Web

Sp

here

Messag

e B

roker

101:

Th

e S

wis

s a

rmy k

nif

e f

or

ap

plicati

on

in

teg

rati

on

David

Cole

s –

WebS

phere

Message B

roker

Level 3 T

echnic

al Lead,

IBM

Hurs

ley –

dcole

s@

uk.ibm

.com

Tuesday 9

thA

ugust 2011

V7

.0.0

.2

•W

elc

om

e to this

Technic

al In

trodu

ction to W

ebS

phere

Message B

roker.

•A

ll slid

es in this

pre

senta

tion h

ave a

t le

ast one c

orr

espondin

g n

ote

s s

lide lik

e this

one,

whic

h c

onta

ins furt

he

r in

form

ation o

n the t

opic

bein

g d

iscussed,and/o

r lin

ks to w

eb

pages.

•O

nly

this

note

s s

lide w

ill b

e s

how

n d

uring the

pre

se

nta

tion. T

o v

iew

all

oth

er

no

tes

slid

es, ple

ase d

ow

nlo

ad a

nd v

iew

a c

op

y o

f th

is p

resenta

tion.

•T

he W

ebS

phere

Message B

roker

hom

epage c

an b

e found a

t

http:/

/ww

w.ibm

.com

/soft

wa

re/inte

gra

tion/w

bim

essagebro

ker/

Ag

en

da

•W

hat is

Message B

roker?

•P

rogra

mm

ing C

oncepts

•M

essage F

low

s

•N

odes

•M

essage M

od

el

•P

roduct O

verv

iew

•C

om

po

nents

•U

ser

Role

s a

nd E

nvironm

ents

•C

onn

ectivity S

cenari

os

•D

em

onstr

ation

•T

his

pre

senta

tion is d

ivid

ed into

severa

l sections. W

e’ll

begin

by d

escribin

g w

hat

Message B

roker

is a

nd w

hy it is

im

port

ant.

At

this

tim

e w

e’ll

als

o g

o th

rough t

he s

tep

s

required t

o inte

gra

te a

pplic

ations togeth

er.

•M

essage B

roker

exposes th

ree im

port

an

t concepts

that

allo

w y

ou

to

inte

gra

te

applic

ations togeth

er.

We

see the

obje

cts

that W

eb

Sphere

Message

Bro

ker

supplie

s to

help

inte

gra

tors

achie

ve a

rapid

solu

tion. W

e'll

intr

oduce m

essage f

low

s a

nd n

odes

whic

h a

llow

the

connectivity a

nd f

unctionalit

y r

equirem

en

ts o

f applic

ations to b

e

modelle

d a

nd b

uilt

. W

e’ll

then e

xp

lain

the logic

al m

essage m

odel, a

concept w

hic

h

allo

ws u

s to m

anip

ula

te m

essages w

ithout

havin

g t

o u

nders

tand

the

ph

ysic

al deta

ils o

f

the m

essage f

orm

at.

•W

e’ll

then c

over

a v

ery

brief overv

iew

of

the c

om

ponents

that

make u

p W

ebS

phere

Message B

roker,

and the

typic

al user

role

s a

nd d

eplo

ym

en

t environ

ments

associa

ted

with it.

We’ll

als

o look a

t severa

l ty

pic

al scenarios that M

essage B

roker

isused fo

r.

•F

inally

, if w

e h

ave tim

e a

de

monstr

ation w

ill h

elp

bring e

very

thin

g to

geth

er.

Wh

at

is W

eb

Sp

he

re M

es

sa

ge

Bro

ke

r?

•M

essage B

roker

enable

s “

univ

ers

al connectivity”

by inte

gra

ting

pro

tocols

, m

essage form

ats

and m

edia

tion p

attern

s

•E

mphasis

on a

pplic

ation r

e-u

se

•F

its n

atu

rally

with W

ebS

phere

MQ

•R

obust,

scala

ble

arc

hitectu

re

•O

ptim

ized f

or

hig

h t

hro

ughp

ut

•F

lexib

le b

roker

topolo

gie

s

•T

hre

e p

rogra

mm

ing c

onstr

ucts

are

used:

•M

essage F

low

s

•N

odes

•M

essage M

od

els

•W

ebS

phere

Message B

roker

is IB

M’s

str

ate

gic

pro

duct fo

r “U

niv

ers

al C

onnectivity”.

Its

aim

is to

sim

plif

y a

pplic

ation c

onnectivity t

o p

rovid

e a

fle

xib

le a

nd d

ynam

ic infr

astr

uctu

re, th

at ro

ute

s a

nd

transfo

rms m

essages F

RO

M a

nyw

here

, T

O a

nyw

here

.

•IB

M h

as t

wo o

ther

str

ate

gic

ES

Bs

that solv

e d

iffe

rent connectivity p

roble

ms: W

ebS

phere

ES

B

pro

vid

es a

n inte

gra

ted S

OA

pla

tform

built

on W

ebS

phere

Applic

ation S

erv

er,

and W

ebS

phere

D

ata

Pow

er

XI5

0 is a

purp

ose-b

uilt

hard

ware

ES

B for

sim

plif

ied d

eplo

ym

ent and h

ard

ened s

ecurity

. M

ore

on this

late

r.

•T

here

are

thre

e p

art

s to a

pplic

ation inte

gra

tion: pro

tocols

, m

essage form

ats

and m

edia

tion p

attern

s.

•M

essage B

roker

exposes thre

e p

rogra

mm

ing c

oncepts

in o

rder

to inte

gra

te a

pplic

ations: m

essage

flow

s, nodes a

nd m

essage m

odels

.

•R

efe

rences:

•T

he M

essage B

roker

hom

e p

age c

an b

e found a

t http://w

ww

.ibm

.com

/soft

ware

/inte

gra

tion/w

bim

essagebro

ker/

•T

he d

ocum

enta

tion for

Message B

roker

can b

e found a

t http://p

ublib

.bould

er.

ibm

.com

/info

cente

r/w

mbhelp

/v7r0

m0/index.jsp

Ap

pli

ca

tio

n C

on

ne

cti

vit

y

•P

roto

cols

•e.g

. M

Q, T

CP

/IP

, H

TT

P, F

ile s

yste

m,

FT

P,

SM

TP

, P

OP

3 e

tc.

•M

essage F

orm

ats

•e.g

. B

inary

(C

/CO

BO

L),

XM

L,

Industr

y (

SW

IFT

, E

DI, H

L7),

User-

defined

•M

edia

tion P

attern

s•

e.g

. R

oute

, T

ransfo

rm,

Enrich,

Filt

er,

Monitor,

Dis

trib

ute

, D

ecom

pose,

Corr

ela

te,

Fire a

nd F

org

et,

Re

quest/

Rep

ly,

Publis

h/S

ubscri

be,

Aggre

gation,

Fan-in,

Com

ple

x E

vent

Pro

cessin

g

•T

hre

e s

trands a

re involv

ed in c

onnecting a

pplic

ations togeth

er.

•A

pplic

ations n

eed to t

alk

with e

ach o

the

r over

a c

om

munic

ations p

roto

col. T

ypic

al

pro

tocols

in u

se toda

y inclu

de T

CP

/IP

, and h

igher

level pro

tocols

such a

s F

TP

, S

MT

P

and H

TT

P.

•O

ve

r th

e c

om

munic

ations p

roto

col applic

ations e

xchange d

ata

, ty

pic

ally

in d

iscre

te

str

uctu

res k

now

n a

s m

essages. T

he fo

rma

t o

f th

ese m

essages c

an b

e d

efined f

rom

C

str

uctu

res o

r C

OB

OL c

op

ybooks (

for

exa

mple

), o

r sim

ply

use a

sta

ndard

form

at

such a

s

XM

L.

•In

ord

er

to c

onnect applic

ations togeth

er

so tha

t th

eir p

roto

cols

and m

essage form

ats

inte

ropera

te,

me

dia

tion p

attern

s n

eed to b

e a

pplie

d to o

ne

or

both

syste

ms y

ou’re t

ryin

g

to c

onnect.

These m

edia

tion p

atte

rns c

an b

e r

ela

tively

str

aig

htfo

rwa

rd, e.g

. ro

uting

messages fro

m o

ne p

lace to a

noth

er,

or

the

tra

nsfo

rma

tion o

f one

message form

at

into

anoth

er…

to r

ela

tively

com

ple

x p

atte

rns s

uch a

s a

ggre

gating m

ultip

le o

utp

uts

fro

m a

n

applic

ation into

a s

ingle

message for

a t

arg

et syste

m.

