Creating Points for FAST Extensions

This document describes the principles you need to consider when creating points for FAST DSL (domain-specific language) extensions. The section consists of the following subsections:

• The Basic Concepts subsection gives the definition of the term “point” and describes the role of points in FAST extension creation.
• The Parsers and Filters subsection provides detailed information about the data you can extract from the request for further processing.
• The Points Building Principles subsection describes the rules you need to follow while building points for FAST DSL extensions.
• The How to Build a Point subsection provides step-by-step examples of the points-building process using the knowledge acquired from the previous subsections.