IBM Business Process Manager 8.0 Programming Using Integration Designer Training

Chapter 1. Overview to IBM Business Process Manager 8.0

• Introduction
• Components of the Software
• The Architecture
• Product Configurations
• Supplementary Software Products
• Learning Resources
• Getting Support
• Summary

Chapter 2. Introduction to IBM Integration Designer (IID) v8.0

• IBM Integration Designer (IID) v8.0
• SCA Basics
• Wiring Example
• Items Developed in IID
• The Project Structure
• Working With Shared Components
• Using the IDE
• The Test Server
• The Build Process
• Exporting Applications
• Module Versioning
• Summary

Chapter 3. Business Objects

• What is a Business Object?
• Creating a New Business Object
• Editing a Business Object
• Setting Field Multiplicity
• Refactoring Business Objects
• Private Business Object
• Data Type Inheritance
• SimpleType Inheritance
• Abstract Business Object
• Schema Wildcards
• Specify Schema Restrictions
• Business Object Validation
• Best Practices
• Accessing Business Objects Using SDO API
• Using the SDO API
• Summary

Chapter 4. Service Interface Design

• What is a Service Interface?
• Uses of an Interface
• The Structure of an Interface
• Creating an Interface
• The Interface Editor
• SMO Body Type
• Refactoring Interfaces
• Summary

Chapter 5. Introduction to Mediation Flow

• What is a Mediation Flow?
• Source and Target Operations
• Message Flow Logic
• Mediation Primitives
• Special Nodes
• Creating a Mediation Flow
• Creating an Implementation
• Anatomy of a Message
• Routing Primitives
• Transformation Primitives
• Other Primitives
• Subflow
• Summary

Chapter 6. Data Mapping

• Introduction to Mapping
• Choosing a Type of Mapping
• Embedded or Standalone Mapping
• Using Data Maps from a Mediation Flow
• Create Embedded Map for a Mediation Flow
• Root of a Map
• Mapping Editor
• Mapping Header and Context
• Header Setter Primitives
• Types of Data Transformations for XML Maps
• Types of Array Data Transformations for XML Maps
• Types of Data Transformations for Business Object Maps
• Automatic Mapping
• Using Map from Business Process
• Creating a Standalone Map
• Adding Objects to the Standalone Map
• Substitution Groups
• Mapping Schema Wildcards
• Set Message Type Mediation Primitive
• Message Element Setter Primitive
• Need for Reverse Maps
• Summary

Chapter 7. Content-Based Routing

• Routing in Mediation
• Reasons to Perform Content-Based Routing
• Routing Pattern
• Refactoring to Implement Routing
• Routing Primitives
• Message Filter Primitive
• Type Filter Primitive
• Routing to Other Primitives
• Summary

Chapter 8. Introduction to Service Oriented Analysis & Design (SOAD)

• Introduction to SOAD
• Applying OOAD Principles
• Encapsulation
• Encapsulation in SOAD
• Inheritance
• Inheritance in SOAD
• Polymorphism
• Polymorphism in SOAD
• Why OOAD Is Not Enough
• Granularity
• The Need for Loose Coupling
• The SOAD Methodology
• The SOAD Methodology Steps
• Stage 1: Requirements Gathering & Process or Message Flow Modeling
• Stage 1: Requirements Gathering & Process Modeling
• Stage 2: Service Identification
• Stage 3: Service Implementation
• Stage 4: Process Implementation
• SOAD Stages and SOA Lifecycle
• Summary

Chapter 9. Introduction to WS-BPEL

• Introduction to WS-BPEL
• Goals of WS-BPEL
• Main Components of a BPEL Document
• Variables
• Activities
• Partner Link
• Modeling Partnership in BPEL
• Summary

Chapter 10. Developing Business Process

• Creating a Business Process
• The Process Editor
• Process Variables
• Variable Initialization
• Reference Partners
• The Interface Partner
• The Receive Activity
• The Reply Activity
• The Invoke Activity
• The Assign Activity
• Parallel Activity
• The Choice Activity
• While Loop
• For Each Activity
• Receive Choice
• Timeout for Receive Choice
• Defining Conditions
• Assembling a Process
• Summary

Chapter 11. Service Component Architecture (SCA)

• Need For a New Programming Model
• SCA Vendor Support
• SCA Basics
• SCA Components
• A Service Component
• References and Wires
• Wiring Example
• Service Assembly Model
• Example Assembly
• Imports
• Export
• Example Import and Export
• Summary

Chapter 12. Binding and Protocol Translation

• The Import Component
• The Export Component
• Introduction to Binding
• Supported Binding Types
• Implementing Protocol Translation Pattern
• The Web Service Binding
• Creating a Web Service Import
• Creating a Web Service Export
• Creating a New Web Service
• Summary

Chapter 13. Adapters

• What is an Adapter?
• Adapter and SOA
• Adapter Example
• The Adapter Pattern
• Adapter Support from IID
• Adapter Based Services
• Advantages of Adapter Based Services
• Generating Adapter Based Services
• Outbound Processing
• Inbound Processing
• Enterprise Discovery
• Case Study
• Flat File Adapter
• Creating a Flat File Adapter
• Inbound File Adapter
• Configuring the Inbound Service
• Outbound File Adapter
• Configuring Outbound Service
• Adapter Administration
• Summary