[Cu

sto

me

r, O

rde

r, Q

ua

ntity

, P

rice

, D

ate

]

Mr. Smith,

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me

r, O

rde

r, Q

ua

ntity

, P

rice

, D

ate

]

WS

MQ

MQ

Me

dia

tio

n P

att

ern

s –

Ro

uti

ng

an

d

Tra

ns

form

ati

on

•A

n A

pplic

ation Inte

gra

tion S

cenario.

•A

pplic

ation A

sends s

om

e d

ata

to a

pplic

ation B

. A

t desig

n tim

e, th

e tw

o a

pplic

ations a

gre

ed o

n the

form

at of th

e d

ata

as the o

rdere

d s

et {C

usto

mer,

Ord

er,

Quantity

, P

rice, D

ate

}. F

urt

her,

the d

ate

is in

UK

form

at, the p

rice in U

K p

ounds s

terlin

g, and a

ll field

s a

re r

epre

sente

d b

y c

hara

cte

r str

ings in

codepage 5

00. F

inally

, th

e d

ata

is d

elim

ited u

sin

g c

om

mas.

•S

om

e t

ime late

r, A

pplic

ation C

is intr

oduced. It n

eeds the s

am

e d

ata

, but because it is

a p

ackaged

applic

ation fro

m a

vendor

or

may b

e a

n a

pplic

ation that already e

xis

ted,

it e

xpects

data

to a

rriv

e in a

diffe

rent fo

rmat. T

he d

ate

is in U

S form

at, the p

rice is in d

olla

rs a

nd the d

ata

is in X

ML.

•S

o, w

e n

ow

have a

n inte

gra

tion c

hoic

e to m

ake. E

ither

applic

ation C

must be e

nhanced to s

upport

th

e d

ata

form

at betw

een A

and B

, or

applic

ation A

must be e

nhanced to s

upport

applic

ation C

's d

ata

fo

rmat. (

This

is a

n inte

resting u

se o

f th

e w

ord

“enhanced”,

but you'll

pro

bably

want to

use it to

justify

th

e e

xpenditure

!)

•B

y intr

oducin

g a

solu

tion that can m

edia

te b

etw

een these a

pplic

ations, you c

an inte

gra

te them

w

ithout spendin

g tim

e a

nd m

oney m

odifyin

g a

nd r

ete

sting the e

xis

ting a

pplic

ations. M

essage B

roker

is o

ne s

uch s

olu

tion.

WS

MQ

MQ

Ap

pli

ca

tio

n C

on

ne

cti

vit

y w

ith

WM

B

•W

MB

can a

ct as a

n inte

rmedia

ry

•F

lexib

le topolo

gie

s

Inp

ut so

urc

e

Ou

tput ta

rget

(Fa

ilure

)

•R

eusa

ble

•S

ca

lab

le

•T

ransactio

na

l

Ou

tput ta

rget

Ou

tput ta

rget

Tra

nsfo

rm

Me

ss

ag

e F

low

s

•M

essage flo

ws p

rovid

e t

he p

rocessin

g s

equence r

equired to c

onnect applic

ations togeth

er.

•A

message flo

w c

onta

ins the s

et of opera

tions r

equired to take a

message fro

m a

n o

rigin

ating

applic

ation a

nd d

eliv

er

copie

s o

f it, som

e p

ossib

ly t

ransfo

rmed,to

any n

um

ber

of connecte

d

applic

ations for

pro

cessin

g.

•A

s a

message p

asses thro

ugh a

message f

low

, it is tra

nsfo

rmed a

nd r

oute

d a

ccord

ing to the n

odes it

encounte

rs, and the p

rocessin

g d

ecis

ions m

ade w

ithin

those n

odes. Late

r w

e'll

see h

ow

the n

odes

can m

odify t

he v

alu

es w

ithin

, or

transfo

rm the s

tructu

re o

f, a

message to p

rovid

e the d

ata

tr

ansfo

rmations n

ecessary

to d

rive b

ackend s

erv

er

applic

ations.

•F

or

a g

iven a

pplic

ation s

cenario, th

e m

essage f

low

describes a

llpossib

le o

utc

om

es w

hen p

rocessin

g

a m

essage. F

or

exam

ple

, if the m

essage h

as a

hig

h m

oneta

ry v

alu

e, a c

opy o

f it m

ight have to b

e

route

d to a

n a

udit a

pplic

ation. O

r if the m

essage is n

ot

well-

form

ed (

may b

e it's

not encry

pte

d in the

right fo

rmat)

, it m

ight be r

oute

d to a

security

applic

ation to r

ais

e a

n a

lert

.

•E

qually

im

port

ant is

the v

isualiz

ation o

f th

e a

pplic

ation inte

gra

tion w

ithin

then o

rganiz

ation. V

ery

often, fo

r any p

art

icula

r applic

ation s

cenario, th

e a

pplic

ation c

onnectivity r

equirem

ents

(*b

usin

ess*!

) is

held

within

the h

eads o

f dom

ain

expert

s.

Bein

g a

ble

to v

iew

the inte

gra

tion s

tructu

re b

rings b

enefits

in

scenario u

nders

tandin

g, re

use p

ote

ntial, a

nd a

pplic

ation a

rchitectu

re/s

tandard

s c

onfo

rmance.

•A

fter

a m

essage h

as b

een p

rocessed b

y a

message flo

w, th

e f

low

does n

ot m

ain

tain

any s

tate

. It is

possib

le to m

ain

tain

such s

tate

in a

n e

xte

rnal data

base, or

within

the m

essage b

y u

sin

g a

n e

xte

nsib

le

header

such a

s the M

QR

FH

2.

•M

essage flo

ws a

re g

ene

ral purp

ose, re

usable

inte

gra

tion a

pplic

ations.

•If y

ou

we

re d

esig

nin

g a

genera

l purp

ose inte

gra

tion a

pplic

ation,lin

kin

g c

lient and s

erv

er

applic

ations, th

e logic

would

com

prise s

epara

te r

ou

tines e

ach p

erf

orm

ing a

well-

defined

function. T

he input

routine w

ould

wait fo

r a m

essage, and a

fte

r re

ceiv

ing it and c

heckin

g

the its

inte

grity

, (w

ell

form

ed

etc

.),

it w

ould

tra

nsfe

r to

the

next

rou

tines to c

ontinue

pro

cessin

g.

•A

fter

perf

orm

ing t

heir p

rocessin

g, (e

.g. en

richin

g/r

efo

rmatt

ing/r

outin

g),

these r

outine

s

would

pass c

ontr

ol on thro

ugh

to

the lo

west

functional le

vels

, w

he

re o

utp

ut

pro

cessin

g

would

occur.

He

re, m

essages w

ould

be w

ritten t

o d

evic

es, subsequently r

ead

by

connecte

d a

pplic

ations. A

t an

y level of pro

cessin

g a

n e

xception

could

be r

ais

ed for

subsequent pro

cessin

g.

•A

fter

the

last outp

ut

routine h

ad c

om

ple

ted, contr

ol w

ould

retu

rn b

ack u

p th

rough t

he

levels

to the input

routine.

Once

here

, all

the c

hanges w

ould

be

com

mitte

d a

nd t

he input

routine w

ould

wa

it for

mo

re input.

•M

essage flo

ws a

re tra

nsactional.

•M

essage flo

ws p

rovid

e v

ital pro

cessin

g a

nd d

ata

manip

ula

tion a

nd

are

there

fore

fully

tr

ansactional. A

message flo

w e

ither

com

ple

tes a

ll or

none o

f its p

rocessin

g s

uccessfu

lly.

•H

ow

ever,

if re

quired, in

div

idual nodes c

an e

lect to

perf

orm

opera

tions o

uts

ide o

f th

e m

essage

flow

tra

nsaction. (e

.g. audit)

•M

essage flo

ws a

re m

ultithre

aded.

•A

giv

en m

essage p

assin

g thro

ugh a

series o

f nodes w

ill e

xecute

on a

sin

gle

thre

ad. T

o a

llow

in

cre

ased m

essage thro

ughput, m

essage f

low

s c

an b

e d

efined w

ith m

any a

dditio

nal th

reads

assig

ned to them

. P

eak w

ork

loads u

se a

dditio

nal th

reads,

whic

h a

re p

oole

d d

uring inactivity.

