Working with components in integration component libraries

The majority of your time is spent working with integration components when you implement a WebSphere Business Integration system. Although this guide does not go into detail about how to develop individual components, this section does cover how to launch the designer tools, how to start creating new components, how to start modifying existing components, and how to work with the few components that are developed in System Manager.

For more information on how to develop integration components, see the following guides:

Launching designer tools

This section describes the different ways you can launch each of the designer tools. You can use the designer tools to create new components or to open and modify existing components.

Note:
If you attempt to launch one of the designer tools and experience an error about a class not being found, you must launch System Manager and then try to launch the designer tool again. System Manager does not have to remain running after the tool is initially launched, however.

Business Object Designer

To launch Business Object Designer, do one of the following:

For more information on Business Object Designer, see the Business Object Development Guide.

Connector Configurator

To launch Connector Configurator, do one of the following:

For more information on Connector Configurator, see any WebSphere Business Integration adapter user guide or the Connector Development Guide for Java or C++.

Creating new components

Launching their respective designer tools as described in Launching designer tools allows you to create new components. For example, for new Business Objects launch Business Object Designer and for new connectors launch Connector Configurator. Refer to the documentation for each of these tools for more information.

Modifying existing components

Importing components into a library from a package

You can export integration components to a .jar file package, as described in Exporting components to a package using System Manager. This makes it easy to migrate components between environments, share them with other developers, and submit them to technical support.

Do the following to import components into an integration component library from a package:

Important:
If there are components with the same name as those in the package you are importing, System Manager overwrites the existing components without a warning.
  1. Right-click an integration component library and choose Import from Repository File from the context menu.

    System Manager displays the "Import Repository File" wizard, as shown in Figure 32.

    Figure 32. Importing a package

  2. At the "Import Repository File" screen, ensure that the Integration Component Library Name drop-down menu contains the name of the library into which you want to import the components.

    If you launched the "Import from Repository File" wizard from a library other than the one into which you want to import the components, you can change the destination this way instead of closing the wizard and launching it again.

  3. Do one of the following to specify the components you want imported:
  4. Click Finish.
Note:
Do not use the File > Import menu item in the workbench to import a package file. Although the "Zip file" wizard works with archives with the .jar extension, and WebSphere Business Integration adapter package files have a .jar extension, the "Zip file" wizard does not work properly with package files.

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