WebSphere Business Integration Primer Process Server, BPEL, SCA, and SOA

by Iyengar, Ashok; Jessani, Vinod; Chilanti, Michele

• ISBN13: 9780132248310
• ISBN10: 013224831X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-12-27
• Publisher: IBM Press

Summary

Introductory Guide to WebSphere Business Integration from IBM Using WebSphere Business Integration (WBI) technology, you can build an enterprise-wide Business Integration (BI) infrastructure that makes it easier to connect any business resources and functions, so you can adapt more quickly to the demands of customers and partners. Now therers"s an introductory guide to creating standards-based process and data integration solutions with WBI. WebSphere Business Integration Primerthoroughly explains Service Component Architecture (SCA), basic business processes, and complex long-running business flows, and guides you to choose the right process integration architecture for your requirements. Next, it introduces the key components of a WBI solution and shows how to make them work together rapidly and efficiently. This book will help developers, technical professionals, or managers understand todayrs"s key BI issues and technologies, and streamline business processes by combining BI with Service Oriented Architecture (SOA). Coverage includes Linking BI, business process management (BPM), and SOA BI scenarios, architecture, patterns, and the IBM Business Object Framework Business orchestration utilizing WS-BPEL and other industry standards BI development with WebSphere Integration Developer (WID) and the SCA programming model WebSphere Process Server (WPS): a runtime for service-oriented applications Defining business maps, rules, business state machines, and human tasks Managing BI services: security, auditing, and more Integrating third-party and legacy systems with WebSphere adapters Utilizing WebSphere Business Modeler and WebSphere Business Monitor Using WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus (WESB) to integrate services

Author Biography

Ashok Iyengar is a member of the WebSphere Enablement Team based in San Diego. He has worked extensively with the WebSphere software platform, and for the past four years, has concentrated on the WebSphere Business Integration suite. He also coauthored IBM WebSphere Portal Primer.

 

Vinod Jessani is a senior software engineer with the IBM WebSphere Enablement Team in San Diego. He has more than 15 years’ experience in distributed systems and online transaction processing systems.

 

Michele Chilanti is a consulting IT specialist with IBM Software Services, where he consults daily with IBM customers worldwide, supporting their J2EE and WebSphere Business Integration development and deployment projects.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. xxv
Acknowledgments	p. xxix
About the Authors	p. xxxi
Introduction	p. xxxiii
Business Integration	p. 1
Business Integration Challenge	p. 1
Service-Oriented Architecture	p. 3
SOA Lifecycle	p. 5
Business Integration Programming Model	p. 7
BPEL (Now Called WS-BPEL)	p. 8
Service Data Objects	p. 8
Closing the Link	p. 9
Links to developerWorks	p. 9
Business Integration Architecture and Patterns	p. 11
Business Integration Scenarios	p. 12
Business Integration: Roles, Products, and Technical Challenges	p. 12
The Business Object Framework	p. 14
Service Component Architecture	p. 16
Business Integration Patterns	p. 21
Business Processes	p. 23
Qualifiers	p. 23
Closing the Link	p. 24
Links to developerWorks	p. 25
Business Orchestration	p. 27
Business Processes	p. 27
BPEL	p. 28
BPEL Extensions	p. 35
Short-Running and Long-Running Processes	p. 35
BPEL and SCA	p. 38
Closing the Link	p. 38
Links to developerWorks	p. 39
WebSphere Integration Developer	p. 41
Installing WID	p. 41
Working with WID	p. 42
Business Integration Solution Building Blocks	p. 43
Creating Projects and Other Artifacts	p. 44
Process Editor	p. 54
Assembly Editor	p. 57
Visual Snippet Editor	p. 61
Exporting Modules	p. 64
Testing Modules and Components	p. 67
Logging and Troubleshooting	p. 71
Eclipse Shell Sharing	p. 72
Closing the Link	p. 72
Links to developerWorks	p. 73
WebSphere Process Server	p. 75
WebSphere Process Server in a Nutshell	p. 76
Terminology and Topology	p. 82
Installing WPS	p. 85
WPS Clustered Topologies	p. 87
Topology Choices	p. 92
Closing the Link	p. 97
Links to developerWorks	p. 98
Business Processes	p. 99
Sample Application	p. 99
Working with a Short-Running Business Process	p. 102
Working with a Long-Running Business Process	p. 108
Advanced BPEL Features	p. 113
Closing the Link	p. 122
Links to developerWorks	p. 123
Business Maps and Business Rules	p. 125
Supporting Services	p. 125
Mapping	p. 126
A Mapping Scenario	p. 129
Implementing Maps	p. 132
Relationships	p. 138
A Relationship Scenario	p. 138
Business Rules	p. 142
A Decision Table Scenario	p. 143
Selectors	p. 152
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