We'll

see m

ore

im

ple

menta

tion d

eta

ils late

r. T

his

means a

pplic

ation s

calin

g c

an b

e a

n

opera

tional ra

ther

than d

esig

n tim

e d

ecis

ion.

•M

essage flo

w n

esting a

nd c

hain

ing a

llow

constr

uction o

f enhanced

capabili

ties.

•S

ophis

ticate

d f

low

s c

an b

e r

apid

ly c

onstr

ucte

d b

y lin

kin

g indiv

idual flow

s togeth

er

as w

ell

as

nesting f

low

s w

ithin

each o

ther.

•R

efe

rences:

•M

essage F

low

overv

iew

at

htt

p:/

/pu

blib

.bou

lde

r.ib

m.c

om

/info

cen

ter/

wm

bhe

lp/v

7r0

m0

/to

pic

/com

.ib

m.e

too

ls.m

ft.d

oc/a

c00

310_

.htm

Me

ss

ag

e F

low

Ex

am

ple

•H

ere

is a

n e

xam

ple

of a m

essage f

low

.

•T

he In ‘R

ead fro

m M

Q Q

ueue’node tells

the M

essage B

roker

to takes m

essages fro

m a

n M

Q q

ueue

(the n

am

e o

f w

hic

h is e

mbedded a

s a

pro

pert

y o

f th

e n

ode, or

overr

idden b

y a

n a

dm

inis

trato

r at

deplo

ym

ent tim

e).

•T

he m

essage is p

assed o

nto

the ‘Is

Gold

Custo

mer?

’, w

here

a r

outing d

ecis

ion is m

ade b

ased o

n a

field

described in the incom

ing m

essage, again

whic

h is a

pro

pert

y o

n the n

ode its

elf. W

e’ll

see

exactly h

ow

this

conditio

n is s

pecifie

d late

r on.

•If the d

escribed c

onditio

n h

old

s, th

e m

essage is r

oute

d to the ‘G

enera

te W

S R

equest’

node w

here

th

e m

essage is tra

nsfo

rmed –

pre

sum

ably

into

an S

OA

P m

essage that is

recognis

able

by t

he w

eb

serv

ice w

hic

h is invoked b

y the s

ubsequent ‘C

all

WS

’node.

•If the d

escribed c

onditio

n d

oes n

ot hold

, th

e m

essage is r

oute

d to the ‘G

enera

te b

atc

h file

’node,

whic

h form

ats

the m

essage for

subsequent outp

ut to

a file

in the

‘Write

file

’node.

•T

his

flo

w m

ay n

ot te

ll th

e c

om

ple

te inte

gra

tion s

tory

betw

een the c

alli

ng a

pplic

ation a

nd the targ

et

Web S

erv

ice/F

ile a

pplic

ations. F

or

exam

ple

, th

ere

is n

o c

om

munic

ation b

ack to the c

alli

ng a

pplic

ation

to s

ay t

hat th

e m

essage h

as b

een p

rocessed (

or

even r

eceiv

ed).

Nor

is there

any logic

in the

message flo

w t

o c

ope w

ith failu

res –

for

exam

ple

, if the w

eb s

erv

ice is n

ot availa

ble

. T

his

is logic

that

could

be incorp

ora

ted into

the m

essage flo

w, but not vis

ualis

ed h

ere

for

cla

rity

.

No

de

s

•T

he b

uild

ing b

locks o

f m

essage flo

ws

•E

ach n

ode type p

erf

orm

s a

diffe

rent

(input, o

utp

ut or

pro

cessin

g)

action

•M

any d

iffe

rent node types

•G

rouped into

logic

al cate

gori

es in t

he

message f

low

editor

•N

earl

y 1

00 n

od

es a

vaila

ble

ou

t-of-

the-

bo

x

(as o

f W

MB

V7)

•N

ode

s c

an b

e g

roup

ed in

se

vera

l w

ays; fo

r e

xa

mple

, b

y w

here

in t

he f

low

the

y a

re u

se

d:

•In

pu

t n

od

es d

o n

ot

ha

ve inpu

t te

rmin

als

; pro

cessin

g o

f th

e m

essag

e flo

w s

tart

s w

hen a

messa

ge is

retr

ieve

d f

rom

an in

put d

evic

e, fo

r e

xa

mple

WebS

phere

MQ

.

•O

utp

ut

nod

es d

o n

ot

ha

ve

ou

tpu

t te

rmin

als

(o

r a

t le

ast, t

he

y a

reno

t w

ired t

o a

ny o

ther

no

de

). T

he fin

al

sta

ge o

f ou

tput p

roce

ssin

g is a

fter

a m

essage is p

ut u

sin

g o

ne o

r m

ore

outp

ut

no

de

s, an

d p

rocessin

g

contr

ol re

turn

s t

o th

e inpu

t n

ode

whic

h c

om

mits o

r b

acks o

ut

the

tra

nsaction.

Recalli

ng t

hat

a m

essag

e

flo

w is a

nalo

gous t

o a

fu

nctio

nal decom

positio

n, it m

akes s

en

se th

at th

e t

op m

ost le

vel (i.e

. th

e in

put

nod

e)

con

trols

th

e o

vera

ll tr

ansa

ctio

n.

•P

rocessin

g n

odes a

re n

odes th

at

are

neither

inp

ut

nor

ou

tpu

t nod

es. T

he

y w

ill b

e c

onn

ecte

d t

o n

od

es

both

up

str

ea

m (

i.e.

tow

ard

s t

he inp

ut n

od

es)

and

do

wnstr

eam

(i.e.

tow

ard

s th

e o

utp

ut n

ode

s).

•T

he

y c

an a

lso b

e g

roupe

d b

y th

e f

unction t

hat

the

y p

erf

orm

.

•P

roto

col-

spe

cific

nod

es g

ive t

he b

roke

r th

e a

bili

ty t

o inte

ract

with p

art

icula

r syste

ms, such a

s M

Q a

nd

Web S

erv

ices.

•T

ransfo

rmation n

ode

s w

ill take a

messa

ge in o

ne

fo

rmat

on t

he inp

ut te

rmin

al a

nd o

utp

ut

a c

on

ve

rted

messag

e o

n th

e o

utp

ut te

rmin

al.

•Logic

al constr

ucts

giv

e th

e m

essag

e flo

w d

esig

ne

r th

e v

oca

bula

ryre

quir

ed t

o s

olv

e c

om

ple

x inte

gra

tio

n

scen

ario

s, fo

r e

xa

mp

le, th

e a

bili

ty t

o a

gg

regate

messag

es f

rom

multip

le p

lace

s o

r th

e a

bili

ty to f

ilte

r

messag

es b

ase

d o

n t

heir

co

nte

nt.

•R

efe

ren

ces

•M

ore

on n

od

es c

an b

e fo

und

here

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ou

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cen

ter/

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Lo

ts o

f N

od

es

are

Bu

ilt

in [

1]

•H

ere

's a

lis

t of th

e p

roto

col specific

nodes b

uilt

in to M

essage

Bro

ker

V7. F

or

exam

ple

:

•T

he W

ebS

phere

MQ

nodes a

llow

s M

essage B

roker

to inte

ract

with q

ueues o

n M

Q a

nd M

Qe

queue m

anagers

. F

or

exam

ple

, M

QIn

putis

an input node that tr

iggers

a f

low

when a

message

arr

ives o

n a

queue; M

QO

utp

utputs

a m

essage to a

queue.

•T

he W

ebS

phere

Adapte

rs n

odes p

rovid

es n

ative s

upport

in M

essage B

roker

for

inbound a

nd

outb

ound c

om

munic

ation w

ith E

nte

rprise Info

rmation S

yste

ms.

•W

eb S

erv

ices n

odes p

rovid

e a

ric

h e

nvironm

ent fo

r ru

nnin

g a

s a

Web S

erv

ices r

equesto

r,

pro

vid

er

and inte

rmedia

ry.

Support

for

WS

-Security

, W

S-A

ddre

ssin

g,

import

and e

xport

of W

SD

L

and v

alid

ation a

gain

st th

e W

S-I

Basic

pro

file

. T

he R

egis

tryLookup

and E

ndpoin

tLookup

nodes

pro

vid

e s

upport

for

WebS

phere

Regis

try a

nd R

epository

(W

SR

R).

