Overview and concepts
Overview of WebSphere Business Integration adapters
A note about documents you need
What is the WebSphere business integration system?
What is an integration broker?
What are WebSphere Business Integration adapters?
How the WebSphere business integration system works
Data flow in the business integration system
Summary of the business integration process
Business objects
Roles of a business object
Event
Request
Response
Structure of a business object
Business object type
Business object verbs
Business object attribute values
Types of business objects
Business object definitions and business objects
Components of a business object definition
Verbs
A closer look at business objects
Attribute organization
Application-specific information
Ways to create or modify business object definitions
Creating business object definitions
Modifying business object definitions
Connectors
Connector startup
Event notification
Setting up the application's event-notification mechanism
Detecting an event
Processing an event
Guaranteed event delivery
Request processing
Verb-based processing
Business object construction and deconstruction
Application-specific information for verbs
Connector configuration
Connector development
Data transport and the integration broker
The role of the integration broker
Asynchronous data transport
Synchronous data transport
Interfaces for message exchange
Message formats
Message queues
For more information
Deployment and administration
Overview: Implementing WebSphere Application Server as an integration broker
Installing WebSphere Business Integration adapters
Installing for Windows systems
Software Requirements
Installing the JDK
Installing WebSphere MQ
Installing WebSphere Business Integration adapters
Installing plug-ins for WebSphere Studio Application Developer Integration Edition
Installing for UNIX systems
Software Requirements
Installing the JDK
Installing WebSphere MQ
Installing WebSphere Business Integration adapters
Configuring the WebSphere business integration system
Overview of configuration tasks
Creating business object definitions
Adding business objects to ICLs
Configuring WebSphere MQ queues for WebSphere Application Server
Creating the WebSphere MQ queues
Defining the queue configuration
Enabling the application for use with the connector
Configuring the connector
Running Connector Configurator
Setting Standard and Connector-Specific properties
Designating supported business object
Specifying the queues to be used by the connector
Setting the connection mode with the queue manager
Configuring logging and tracing options
Configuring the connector startup files, shortcuts, and environment variables
Using Visual Test Connector to verify your interfaces
Deploying to WebSphere Application Server
Saving configurations as ICLs
Creating user projects in System Manager
Deploying user projects
Creating WebSphere Application Server applications
Agent Delivery (Asynchronous Event Delivery)
Agent Request (Synchronous event delivery)
Create an EJB project
Create an MDB
Hub One Way
Creating the EJB
Create an application client project for testing
Hub Request
Creating the EJB project
Requirements for initiating business objects in interaction patterns
Adding the business object initialization library
Reserved values in business object handling
Transactional support
Administering the business integration system
Starting a connector
From Windows
From UNIX
Stopping a connector
For a Windows system
For a UNIX system
Creating multiple connector insta
Create a new directory
Clearing messages from WebSphere MQ queues
Managing log and trace files
Archival logging of log and trace files
Managing other files
Using Adapter Monitor and Fault Queue Manager
Adapter Monitor perspective
Setting Adapter Monitor preferences
Loading an adapter
Adapter Monitor displays
Changing the state of an adapter
Using the Fault Queue Manager display
Handling failed events
Using Log Viewer to view connector messages
Setting Log Viewer preferences
Changing how messages are viewed
Controlling the Log Viewer display output
Filtering messages
Appendixes
Appendix A. WebSphere MQ message formats
Appendix B. Standard configuration properties for connectors
New and deleted properties
Configuring standard connector properties
Using Connector Configurator
Setting and updating property values
Summary of standard properties
Standard configuration properties
AdminInQueue
AdminOutQueue
AgentConnections
AgentTraceLevel
ApplicationName
BrokerType
CharacterEncoding
ConcurrentEventTriggeredFlows
ContainerManagedEvents
ControllerStoreAndForwardMode
ControllerTraceLevel
DeliveryQueue
DeliveryTransport
DuplicateEventElimination
FaultQueue
JvmMaxHeapSize
JvmMaxNativeStackSize
JvmMinHeapSize
jms.FactoryClassName
jms.MessageBrokerName
jms.NumConcurrentRequests
jms.Password
jms.UserName
ListenerConcurrency
Locale
LogAtInterchangeEnd
MaxEventCapacity
MessageFileName
MonitorQueue
OADAutoRestartAgent
OADMaxNumRetry
OADRetryTimeInterval
PollEndTime
PollFrequency
PollQuantity
PollStartTime
RequestQueue
RepositoryDirectory
ResponseQueue
RestartRetryCount
RestartRetryInterval
RHF2MessageDomain
SourceQueue
SynchronousRequestQueue
SynchronousResponseQueue
SynchronousRequestTimeout
WireFormat
WsifSynchronousRequest Timeout
XMLNameSpaceFormat
Appendix C. Connector startup options
Windows
UNIX
Appendix D. Using the Connector Script Generator tool
Appendix E. Using Visual Test Connector
Recommended testing procedure
Starting Test Connector
Shutting down Test Connector
Creating and editing connector profiles
Saving the connector definition to a file
Creating a new profile
Editing a profile
Deleting a profile
Emulating a connector
Working with business objects
Working with request business objects
Setting values for business object attributes
Saving a business object
Loading a business object
Deleting a business object
Accepting a request business object
Working with response business objects
Comparing business object instances
Appendix F. Upgrading WebSphere Business Integration adapters
Assumptions
Installing WebSphere Business Integration adapters
Installing service packs for WebSphere Application Server
Installing service packs for WebSphere MQ
Upgrading existing adapters
Notices
Programming interface information
