<h3 id="delete-connection">Delete connection</h3>
<p>The only parameter necessary for deleting a connection is the <code class="highlighter-rouge">connectionId</code>:</p>
<div class="language-json highlighter-rouge"><div class="highlight"><pre class="highlight"><code><span class="p">{</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="s2">"targetActorSelection"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">"/system/sharding/connection"</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="s2">"headers"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="s2">"aggregate"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kc">false</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="p">},</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="s2">"piggybackCommand"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="s2">"type"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">"connectivity.commands:deleteConnection"</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="s2">"connectionId"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="s2">"&lt;connectionID&gt;"</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="p">}</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="p">}</span><span class="w">
</span></code></pre></div></div>
<h2 id="helper-commands">Helper commands</h2>
<p>The following commands are available to help creating connections and retrieving the status of existing connections:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="#test-connection">test</a></li>
<li><a href="#retrieve-connection-status">retrieve connection status</a></li>
<li><a href="#retrieve-connection-metrics">retrieve connection metrics</a></li>
<li><a href="#reset-connection-metrics">reset connection metrics</a></li>
<li><a href="#enable-connection-logs">enable connection logs</a></li>
<li><a href="#retrieve-connection-logs">retrieve connection logs</a></li>
<li><a href="#reset-connection-logs">reset connection logs</a></li>
</ul>
<h3 id="test-connection">Test connection</h3>
<p>Run a test connection command before creating a persisted connection to validate the connection configuration. This
command checks the configuration and establishes a connection to the remote endpoint in order to validate the connection
credentials. The test connection is closed afterwards and will not be persisted. Analog to the <a href="#create-connection">createConnection</a>
command, it requires a full connection configuration in the piggyback command.</p>
<div class="language-json highlighter-rouge"><div class="highlight"><pre class="highlight"><code><span class="p">{</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="s2">"targetActorSelection"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">"/system/sharding/connection"</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="s2">"headers"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="s2">"aggregate"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kc">false</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="p">},</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="s2">"piggybackCommand"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="s2">"type"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">"connectivity.commands:testConnection"</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="s2">"connection"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="err">...</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="err">//Define</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="err">connection</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="err">configuration</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="p">}</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="p">}</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="p">}</span><span class="w">
</span></code></pre></div></div>
<h3 id="retrieve-connection-status">Retrieve connection status</h3>
<p>This command returns the connection status by showing if a connection is currently enabled/disabled and if it is
successfully established. The only parameter necessary for retrieving the connection status is the <code class="highlighter-rouge">connectionId</code>:</p>
<div class="language-json highlighter-rouge"><div class="highlight"><pre class="highlight"><code><span class="p">{</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="s2">"targetActorSelection"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">"/system/sharding/connection"</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="s2">"headers"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="s2">"aggregate"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kc">false</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="p">},</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="s2">"piggybackCommand"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="s2">"type"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">"connectivity.commands:retrieveConnectionStatus"</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="s2">"connectionId"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="s2">"&lt;connectionID&gt;"</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="p">}</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="p">}</span><span class="w">
</span></code></pre></div></div>
<h3 id="retrieve-connection-metrics">Retrieve connection metrics</h3>
<p>This command returns the connection metrics showing how many messages have been successfully or failingly <code class="highlighter-rouge">conusmed</code>,
<code class="highlighter-rouge">filtered</code>, <code class="highlighter-rouge">mapped</code>, <code class="highlighter-rouge">published</code>, <code class="highlighter-rouge">dropped</code>. The metrics are collected and returned in different time intervals:</p>
<ul>
<li>the last minute</li>
<li>the last hour</li>
<li>the last 24 hours</li>
</ul>
<p>The only parameter necessary for retrieving the connection metrics is the <code class="highlighter-rouge">connectionId</code>:</p>
<div class="language-json highlighter-rouge"><div class="highlight"><pre class="highlight"><code><span class="p">{</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="s2">"targetActorSelection"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">"/system/sharding/connection"</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="s2">"headers"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="s2">"aggregate"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kc">false</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="p">},</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="s2">"piggybackCommand"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="s2">"type"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">"connectivity.commands:retrieveConnectionMetrics"</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="s2">"connectionId"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="s2">"&lt;connectionID&gt;"</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="p">}</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="p">}</span><span class="w">
</span></code></pre></div></div>
<h3 id="reset-connection-metrics">Reset connection metrics</h3>
<p>This command resets the connection metrics - all metrics are set to <code class="highlighter-rouge">0</code> again. The only parameter
necessary for retrieving the connection metrics is the <code class="highlighter-rouge">connectionId</code>:</p>
<div class="language-json highlighter-rouge"><div class="highlight"><pre class="highlight"><code><span class="p">{</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="s2">"targetActorSelection"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">"/system/sharding/connection"</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="s2">"headers"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="s2">"aggregate"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kc">false</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="p">},</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="s2">"piggybackCommand"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="s2">"type"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">"connectivity.commands:resetConnectionMetrics"</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="s2">"connectionId"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="s2">"&lt;connectionID&gt;"</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="p">}</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="p">}</span><span class="w">
</span></code></pre></div></div>
<h3 id="enable-connection-logs">Enable connection logs</h3>
<p>Enables the connection logging feature of a connection for 24 hours.