•H

TT

P n

odes c

om

ple

ment th

e W

eb S

erv

ices c

apabili

ty.

Support

is p

rovid

ed for

HT

TP

1.0

, 1.1

and

HT

TP

S.

•JM

S n

odes w

ork

with *

any*

JM

S 1

.1 c

om

plia

nt pro

vid

er.

•T

he E

mailO

utp

utnode is a

hig

hly

configura

ble

node that allo

ws e

-mail

messages to b

e s

ent over

the S

MT

P p

roto

col. E

mailI

nputallo

ws e

-mails

to b

e r

eceiv

ed fro

m P

OP

3 o

r IM

AP

serv

ers

.

•T

CP

/IP

nodes a

llow

the M

essage B

roker

to c

om

munic

ate

with a

ny c

lient or

serv

er

talk

ing the

ubiq

uitous T

CP

/IP

pro

tocol.

•C

OR

BA

, IM

S a

nd C

ICS

request nodes for

inte

gra

ting w

ith C

OR

BA

, IM

S a

nd C

ICS

applic

ations

respectively

.

Lo

ts o

f N

od

es

are

Bu

ilt

in [

2]

•M

an

y o

ther

no

des a

vaila

ble

thro

ug

h p

rod

uct

exte

nsio

ns a

nd s

upport

pacs

•F

or

exam

ple

, W

ebS

phere

TX

, T

ibco

RV

, V

SA

M,

QS

AM

•W

rite

your

ow

n U

ser-

Defin

ed N

odes in C

or

Java

•C

ontinuin

g the d

iscussio

n o

n the n

odes insid

e W

ebS

phere

Message B

roker:

•D

ata

base n

odes a

llow

s m

essage flo

ws to inte

ract w

ith m

any d

iffe

rent data

sourc

es,

inclu

din

g D

B2, O

racle

and S

ybase.

•T

imer

nodes p

rovid

e s

upport

for

trig

gering m

essage flo

ws a

nd c

ert

ain

tim

es o

r in

terv

als

.

•T

he R

outing c

ate

gory

allo

ws m

essages to e

asily

flo

w a

round a

netw

ork

, and a

lso a

llow

multip

le

messages to b

e a

ggre

gate

d o

r pro

pagate

d in the c

orr

ect sequence.

•F

ile n

odes a

llow

messages to b

e r

ead fro

m, or

written to the local file

syste

m o

r an F

TP

serv

er.

M

Q F

ile T

ransfe

r E

ditio

n n

odes e

mbed a

n F

TE

Agent in

sid

e the b

roker

to a

llow

it

to p

erf

orm

pro

cessin

g o

n the b

ack o

f a file

tra

nsfe

r action.

•T

he T

ransfo

rmation c

ate

gory

pro

vid

es M

essage B

roker

with the c

apabili

ty to tra

nsfo

rm m

essages

from

one form

at in

to a

noth

er.

Fiv

e w

ays o

f doin

g this

are

availa

ble

out-

of-

the-b

ox.

More

on these

late

r.

•C

onstr

uction n

odes

•N

odes h

ave e

rror

handlin

g a

s p

art

of th

eir d

esig

n. If a

n e

rror

is d

ete

cte

d w

ithin

a p

rim

itiv

e n

ode

(e.g

. data

base e

rror)

, th

e m

essage is tra

nsfe

rred to the failu

reoutp

ut te

rmin

al. If th

e failu

re

term

inal is

not connecte

d, an e

xception is g

enera

ted a

nd p

ropagate

d b

ack tow

ard

s the input

node. T

here

is a

lso a

specia

lized T

hro

w n

ode w

hic

h a

llow

s a

flo

wdesig

ner

to g

enera

te a

n

exception in a

contr

olle

d w

ay.

Nodes c

an h

ave tra

nsaction s

cope insid

e o

r outs

ide o

f th

e flo

w.

•A

Try

Catc

hnode is u

sed to p

rocess a

ny s

uch e

xceptions. Its ‘tr

y’te

rmin

al is

used for

norm

al

pro

cessin

g, but if a

n e

xception o

ccurs

alo

ng this

path

, th

e T

ryC

atc

hnode r

egain

s c

ontr

ol and the

origin

al m

essage is p

ropagate

d thro

ugh the ‘catc

h’te

rmin

al.

•If the m

essage r

eaches the input node, it is s

ubje

ct to

"back o

ut"

pro

cessin

g. In

this

case, it w

ill

be p

ropagate

d d

ow

n its

catc

h o

r fa

ilure

term

inal, r

etu

rned to the input queue, put to

a b

ack o

ut or

dead letter

queue, or

dis

card

ed, as a

ppro

priate

.

Actio

nin

pu

t te

rmin

al

inp

ut

co

nn

ecto

r

ou

tput

co

nn

ecto

rs

no

de

inp

ut

me

ssa

ge

tr

ee

ou

tput

term

ina

ls

err

or

term

ina

l

ou

tput

me

ssa

ge

tr

ees

No

de

Te

rmin

olo

gy

•M

essage n

odes p

rovid

e t

he indiv

idual pro

cessin

g e

lem

ents

that m

ake u

p a

message flo

w.

•W

e'v

e s

een that a m

essage flo

w is the c

om

bin

ation o

f opera

tions r

equired to a

chie

ve a

pplic

ation

inte

gra

tion. W

e b

uild

a m

essage flo

w fro

m s

mall

units c

alle

d n

odes; th

ese n

odes r

epre

sent th

e b

ase

ele

ments

required to c

onnect m

essagin

g a

pplic

ations togeth

er.

•Lookin

g a

t a m

essage f

low

, you c

an s

ee s

evera

l obje

cts

identifiable

with this

pro

cessin

g.

•N

odes r

epre

sent fu

nctional ro

utines e

ncapsula

ting inte

gra

tion logic

•T

erm

inals

repre

sent th

e v

arious o

utc

om

es p

ossib

le fro

m n

ode p

rocessin

g

•C

onnecto

rs join

the v

arious n

odes thro

ugh their term

inals

•A

message p

rocessin

g n

ode d

efines a

sin

gle

logic

al opera

tion o

n a

message.

•A

message p

rocessin

g n

ode is a

sta

nd a

lone p

rocedure

that re

ceiv

es a

message, perf

orm

s a

specific

action a

gain

st it, and o

utp

uts

zero

or

more

messages a

s a

result

of th

e a

ction it has taken.

•T

he a

ction r

epre

sente

d b

y a

message p

rocessin

g n

ode e

ncapsula

tes

a u

sefu

l and r

eusable

pie

ce o

f in

tegra

tion logic

. N

odes c

an b

e thought of as r

eusable

com

ponents

in a

n inte

gra

tion lib

rary

.

•A

nod

e is join

ed t

o its

neig

hb

ou

rs in

th

e d

ata

flo

w t

hro

ug

h c

on

necto

rs a

ttach

ed t

o

its d

ata

term

inals

.

•E

ve

ry n

ode h

as a

fix

ed n

um

be

r o

f co

nn

ection p

oin

ts k

no

wn a

s "

inp

ut"

te

rmin

als

an

d "

outp

ut"

te

rmin

als

.

These a

llow

it to

be

conn

ecte

d t

o its

neig

hbou

rs. E

ach n

ode n

orm

ally

has o

ne inp

ut

term

inal up

on

whic

h it

receiv

es m

essa

ges,

and m

ultip

le o

utp

ut te

rmin

als

fo

r diffe

ren

t pro

cessin

g r

esults w

ithin

the n

ode.

Diffe

rent

types o

f no

de h

ave d

iffe

rent

nu

mb

ers

of

term

inals

.

•A

conn

ecto

r jo

ins a

n o

utp

ut te

rmin

al o

f o

ne n

ode t

o a

n inp

ut te

rmin

al o

f th

e n

ext

no

de in

th

e m

essage

flo

w.

Yo

u c

an le

ave

an o

utp

ut te

rmin

al u

nco

nn

ecte

d,

or

yo

u c

an c

on

nect

a s

ingle

ou

tpu

t te

rmin

al to

mo

re t

ha

n

one t

arg

et n

ode

.

