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Initializing the service

Every service must have an init() method which tells TYPO3 CMS whether the service is available or not. This is where you should test the connection to whatever remote application you are connecting to. If that test connection fails, the init() method should return false. Otherwise it should return true.

If your connector has no risk of failing (for example, because it operates locally and is not dependent on anything special), you must still implement the init() method and have it return true all the time.

The init() method of the base connector class (\Cobweb\Svconnector\Service\ConnectorBase) performs some initializations, in particular creating an instance of the \TYPO3\CMS\Core\Log\Logger class. So in your own service you should always call the parent method.