Data Exchange Framework Pipeline Step is Missing at least one required plugin

Question

I am getting the following error when running the pipeline bathc. "Pipeline step is missing at least one required plugin." I have an AddPlugins method in my pipeline step:

protected override void AddPlugins(ItemModel source, PipelineStep pipelineStep)
{
  AddEndpointSettings(source, pipelineStep);
}

I also have it in my end point converter. I doesn't look like this gets hit:

 protected override void AddPlugins(ItemModel source, Endpoint endpoint)
{
  var settings = new ContactSettings();
  settings.CollectionName = base.GetStringValue(source, "Collection Name");

  endpoint.Plugins.Add(settings);

}

I looked through the DEF dlls using dotPeek, but wasn't quite sure where this error is coming from. What could of I have missed? Thanks.

Processor code:

 public class ReadContactsStepProcessor : BaseReadDataStepProcessor

{ public override bool CanProcess(PipelineStep pipelineStep, PipelineContext pipelineContext) { return base.CanProcess(pipelineStep, pipelineContext); } public override void Process(PipelineStep pipelineStep, PipelineContext pipelineContext) { base.Process(pipelineStep, pipelineContext); } protected override void ReadData(Endpoint endpoint, PipelineStep pipelineStep, PipelineContext pipelineContext) { var contactSettings = pipelineStep.GetPlugin(); if (contactSettings != null) { pipelineContext.PipelineBatchContext.Logger.Info( "Hello world! Create some items here..." + contactSettings.CollectionName); }

  //add the plugin to the pipeline context
  pipelineContext.Plugins.Add(contactSettings);
}

}

Answer 1

So after talking to Adam and Vlad I figured out was wrong. First thing I needed was to define the endpoint settings in the pipeline step. I was doing the wrong plugin. When using BaseReadStepProcessor in your Pipeline processor endpoint settings must be added as a plugin.

protected override void AddPlugins(ItemModel source, PipelineStep pipelineStep)
{
  AddEndpointSettings(source, pipelineStep);
}
private void AddEndpointSettings(ItemModel source, PipelineStep pipelineStep)
{
  var settings = new EndpointSettings();
  settings.EndpointFrom = base.ConvertReferenceToModel<Endpoint>(source, ContactReadStepItemModel.EndpointFrom);
  pipelineStep.Plugins.Add(settings);
}

The second thing I had wrong was my spelling for Converter in my endpoint in Sitecore was off. I had an extra space.