•A

fter

a n

od

e h

as fin

ished p

rocessin

g a

me

ssag

e, th

e c

on

necto

rs d

efine

d fro

m th

e n

ode’s

outp

ut

term

inals

dete

rmin

e w

hic

h n

od

es p

rocess t

he m

essage n

ext. If

a n

ode h

as m

ore

than

on

e o

utp

ut

term

inal con

necte

d

to a

ta

rge

t n

ode

, it is t

he n

od

e (

no

t yo

u)

that d

ete

rmin

es th

e o

rder

in w

hic

h t

he

diffe

rent

execution p

ath

s a

re

execute

d. If

a s

ingle

outp

ut te

rmin

al h

as m

ore

tha

n o

ne c

on

necto

r to

a t

arg

et

no

de, it is th

e b

roker

(ag

ain

,

not

you

) w

hic

h d

ete

rmin

es this

execu

tion

ord

er.

•A

nod

e d

oes n

ot alw

ays p

roduce a

n o

utp

ut m

essage

fo

r e

very

outp

ut

term

inal: o

fte

n it p

roduces o

ne

ou

tput

for

a s

pecific

te

rmin

al dep

en

din

g o

n th

e m

essa

ge r

eceiv

ed. E

.g. a filt

er

no

de w

ill t

ypic

ally

se

nd a

messag

e

on e

ithe

r th

e t

rue o

r fa

lse t

erm

inal, b

ut

not

both

.

•W

hen the p

rocessin

g d

ete

rmin

ed b

y o

ne c

onn

ecto

r has b

een c

om

ple

ted, th

e n

ode r

eis

su

es t

he m

essag

e to

the n

ext

co

nne

cto

r, u

ntil all

possib

le p

ath

s a

re c

om

ple

ted. U

pd

ate

s t

o a

message

are

ne

ver

pro

pag

ate

d t

o

pre

vio

usly

execu

ted

nod

es,

only

to f

ollo

win

g n

od

es.

•T

he m

essa

ge

flo

w c

an o

nly

sta

rt p

rocessin

g t

he n

ext

messa

ge w

hen

all

path

s th

rough t

he

messa

ge

flo

w

(tha

t is

, all

conn

ecte

d n

odes fro

m a

ll outp

ut te

rmin

als

, as a

ppro

pri

ate

) h

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cts

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message tre

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put te

rmin

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rent m

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essage tre

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essage p

rocessed b

y t

he b

roker.

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escribed a

s a

tr

ee b

ecause m

essages a

re t

ypic

ally

hie

rarc

hic

al in

str

uctu

re; a

good e

xam

ple

of th

is is X

ML. O

ther

message form

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als

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m c

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ple

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tructu

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hic

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selv

es c

an b

e

derived fro

m c

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ple

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o o

n,

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h g

ives them

a tre

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e s

hape w

ith leaf nodes

repre

senting s

imple

data

types.

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phere

Message B

roker,

pars

ers

have the job o

f convert

ing b

etw

een p

hysic

al m

essages (

bit-

str

eam

s)

and logic

al tr

ees. W

hen a

message a

rriv

es a

t th

e b

roker

thro

ugh a

n input node, th

e

message b

it-s

tream

is c

onvert

ed into

a tre

e s

tructu

re b

y t

he p

ars

er,

whic

h typic

ally

uses a

model to

drive the form

of th

e logic

al tr

ee. B

uilt

-in p

ars

ers

handle

well

know

n h

eaders

within

the m

essage

(MQ

MD

, M

QR

FH

2 e

tc.)

. F

inally

the u

ser

data

is p

ars

ed into

the tre

e u

sin

g the d

om

ain

pars

er

as

identified in the M

QR

FH

2 (

or

input node).

Message B

roker’s b

uilt

-in p

ars

ers

support

multip

le d

om

ain

s

(MR

M, S

OA

P, X

MLN

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, D

ata

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ct, X

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nd

XM

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to e

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pars

ing o

f user

and industr

y s

tandard

form

ats

.

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s the logic

al tr

ee is p

assed fro

m n

ode to n

ode, th

e form

of th

elo

gic

al tr

ee m

ay c

hange d

ependin

g

on w

hat th

e n

ode is d

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g.

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hen the m

essage a

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t an o

utp

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e p

ars

er

convert

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al tr

ee b

ack into

a p

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sourc

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where

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(receiv

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applic

ation.

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ever,

note

that an o

utp

ut node n

eed n

ot in

dic

ate

the e

nd o

f a flo

w;

it is

possib

le to o

utp

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multip

le d

estinations w

ithin

a s

ingle

invocation o

f a m

essage f

low

. In

this

case,

the logic

al tr

ee c

an b

e p

assed o

n to o

ther

nodes a

nd m

anip

ula

ted

furt

her,

even a

fter

it h

as b

een

convert

ed b

ack into

a p

hysic

al bit-s

tream

for

this

part

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ut node.

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connecting

them

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ceptical of his

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posal —

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pre

senta

tion o

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w

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roker

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al str

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akes them

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Date

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Last

Str

ing

Str

ing

Str

ing

Inte

ger

Inte

ger

Date

Physic

al

Logic

al

Me

ss

ag

e M

od

eli

ng

•H

ere

is a

n e

xam

ple

of how

a p

hysic

al data

str

uctu

re c

ould

be m

apped to a

logic

al tr

ee.

•N

otice h

ow

multip

le p

hysic

al fo

rmats

can c

orr

espond to the s

am

e logic

al tr

ee. T

he

firs

t physic

al fo

rmat is

an X

ML s

tructu

re that show

s o

ur

Ord

er

message. T

he s

econd

is a

com

ma s

epara

ted v

alu

e (

CS

V)

str

uctu

re o

f th

e s

am

e. T

he third c

om

prises a

set of fixed

length

fie

lds in a

custo

m w

ire form

at.

•B

y m

anip

ula

ting the logic

al tr

ee insid

e the M

essage B

roker

rath

er

than the p

hysic

al bit-s

tream

, th

e n

odes c

an b

e c

om

ple

tely

unaw

are

of th

e p

hysic

al fo

rmat of th

e d

ata

bein

g m

anip

ula

ted. It

als

o m

akes it easy to intr

oduce n

ew

message form

ats

into

the b

roker.

•A

pplic

ations h

ave a

nd r

equire d

ivers

e d

ata

form

ats

.

•W

e a

ll know

that X

ML is the d

ata

form

at th

at's

goin

g to s

olv

e e

very

data

pro

cessin

g p

roble

m that

exis

ts! W

e a

lso k

now

that "X

ML+

+",

the follo

w-o

n c

om

patible

meta

form

at th

at som

eone in a

re

searc

h labora

tory

is w

ork

ing o

n w

ill s

olv

e a

ll th

e p

roble

ms w

edon't

even k

now

we h

ave today!

The fact is

that, w

ithout w

anting to a

ppear

cynic

al, e

very

genera

tion g

oes thro

ugh this

pro

cess.

Sure

ly it w

as the s

am

e w

hen C

OB

OL s

upers

eded a

ssem

ble

r.

•T

he fact is

, th

at fo

r his

toric, te

chnic

al, w

him

sic

al, p

olit

ical,

geogra

phic

al, industr

ial and a

whole

host of oth

er

reasons y

ou p

robably

never

even thought of, a

hugely

div

ers

e r

ange o

f data

form

ats

exis

t and a

re u

sed s

uccessfu

lly b

y a

myriad o

f applic

ations e

very

second o

f every

day.

It's

som

eth

ing that

we h

ave to liv

e w

ith a

nd e

mbra

ce b

ecause it is

n't

goin

g to g

et any b

etter

any t

ime

soon.

•T

he a

dvanta

ge W

ebS

phere

Message B

roker

brings b

y m

odelli

ng a

ll th

ese m

essages is that w

e

can r

ise a

bove the m

essage form

at deta

il; s

o that

wheth

er

it's

ata

g d

elim

ited S

WIF

T o

r E

DIF

AC

T m

essage, a c

usto

m r

ecord

form

at clo

sely

mappin

g a

C o

r C

OB

OL d

ata

str

uctu

re, or

good o

ld X

ML, w

e c

an talk

about m

essages in a

consis

tent, form

atin

dependent w

ay.

Message

Bro

ker

can m

anage this

div

ers

ity.

•T

he L

ogic

al M

essage M

odel.

