public Repository connectRepository( RepositoriesMeta repositoriesMeta, String repositoryName, String username, String password) throws KettleException { RepositoryMeta repositoryMeta = repositoriesMeta.findRepository(repositoryName); if (repositoryMeta == null) { log.logBasic("I couldn't find the repository with name '" + repositoryName + "'"); return null; } Repository rep = PluginRegistry.getInstance() .loadClass(RepositoryPluginType.class, repositoryMeta, Repository.class); rep.init(repositoryMeta); try { rep.connect(username, password); log.logBasic("Connected to " + repositoryName + " as " + username); setRepository(rep); return rep; } catch (Exception e) { log.logBasic("Unable to connect to the repository with name '" + repositoryName + "'"); return null; } }