Chapter 14. Process Versioning

• Introduction to Versioning
• Versioning Support in Process Server
• Creating a New Version of a Process
• New Process Version Wizard
• Invoking the New Version of a Process
• Early Binding
• Late Binding
• Creating a Proxy Process
• Using the Proxy Process
• Discontinuing the Old Process
• Summary

Chapter 15. Human Task Development

• Introduction
• Anatomy of a Task
• Types of Human Tasks
• Auxiliary Task Types
• The BPC Explorer
• To-do Task
• Creating Inline To-do Task
• Creating Standalone To-do Task
• Creating Invocation Task
• Creating a Collaboration Task
• Editing Task Template
• Dealing With Task Expiration
• Providing GUI for Human Task
• Customizing BPC Explorer
• The Input Data Display JSP
• Output Form JSP
• Task Security
• Escalation
• Summary

Chapter 16. Business Rules

• Introduction to Business Rule
• Example Use Cases
• Key Components of a Business Rule
• Steps to Create Business Rules
• Design the Service Interface
• Create the Rule Group
• Create a Rule Set
• Anatomy of a Rule Set
• Create a Decision Table
• Anatomy of a Decision Table
• Advanced Condition Design
• Configuring Rule Group
• Business Rule Template
• Rule Set Template
• Decision Table Template
• Business Rules Manager (BRM)
• Using the BRM Tool
• Summary

Chapter 17. Messaging Bindings

• Messaging Binding Choices
• Publishing a JMS Message
• Consuming a JMS Message
• Function Selectors
• JMS Import Binding Configuration
• Message Correlation in Import
• JMS Export Binding Configuration
• Message Correlation on Export
• Working with Native MQ Binding
• MQ Import Configuration
• MQ Export Configuration
• Messaging in WebSphere Environments
• Default Messaging
• Service Integration Bus
• WebSphere MQ
• Which To Use?
• Default Messaging JMS Configuration
• Relationship Between Default Messaging Components
• WebSphere MQ JMS Configuration
• Relationship Between MQ Messaging Components
• Summary

Chapter 18. Asynchronous Interaction with a Process

• One-way Operation Invocation
• Starting a Long Running Process
• Request with Deferred Response Pattern
• Callback in BPEL
• Steps to Implementing Callback
• Correlation in BPEL
• Additional Uses of Callbacks
• Event Handling from a Process
• Event Handler Details
• Advanced Event Handling Topics
• Summary

Chapter 19. Error Handling in Business Process

• Error Handling in a Service
• Designing Faults
• Error Handling in a Process
• Fault Handler
• Raising Faults in a Process
• The Rethrow Activity
• Sending a Fault Using Reply Activity
• The Terminate Activity
• Unhandled Activity Failure
• Guidelines for Error Handling
• Summary

Chapter 20. Process Error Recovery

• Introduction
• Automated Recovery
• Manual Recovery
• What Can Go Wrong?
• Why Instances Fail?
• Unhandled Activity Failure
• SCA Invocation Failure
• Asynchronous SCA Invocation Failure
• Analyzing and Recovering Failed Events
• Synchronous SCA Invocation Failure
• Infrastructure Failure
• Recovering from Internal Failure
• Configure BPC Container
• Guidelines
• Review Questions
• Review Answers
• Summary

Chapter 21. Transaction and Compensation

• Transaction Basics
• Challenges to Transaction in Business Process
• Transaction and Microflow
• Transaction in Long Running Process
• Grouping Activities in a Transaction
• Transaction Behavior
• Creating a Transaction Group
• Transaction and Parallel Activities
• Transaction Context Propagation
• Enabling Transaction Propagation
• Controlling Context Propagation
• Viewing Transactions in Assembly Diagram
• Viewing All Qualifiers in a Process
• Introduction to Compensation
• Compensation in a Microflow
• Additional Notes About Microflow
• Compensation in a Long Running Process
• Example Compensation
• Adding Compensation to a Process
• Compensation and Process Variables
• Summary

Chapter 22. Relationship Service

• Introduction
• Static Relationship
• Creating Static Relationship
• Using Static Relationship in a Map
• Dynamic Relationship
• Context and Verb
• Object Creation Scenario
• Object Update Scenario
• Business Graph
• Creating a Dynamic Relationship
• Designing the Service Interfaces
• Using the Dynamic Relationship
• Assembling the Application
• Setting the Verb at Runtime
• Summary

Chapter 23. Using IID With Process Center

• BPM Development Modes
• Role of Process Center
• Benefits of Using Process Center
• Process Applications and Toolkits
• Advanced Integration Services
• Connecting IID to Process Center
• IID Process Center Perspective
• Initializing Projects in IID
• Associating Existing Modules with Process Center
• Implementing an Advanced Integration Service
• “Snapshots” in Process Center
• Toolkit Dependence
• Toolkit Visibility
• Publishing Changes From IID
• Summary