•R

econsid

er

messages a

nd their s

tructu

re. W

hen w

e a

rchitect

messages (

no m

atter

what th

e

underlyin

g tra

nsport

technolo

gy),

we c

oncern

ours

elv

es firstly w

ith the logic

al str

uctu

re. F

or

exam

ple

, a funds tra

nsfe

r m

essage m

ight conta

in a

n a

mount

in a

part

icula

r curr

ency,

a

transaction d

ate

and the r

ele

vant account deta

ils o

f th

e p

art

ies

involv

ed. T

hese a

re the im

port

ant

busin

ess e

lem

ents

of th

e m

essage; w

hen d

iscussin

g the m

essage, w

e r

efe

r to

these e

lem

ents

.

•H

ow

ever,

when w

e c

om

e to r

ealiz

e the m

essage, w

e h

ave to c

hoose a

specific

data

form

at. T

his

m

ay b

e d

riven b

y m

any f

acto

rs, but w

e h

ave to c

hoose o

ne.

You m

ay b

e a

ware

of th

e

advanta

ges o

f various m

essage form

ats

or

have y

our

ow

n p

ers

onal fa

vourite

, or

may fancy

inventing a

new

one, but th

e fact re

main

s that you h

ave to c

hoose a

physic

al *w

ire f

orm

at*

. S

o

for

our

transfe

r m

essage,

we m

ight decid

e to u

se X

ML,

with its

ele

ments

, attribute

s a

nd P

CD

AT

A

(and a

DT

D,

if w

e're b

ein

g r

eally

exact)

, or

we m

ight m

ap m

ore

clo

sely

to a

C d

ata

str

uctu

re

modelli

ng o

ur

message w

ith ints

, short

s, chars

etc

. and w

orr

y a

bout *t

heir*

various

repre

senta

tions(!

)

•T

he L

ogic

al m

essage m

odel pro

vid

ed b

y W

ebS

phere

Message B

roker

allo

ws o

ne to d

escribe a

m

essage in term

s o

f a tre

e o

f ele

ments

, each o

f w

hic

h h

as a

(possib

ly u

ser

defined)

type. A

t th

e

message tre

e leaf nodes, th

e e

lem

ents

have s

imple

types s

uch a

s s

trin

gs, in

tegers

, decim

als

, boole

ans

etc

. M

ore

over,

ele

ments

can h

ave v

arious c

onstr

ain

ts a

nd q

ualif

iers

applie

d to them

th

at m

ore

fully

describe them

; e.g

. ele

ments

mig

ht be o

ptional, a

ppear

in a

cert

ain

ord

er

or

only

conta

in c

ert

ain

valu

es.

Message S

et

C H

eader XM

L

Schem

a

CO

BO

L

Copybook

WS

DL

DT

D

File

Im

port

Ente

rprise

Info

rma

tion

Syste

m

(SA

P, S

iebel,

People

Soft)

Pre

-built

SO

AP

, M

IME

, C

SV

, ID

OC

, S

WIF

T,

ED

IFA

CT

, X

12,

FIX

, H

L7,

etc

Define

your

ow

n

usin

g the

Eclip

se-b

ased

Toolin

g

Pars

ers

Message B

roker

Cre

ati

ng

Me

ss

ag

e M

od

els

•T

his

slid

e d

escribes s

om

e o

f th

e o

ptions a

vaila

ble

fo

r cre

ating m

essage m

odels

.

•F

irstly, if y

ou h

ave m

essages d

escribed b

y C

OB

OL c

op

ybooks, C

header

file

s X

ML

DT

Ds/S

chem

as o

r W

SD

L,

use th

e W

ebS

phere

Message B

roker

supplie

d im

port

ers

to

genera

te y

ou

r m

essage m

odel. A

wid

e r

ange o

f im

port

ers

exis

t, s

oth

at

you c

an k

ick

sta

rt y

our

message m

odelli

ng.

•S

econdly

, if y

ou w

ish to u

se t

he S

AP

, S

iebel or

People

Soft n

odes

insid

e W

ebS

phere

Message B

roker

V6.1

, you c

an c

onstr

uct

message m

odels

directly f

rom

the

Busin

ess

Obje

cts

on these

syste

ms.

•T

hirdly

, you c

an u

se p

re-b

uilt

models

such a

s tho

se for

SW

IFT

me

ssages.

•F

inally

, you c

an u

se g

raphic

al m

odelli

ng a

vaila

ble

in the M

essage B

roker

Toolk

it to

model your

messages.

You'v

e s

ee

n a

pplic

ation c

onnections a

nd p

rocessin

g

constr

ucte

d u

sin

g m

essage flo

ws a

nd n

odes;

the M

essage B

roker

Toolk

it p

rovid

es a

sim

ilarly v

isual appro

ach to

message m

odelli

ng.

•G

raphic

al, e

asy t

o u

se

•D

rag a

nd D

rop f

ield

s,

apply

functions

•C

onvert

XM

L t

o

an

yth

ing

•U

ses s

tandard

X

SL S

tyle

sh

eets

•D

escribe p

ow

erf

ul

transfo

rmations q

uic

kly

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ses S

QL-b

ased

la

nguage (

ES

QL)

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ses J

ava

pro

gra

mm

ing

language

•A

bili

ty to

use X

Path

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un a

W

ebS

phere

T

ransfo

rmation

Exte

nder

map

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ransfo

rm u

sin

g

PH

P s

cripts

•P

HP

5.2

com

plia

nt

Po

we

rfu

l M

es

sa

ge

Tra

ns

form

ati

on

O

pti

on

s

•T

here

are

severa

l options a

vaila

ble

to y

ou o

ut-

of-

the-b

ox f

or

transfo

rmin

g b

etw

een

message form

ats

:

•U

se G

raphic

al M

appin

g to v

isually

repre

sent

messages a

nd tra

nsfo

rm them

. T

he M

essage b

roker

has a

mappin

g n

ode to a

llow

s u

sers

to v

isualiz

e a

nd tra

nsfo

rm m

essages. T

he m

appin

g n

ode

pre

sents

input and o

utp

ut m

essage v

iew

s;

i.e.

vis

ualis

ation o

f m

essage d

efinitio

ns. U

sers

can “

map”

ele

ments

fro

m the input m

essage to the o

utp

ut m

essage u

sin

g “

dra

g a

nd d

rop”

opera

tions. M

ore

com

ple

x o

pera

tions a

re p

ossib

le, such a

s fie

ld c

oncate

nation. G

raphic

al m

appin

g is m

ost effective

when y

ou h

ave r

ela

tively

sim

ple

tra

nsfo

rmations to p

erf

orm

and y

ou d

on’t w

ant to

use a

pro

gra

mm

ing

language (

ES

QL o

r Java).

•X

SLT

(eX

tensib

leS

tyle

sheetLanguage T

ransfo

rmations)

is a

language for

describin

g m

essage

transfo

rmations. T

here

is a

node in W

ebS

phere

Message B

roker

that allo

ws y

ou to c

onvert

XM

L

messages u

sin

g s

tyle

sheets

develo

ped in this

language.

•T

he C

om

pute

node u

ses E

SQ

L (

Exte

nded S

tructu

red Q

uery

Language).

This

is a

language d

erived

from

SQ

L3, and is p

art

icula

rly s

uited to m

anip

ula

ting b

oth

data

base a

nd m

essage d

ata

. Y

ou d

o this

w

ith a

sin

gle

synta

x (

word

s)

whic

h h

as a

com

mon s

em

antic (

meanin

g).

E

SQ

L a

ddre

sses m

essage

field

s u

sin

g a

natu

ral synta

x.

For

exam

ple

, the fourt

h tra

velle

r in

a tra

vel re

quest m

essage c

ould

be:

InputR

oot.B

ody.T

ravelR

equestM

essage.T

ravelle

rDeta

ils[4

].LastN

am

e

•E

SQ

L h

as a

ric

h s

et of basic

data

types a

nd o

pera

tors

, as w

ell

as the k

ind o

f sta

tem

ents

and

functions y

ou're u

sed to fro

m p

rocedura

l pro

gra

mm

ing languages, to

allo

w y

ou to p

erf

orm

pow

erf

ul

transfo

rmations.