As soon as connection logging is enabled, you will be able to <a href="#retrieve-connection-logs">retrieve connection logs</a>. The
logs will contain a fixed amount of success and failure logs for each source and target of your connection and correlate
with the metrics of the connection. This will allow you more insight in what goes well, and more importantly, what goes wrong.</p>
<p>The default duration and the maximum amount of logs stored for one connection can be configured in Ditto’s connectivity service
configuration.</p>
<div class="language-json highlighter-rouge"><div class="highlight"><pre class="highlight"><code><span class="p">{</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="s2">"targetActorSelection"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">"/system/sharding/connection"</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="s2">"headers"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="s2">"aggregate"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kc">false</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="p">},</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="s2">"piggybackCommand"</span><span class="p">:{</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="s2">"type"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">"connectivity.commands:enableConnectionLogs"</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="s2">"connectionId"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">"&lt;connectionID&gt;"</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="p">}</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="p">}</span><span class="w">
</span></code></pre></div></div>
<h3 id="retrieve-connection-logs">Retrieve connection logs</h3>
<p>This command will return a list of success and failure log entries containing information on messages processed by the
connection. The logs have a maximum amount of entries that they can hold. If the connection produces more log entries,
the older entries will be dropped. So keep in mind that you might miss some of the log entries.</p>
<p>The response will also provide information on how long the logging feature will still be enabled. Since the timer will
always be reset when retrieving the logs, the timestamp will always be 24 hours from now.</p>
<p>The default duration and the maximum amount of logs stored for one connection can be configured in Ditto’s connectivity service
configuration.</p>
<div class="language-json highlighter-rouge"><div class="highlight"><pre class="highlight"><code><span class="p">{</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="s2">"targetActorSelection"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">"/system/sharding/connection"</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="s2">"headers"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="s2">"aggregate"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kc">false</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="p">},</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="s2">"piggybackCommand"</span><span class="p">:{</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="s2">"type"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">"connectivity.commands:retrieveConnectionLogs"</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="s2">"connectionId"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">"&lt;connectionID&gt;"</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="p">}</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="p">}</span><span class="w">
</span></code></pre></div></div>
<h3 id="reset-connection-logs">Reset connection logs</h3>
<p>Clears all currently stored connection logs.</p>
<div class="language-json highlighter-rouge"><div class="highlight"><pre class="highlight"><code><span class="p">{</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="s2">"targetActorSelection"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">"/system/sharding/connection"</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="s2">"headers"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="s2">"aggregate"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kc">false</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="p">},</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="s2">"piggybackCommand"</span><span class="p">:{</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="s2">"type"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">"connectivity.commands:resetConnectionLogs"</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="s2">"connectionId"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">"&lt;connectionID&gt;"</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="p">}</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="p">}</span><span class="w">
</span></code></pre></div></div>
<h2 id="payload-mapping-configuration">Payload mapping configuration</h2>
<p>To enable a custom <a href="connectivity-mapping.html">payload mapping</a> for a specific source or target of a connection, you
have to configure a payload mapping definition in the connection configuration object. The following snippet shows an
example <code class="highlighter-rouge">mappingDefinitions</code>. This configuration must be embedded in the connection configuration as shown in the
<a href="basic-connections.html">Connections</a> section. These payload mapping definitions are then referenced by its ID
(the key of the JSON object) in the sources and targets of the connection using the field <code class="highlighter-rouge">payloadMapping</code>.
If no payload mapping or definition is provided, the <a href="connectivity-mapping.html#ditto-mapper">Ditto message mapping</a>
is used as the default.</p>
<div class="language-json highlighter-rouge"><div class="highlight"><pre class="highlight"><code><span class="p">{</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="err">...</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="s2">"mappingDefinitions"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="s2">"customJs"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="err">//</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="err">(</span><span class="mi">1</span><span class="err">)</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="s2">"mappingEngine"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">"JavaScript"</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="err">//</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="err">(</span><span class="mi">2</span><span class="err">)</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="s2">"options"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="err">//</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="err">(</span><span class="mi">3</span><span class="err">)</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="s2">"incomingScript"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">".."</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="s2">"outgoingScript"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">".."</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="p">}</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="p">}</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="p">},</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="s2">"sources"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">[</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="p">{</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="s2">"addresses"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">"source"</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="s2">"payloadMapping"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s2">"customJs"</span><span class="p">]</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="p">}</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="p">]</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="err">...</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="p">}</span><span class="w">
</span></code></pre></div></div>
<ul>
<li>(1) This ID can be used in sources and targets of the connection to reference this payload mapping definition.</li>
<li>(2) The <code class="highlighter-rouge">mappingEngine</code> defines the underlying <code class="highlighter-rouge">MessageMapper</code> implementation.</li>
<li>(3) The <code class="highlighter-rouge">options</code> are used to configure the mapper instance to your needs.</li>
</ul>
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