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 IC 08/01