•C

ontinuin

g the o

ptions a

vaila

ble

to y

ou for

transfo

rmin

g b

etw

een

message form

ats

:

•Y

ou c

an a

lso u

se the p

ow

er

of Java to r

oute

and tra

nsfo

rm y

our

messages. T

he J

avaC

om

pute

node

is fully

inte

gra

ted into

the E

clip

se D

evelo

pm

ent E

nvironm

ent to

pro

vid

ing u

sabili

ty a

ids s

uch a

s

conte

nt assis

t and incre

menta

l com

pila

tion. Y

ou c

an r

efe

r to

ele

ments

usin

g a

n e

xpre

ssiv

e X

PA

TH

synta

x, so that m

essage n

avig

ation a

nd e

lem

ent cre

ation a

nd m

odific

ation a

re v

astly s

implif

ied, and

com

para

ble

in s

implic

ity to E

SQ

L f

ield

refe

rences. JD

BC

type 4

support

allo

ws y

ou to p

erf

orm

data

base a

nd m

essage tre

e o

pera

tions in the J

ava C

om

pute

node. O

n z

/OS

Java w

ork

load is e

ligib

le

for

offlo

ad o

nto

the z

Series

Applic

ation A

ssis

t P

rocessors

zA

AP

.

•Y

ou c

an a

lso u

se P

HP

to tra

nsfo

rm y

our

messages.

•A

s a

separa

te p

roduct, y

ou c

an a

lso u

se W

ebS

phere

Tra

nsfo

rmation

Exte

nder

maps to d

escribe

transfo

rmations.

•Y

ou c

an m

ix a

nd m

atc

h y

our

transfo

rmation s

tyle

s, or

use just one thro

ughout your

ente

rprise. It w

ill

pro

bably

be y

our

skill

set w

hic

h d

ete

rmin

es w

heth

er

you c

hose to

use G

raphic

al M

appin

g, Java,

XS

LT

, E

SQ

L o

r P

HP

to p

erf

orm

your

message r

outing a

nd tra

nsfo

rmation.

public class jcn extends MbJavaComputeNode {

public void evaluate(MbMessageAssembly assembly) throws MbException {

...

String lastName =

(String)assembly.getMessage().evaluateXPath(“/Body/Order/Name/Last”);

...

}

} IF Body.Order.Date < ‘2008/01/01’THEN

INSERT INTO Database.OldOrders (LastName,Item,Quantity)

VALUES (Body.Order.Name.Last,

Body.Order.Item,

Body.Order.Quantity);

ENDIF;

Ea

sil

y A

dd

res

s M

es

sa

ge

Ele

me

nts

•E

ach n

ode’s

configura

tion (

whic

h inclu

des s

om

e J

ava logic

in the c

ase o

f th

e J

ava

Com

pute

node

) dic

tate

s w

hat

yo

u w

an

t th

e n

ode t

o d

o,

and t

his

ma

y inclu

de

manip

ula

tion o

f o

ne o

r m

ore

ele

ments

in the m

essage t

ree.

•H

ere

are

som

e e

xam

ple

s o

f node

configura

tions that add

ress e

lem

ents

in the logic

al

tree

.

•In

most cases, ele

ments

can b

e a

ddre

ssed u

sin

g e

ither

XP

AT

H (

as s

how

n in the

JavaC

om

pute

and R

oute

) o

r E

SQ

L (

as s

ho

wn in th

e D

ata

Inse

rtnode).

Bro

ker

Message

Bro

ker

Toolk

it

Message

Bro

ker

Explo

rer

Exe

cu

tio

nG

rou

p

Exe

cu

tio

nG

rou

p

Arc

hit

ec

ted

fo

r H

igh

Pe

rfo

rma

nc

e a

nd

S

ca

lab

ilit

y

•M

essage B

roker

Toolk

it

•D

evelo

pm

ent an

d T

est E

nvironm

ent

•B

uilt

on R

ational A

pplic

ation

Develo

per

•M

essage B

roker

Exp

lore

r

•A

dvanced A

dm

inis

tration T

ool

•B

uilt

on M

Q E

xplo

rer

•B

roker

•S

tandalo

ne r

untim

e e

nvironm

ent

that

runs m

essage flo

ws

•E

xecution g

roups for

isola

tion a

nd

scala

bili

ty

•M

an

y d

iffe

ren

t pla

tfo

rms

•B

uild

s o

n a

n M

Q q

ueue m

anager

•N

ow

that

we'v

e u

nders

tood the a

rchitectu

ral com

ponents

of W

ebS

phere

Bro

ker,

(m

essage flo

ws, nodes a

nd the logic

al m

essage m

odel), w

e‘ll

see h

ow

these e

lem

ents

are

used w

ithin

the b

rokers

. S

evera

l diffe

rent com

ponents

form

an o

pera

tional bro

ker.

•T

he thre

e m

ajo

r com

ponents

are

the M

essage B

roker

Toolk

it a

nd the b

roker

runtim

e, and the M

B

Explo

rer.

•W

ebS

phere

Message B

roker

Toolk

it

•T

he W

ebS

phere

Message B

roker

Toolk

it u

ses the E

clip

se P

latform

, w

hic

h is a

n e

xte

nsib

le p

latform

fo

r develo

pin

g Inte

gra

ted D

evelo

pm

ent E

nvironm

ents

(ID

Es).

A

ll th

e o

bje

cts

required to p

erf

orm

applic

ation inte

gra

tion u

sin

g W

ebS

phere

Message B

roker

are

develo

ped, deplo

yed a

nd m

onitore

d

insid

e this

pla

tform

.

•T

he E

clip

se P

latform

pro

vid

es s

tandard

ways t

o b

uild

pro

jects

, perf

orm

vers

ion c

ontr

ol, a

nd p

rovid

e

for

the d

evelo

pm

ent of custo

m p

lug-ins, such a

s r

esourc

e e

ditors

to a

llow

users

to c

reate

pro

ject

resourc

es e

asily

. E

xam

ple

s a

re c

usto

m e

ditors

to a

id flo

w c

reation,

ES

QL e

ditin

g a

nd s

ynta

x

checkin

g, m

essage s

et

modelli

ng, and a

raft o

f oth

er

activitie

s.

•T

he b

rokers

toolin

g is c

reate

d a

s E

clip

se p

lug-ins, so if you’re a

lready u

sin

g o

ther

pro

ducts

that uses

Eclip

se they w

ill a

ll share

the s

am

e e

nvironm

ent. M

ore

than this

, re

sourc

es c

an b

e s

hare

d b

etw

een

plu

g-ins, so the fact th

at th

e W

ebS

phere

Bro

kers

Message S

et editor

is b

ased o

n X

ML s

chem

a

means it can b

e s

hare

d b

etw

een a

ny X

ML s

chem

a a

ware

Eclip

se p

lug-in.

The toolin

g is b

ased o

n

Rational A

pplic

ation D

evelo

per.

•B

roker

runtim

e.

•E

xecution g

roups a

re c

onta

iner

pro

cesses w

hic

h a

llow

s m

essage f

low

s to b

e

separa

ted for

isola

tion a

nd s

cala

bili

ty.

Insid

e a

n e

xecution g

roup, th

e flo

w is a

runtim

e

insta

ntiation (

code!)

of th

e m

odel deplo

yed f

rom

the M

essage B

roker

Toolk

it. It u

ses the

WebS

phere

Message B

roker

runtim

e lib

raries a

nd n

ode lib

raries to

perf

orm

the n

ode o

pera

tions

defined a

nd d

eplo

yed.

•E

ach m

essage flo

w h

as a

pool of th

reads in a

n e

xecution g

roup p

rocess. M

essage f

low

input

nodes h

ave a thre

ad a

ssig

ned fro

m the p

ool and a

dditio

nal th

reads m

ove to a

nd fro

m the p

ool

as the m

essage a

rriv

al ra

te r

ises a

nd falls

. It is p

ossib

le to c

onfigure

som

e input nodes to u

se

their o

wn a

dditio

nal pool of th

reads.

•M

essage S

ets

are

typic

ally

sto

red in a

data

base a

nd insta

ntiate

dw

ith the first m

essage,

accord

ing to the p

ars

er’s d

esig

n.

•T

he b

roker

runtim

e r

uns o

n m

any d

iffe

rent pla

tform

s, and r

equires a

sin

gle

, lo

cal M

Q q

ueue

manager.

This

is u

sed for

inte

rnal com

munic

ation a

nd c

om

munic

ation w

ith the b

roker.

