SUMMARY:   This course provides a general overview of the Message Broker product, concentrating on application programmer functions and techniques in Message Broker V6. The course includes numerous practical exercises. AUDIENCE:   This course is designed for application programmers and developers. PREREQUISITES:   Before taking this course, students should have a good knowledge of MQ concepts. Skills in SQL, XML, Java, or XPath are very helpful, but not required. DURATION:   4 days. COURSE CONTENT:   Message Broker Introduction Without a message broker What is IBM’s Websphere message broker IBM’s Websphere product list Message Broker Example Message Broker Software 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 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 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 Input And Output Introduction Nodes Input Nodes Output Nodes Configuring Messages Selecting a Parser Message Modeling Concepts Error Handling And Debugging Introduction Input Node Errors Failure Terminal Adding a Sub Flow Debugging User Trace Alert The Flow Debugger 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 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 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 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 Message repository manager Advanced message flow topics Additional processing nodes JAVA support WEB services IC/08