WebSphere Message Broker v6.1 Application Programmer Workshop

AUDIENCE: Application programmers and developers or anyone who needs to implement business logic or define data structures in WebSphere Message Broker.


PREREQUISITES: Before taking this course, students should have a good understanding of WebSphere MQ application programming concepts. Skills in SQL, XML, Java, or XPath are very helpful, but not required.
DURATION: 4 days. Hands on.
OBJECTIVES: This course provides a general overview of the Message Broker product, concentrating on application programmer functions and techniques in Message Broker V6. The course will contain numerous practical exercises.
COURSE CONTENT:
Introduction
Without a message broker
What is IBM''s Websphere message broker
IBM''s Websphere product list
Message Broker Example
Message Broker Software
Message Broker Introduction
Versions
Websphere Business Integration Message Broker
Message Broker Toolkit
The Message Broker Components
Introduction
Workbench in the message brokers toolkit
Broker Components
Configuration Manager
User Name Server
The Message Broker Configuration
How Does It Work
Message Flows
Introduction
Structure of a Message Flow
Message Sets
Logical and Physical Message
Message Parsing
Parsers (Message Domains)
Standards
PRACTICAL EXERCISE

Configuration Manager & Message Broker
Creating A Configuration Manager Via Commands
Creating A Broker Via Commands
Creating A Configuration Manager And Broker Via Wizard
Activation Method 1
Activation Method 2
Services User Account
Broker Domain Details
Connection Details
PRACTICAL EXERCISE

Message Broker Toolkit Simple Example
Introduction
Developing Applications
Development Overview
Message Flow
Introduction
Message Flow Editor
ESQL and the Editor
Starting the Broker and the Configuration Manager
Creating a Message Flow
Saving the Message Flow
Create the Queues
Setting the node Properties
Saving the Message Flow
ESQL
Deploying the message Flow
Creating an Execution Group
Deploying an Execution Group
Testing
Execution
Errors
PRACTICAL EXERCISE

Input And Output
Introduction
Nodes
Input Nodes
Output Nodes
Configuring
Messages
Selecting a Parser
Message Modeling Concepts
PRACTICAL EXERCISE

Error Handling And  Debugging
Introduction
Input Node Errors
Failure Terminal
Adding a Sub Flow
Debugging
User Trace
Alert
The Flow Debugger
PRACTICAL EXERCISE

Routing
Introduction
Content Based Or Intelligent Brokering Examples
Parser
Parsing Example
Parsers
Selecting a Parser
MQRFH2 Structure
The Name Value Data Field
Which Message Domain And Format To Use
Creating a Message Set Project
Message Definition Files
Message Project File Creation
Message Definition File
Creating A Message Definition File
Message Model Objects
PRACTICAL EXERCISE

Message Transformation
Introduction
ESQL
Message Tree
Correlation Names
Nodes
The Filter Node
The Compute Node
Commands
Create
Create Function Or Procedure
Set
Declare
IF
SQL
Notes
Creating the Message Flow
PRACTICAL EXERCISE

XML Basics
Introduction
ESQL
Message Tree
Correlation Names
Nodes
The Filter Node
The Compute Node

Introduction
Syntax
Basic Statements
Message Tree Manipulation Statements
Database Update Statements
Non Interaction Statements
Other statements
PRACTICAL EXERCISE

ESQL
Introduction
Typical Node ESQL
Syntax
ESQL Operators
Arithmetic
Logical
Comparison
Between
In
Like
Is, is Not
Special Characters
Basic Statements
Message Tree Manipulation Statements
Database Update Statements
Node Interaction Statements
Other Statements
Field Reference in a Tree Structure
Create Module
Create Function/Procedure
CALL
Create
Inserting, Updating, and Updating Fields Set
Declare
Shared Variables
If
Case
While
Move
Deleting and Reordering Fields
Null
Cast Transforming To Another Data Type
Date and Time Functions
String Functions
Numeric Functions
List Functions
PRACTICAL EXERCISE

Message repository manager
Advanced message flow topics
Additional processing nodes
JAVA support
WEB services

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