•B

roker

Explo

rer

•T

his

tool is

based o

n the W

ebS

phere

MQ

Explo

rer

and a

llow

s a

dm

inis

trato

rs to m

anage q

ueue

managers

and b

rokers

fro

m the s

am

e p

ers

pective, and a

lso v

iew

Bro

ker

perf

orm

ance

info

rmation, off

load W

S-S

ecurity

onto

Data

Pow

er

applia

nces, and m

ore

.

•F

or

info

rmation o

n a

ll th

e c

om

ponents

insid

e W

ebS

phere

Message B

roker,

see the c

om

ponent

overv

iew

docum

enta

tion h

ere

: http://p

ublib

.bould

er.

ibm

.com

/info

cente

r/w

mbhelp

/v7r0

m0/topic

/com

.ibm

.eto

ols

.mft.d

oc/a

b20551_.h

tm

Develo

pm

ent

Test

QA

Pro

ductio

n

Su

pp

ort

fo

r A

ll U

se

r R

ole

s a

nd

E

nv

iro

nm

en

ts

•A

pplic

ation D

evelo

per

•D

evelo

ps m

essage f

low

s,

message m

od

els

etc

.

•U

nit T

ests

on local m

ach

ine

•C

reate

s B

roker

Arc

hiv

e (

BA

R)

file

s c

onta

inin

g r

equire

d

art

efa

cts

•A

dm

inis

tra

tor

•C

usto

miz

es B

AR

for

targ

et

enviro

nm

ent

(message f

low

pro

pert

ies inclu

din

g q

ueu

es,

data

base n

am

es e

tc.)

•D

eplo

ys B

AR

to t

arg

et

bro

ker

•B

roker

mana

gem

ent

and

opera

tiona

l co

ntr

ol

•M

onitori

ng

•W

ebS

phere

Message B

roker

recogniz

es tw

o t

ypic

al user

role

s:

•T

he A

pplic

ation D

evelo

per

–re

sponsib

le for

develo

pin

g m

essage f

low

s a

nd r

ela

ted a

rtefa

cts

•T

he B

roker

Adm

inis

trato

r –

responsib

le for

insta

llation, configura

tion a

nd m

ain

tenance o

f bro

ker

dom

ain

s.

•T

ypic

ally

the A

pplic

ation D

evelo

per

will

not be a

ware

of th

e e

nvironm

ent to

whic

h m

essage flo

ws w

ill

be d

eplo

yed; th

is is the r

esponsib

ility

of th

e b

roker

adm

inis

trato

r. S

imila

rly, th

e b

roker

adm

inis

trato

r m

ay n

ot be a

ware

of th

e e

xact

message flo

w logic

supplie

d b

y t

he

applic

ation d

evelo

per.

WebS

phere

M

essage B

roker

pro

vid

es tools

and techniq

ues to e

nable

Message B

roker

“applic

ations”

to e

asily

flow

betw

een the a

pplic

ation d

evelo

per

and a

dm

inis

trato

r.

•A

dditio

nally

, ente

rprises u

sin

g M

essage B

roker

tend to h

ave s

evera

l dis

tinct environm

ents

of bro

kers

th

at re

pre

sent th

e d

evelo

pm

ent lif

ecycle

of a M

essage B

roker

solu

tion.

•D

evelo

pm

ent: D

evelo

pers

of m

essage flo

ws a

nd r

ela

ted a

rtefa

cts

will

tend to h

ave a

develo

pm

ent or

Unit T

est environm

ent on their o

wn s

yste

m.

•T

est: U

sually

on a

syste

m o

r set of syste

ms r

em

ote

to the d

evelo

pers

, te

st dom

ain

s a

re u

sed for

functional verification o

r syste

m testing o

f bro

ker

message flo

ws.

•Q

A: U

sually

a m

irro

r of th

e P

roduction d

om

ain

, used for

final te

sting o

f m

essage b

rokers

befo

re they

are

pro

mote

d.

•P

roduction: T

he “

live”

Message B

roker

syste

m that is

pro

vid

ing v

alu

e to the b

usin

ess.

Mo

vin

g B

atc

h In

to O

nlin

e

WM

B

Mak

ing

an

Ap

plicati

on

Inven

tory

an

d G

overn

ing

Pro

cessin

g

WM

B

WS

RR

Mak

ing

th

e M

ost

of

Packag

ed

Ap

plicati

on

s

WM

B

Part

icip

ati

ng

in

a S

ecu

re

Infr

astr

uctu

re

WM

B LD

APTF

IM

Exte

nd

ing

th

e r

each

of

exis

tin

g a

pp

licati

on

s

WM

B

Bu

sin

ess M

on

ito

rin

g

WM

B

Ke

y U

sa

ge

Sc

en

ari

os

•K

ey u

sage s

cenarios

•U

sage S

cenario 1

: E

xte

ndin

g the R

each o

f E

xis

ting A

pplic

ations

•M

Q e

nable

all

your

applic

ations!

•M

any e

nte

rprises h

ave r

ealiz

ed the a

dvanta

ges o

f M

Q technolo

gy:

Robust, tra

nsactional,

relia

ble

, hig

h-p

erf

orm

ance m

essagin

g

•M

essage B

roker

allo

ws y

ou to u

se M

Q technolo

gy t

o the fulle

st exte

nt. M

essage B

roker

has a

n

incre

dib

ly b

road r

ange o

f connectivity m

echanis

ms, and a

ny a

pplic

ation c

an e

asily

connect to

the

MQ

infr

astr

uctu

re inbound o

r outb

ound.

•F

or

exam

ple

, tr

ansfo

rm T

CP

/IP

based a

pplic

ation to g

enera

te r

egula

r M

Q m

essages. O

r exis

ting

MQ

based a

pplic

ations c

an c

onnect to

oth

er

applic

ations u

sin

g M

Q.

•U

sage S

cenario 1

: E

xte

ndin

g the R

each o

f E

xis

ting A

pplic

ations (

cont)

•P

rovid

e a

nd C

onsum

e W

eb S

erv

ices!

•W

eb s

erv

ices a

re n

ow

esta

blis

hed a

s a

n inte

ropera

bili

ty s

tandard

. T

hey a

re v

itally

im

port

ant fr

om

a b

usin

ess to b

usin

ess c

onnectivity p

ers

pective, and it is

now

possib

le for

busin

esses to

consum

e e

ach o

thers

serv

ices u

sin

g these w

ell

defined s

tandard

s.W

eb s

erv

ices a

llow

inte

rnal

sta

ndard

ization b

etw

een d

iffe

rent part

s o

f th

e s

am

e o

rganiz

ation

•H

ow

ever,

the a

doption o

f W

eb S

erv

ices b

y m

any s

ubsyste

ms is N

OT

univ

ers

al. M

essage B

roker

can b

e u

sed a

univ

ers

al tr

ansla

tor

to c

onvert

betw

een w

eb s

erv

ice a

nd e

xis

ting form

ats

and

pro

tocols

. T

his

allo

ws y

our

exis

ting a

pplic

ations to b

e e

xposed a

s w

eb s

erv

ice, and e

xis

ting

applic

ations c

an c

onsum

e w

eb s

erv

ices w

ithout change. D

evelo

pers

can u

se w

eb s

erv

ices

without new

develo

pm

ent skill

s o

r pla

tform

know

ledge.

•U

sage S

cenario 2

: C

om

bin

ing F

ile-b

ased a

nd O

nlin

e P

rocessin

g

•G

et firs

t cla

ss d

ata

fro

m y

our

file

s!

•F

iles e

xchange b

etw

een a

pplic

ations s

till

popula

r and e

ffective.It

’s a

fle

xib

le m

eth

od o

f exchange:

Neither

ente

rprise h

as to m

andate

technolo

gy. T

here

are

legitim

ate

reasons for

usin

g

file

s to e

xchange info

rmation, and these u

sually

rela

te to the w

ay b

usin

esses r

un o

r physic

al

pro

cesses o

ccur.

•F

or

exam

ple

, a c

arg

o s

hip

has thousands o

f conta

iners

each w

ith h

undre

ds o

f pale

ttes, and file

s

can r

educe u

nit tra

nsaction c

osts

by a

ggre

gating n

um

ero

us c

lients

requests

.

•M

essage B

roker’s file

pro

cessin

g a

llow

s c

lients

to g

et file

/batc

h w

ork

onlin

e, easily

. F

lat-

file

nodes c

an h

andle

huge file

s (

e.g

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