Patterns : flexible self-service applications using process choreography.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

International Business Machines Corporation, International Technical Support Organization Staff, Corporate Author.

Contributor:

International Business Machines Corporation. International Technical Support Organization.

Series:

IBM redbooks.

IBM redbooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Electronic commerce.

Business--Data processing.

Business.

Software patterns.

Physical Description:

xiv, 274 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

[S.l.] : IBM, International Technical Support Organization, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

Front cover

Contents

Notices

Trademarks

Preface

The team that wrote this redbook

Become a published author

Comments welcome

Part 1 Patterns for e-business

Chapter 1. Patterns for e-business

1.1 The Patterns for e-business layered asset model

1.2 How to use the Patterns for e-business

1.2.1 Select a Business, Integration, or Composite pattern, or a Custom design

1.2.2 Select an Application pattern

1.2.3 Review Runtime patterns

1.2.4 Review Product mappings

1.2.5 Review guidelines and related links

1.3 Summary

Chapter 2. Self-Service business pattern

2.1 Self-service applications

2.2 Self-Service application patterns

2.3 Application patterns used in this book

2.4 Decomposition application pattern

2.4.1 Business and IT drivers

2.4.2 Solution

2.4.3 Considerations

2.4.4 Guidelines for use

2.4.5 Benefits

2.4.6 Limitations

2.4.7 Putting the Application pattern to use

2.5 Agent application pattern

2.5.1 Business and IT drivers

2.5.2 Solution

2.5.3 Guidelines for use

2.5.4 Benefits

2.5.5 Limitations

2.5.6 Putting the Application pattern to use

2.6 Agent: Federation variation

Chapter 3. Runtime patterns and product mappings

3.1 An introduction to the node types

3.1.1 Web application server node

3.1.2 User node

3.1.3 Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) front-end

3.1.4 Domain Name System (DNS) node

3.1.5 Protocol firewall node

3.1.6 Domain firewall node

3.1.7 Directory and security services node

3.1.8 Existing applications and data node

3.1.9 Web server redirector node

3.1.10 Application server node

3.1.11 Integration server node

3.1.12 Process manager node

3.1.13 Data Server / Services node

3.2 Runtime patterns

3.2.1 Decomposition runtime patterns

3.2.2 Agent runtime pattern

3.3 Product mappings.

3.3.1 Decomposition product mapping

3.3.2 Agent product mapping

3.4 Runtime product overview

3.4.1 WebSphere Application Server

3.4.2 IBM HTTP Server and Web server plug-in

3.4.3 IBM Directory Server V5.2

3.4.4 WebSphere Business Integration Server Foundation

3.4.5 IBM DB2 Universal Database product family

3.4.6 DB2 Information Integrator portfolio

Part 2 Guidelines

Chapter 4. Technology options

4.1 Web services

4.1.1 Static and dynamic Web services

4.1.2 JAX-RPC

4.1.3 Web services and the service-oriented architecture

4.1.4 Web services security

4.1.5 For more information on Web services

4.2 Flow languages

4.2.1 Flow Definition Language

4.2.2 Flow Definition Markup Language

4.2.3 Business Process Execution Language for Web Services

4.3 Java Connector Architecture (JCA)

4.4 Java Message Service

4.4.1 What messaging is

4.4.2 JMS and IBM WebSphere MQ

4.4.3 Advantages of JMS

4.4.4 Disadvantages of JMS

4.5 Business Rule Bean framework

4.6 Information integration

4.6.1 Data consolidation

4.6.2 Distributed access

4.6.3 For more information

Chapter 5. Designing business processes

5.1 What is a "business process"?

5.2 Modeling business processes

5.3 Process choreographer programming model

5.4 Developing business processes

5.4.1 Elements of a business process

5.4.2 Business process clients

5.4.3 Enterprise services

5.4.4 Deployment of business processes

5.5 Design guidelines for business processes

5.5.1 Non-interruptible versus interruptible processes

5.5.2 Synchronous versus asynchronous processes

5.5.3 Human interaction

5.5.4 Flow versus sequence structures

5.5.5 Process security

5.5.6 Parallel processing

5.5.7 Audit trails

5.5.8 Business process monitoring

5.5.9 Performance and process analysis.

5.5.10 Exception situations

5.5.11 Business rules

5.6 Using an Operational Data Store (ODS)

5.6.1 Why use an ODS?

5.6.2 ODS design issues

5.6.3 Accessing an ODS from a business process

5.7 For more information

Part 3 Scenarios

Chapter 6. Building business processes with WebSphere Studio

6.1 WebSphere Studio Application Developer Integration Edition

6.1.1 Business integration tools

6.2 Building business processes

6.2.1 Create a service project

6.2.2 Create a business process

6.2.3 Update the process WSDL

6.2.4 Add activities

6.2.5 Add variables

6.2.6 Add partner links

6.3 Deploying and testing business processes

6.3.1 Generate the deploy code

6.3.2 Create the test server environment

6.3.3 Test the process with the Web Client

6.4 For more information

Chapter 7. Business scenario overview

7.1 Customer overview

7.1.1 Business profile

7.1.2 Business goals

7.1.3 Existing environment

7.1.4 Non-functional requirements

7.2 Scenario overview

7.2.1 Spot Loan scenario: online funds transfer with spot loan

7.2.2 Staff Assisted Loan scenario: pre-approval for loans

7.2.3 Extended Spot Loan scenario: extended loan approval data

Chapter 8. Decomposition application pattern

8.1 Business scenario

8.2 Business process model

8.3 Design guidelines

8.4 Development guidelines

8.4.1 Process overview

8.4.2 Preparing the workspace

8.4.3 Process interface definition

8.4.4 Banking partner interface

8.4.5 Business process activities and links

8.4.6 Triggering the business rule

8.5 Deploying and testing the business process

Chapter 9. Decomposition application pattern with human interaction

9.1 Business scenario

9.2 Business process model

9.3 Design guidelines

9.4 Development guidelines

9.4.1 Process overview.

9.4.2 Preparing the workspace

9.4.3 Process interface definition

9.4.4 Banking partner interface

9.4.5 Business process activities and links

9.5 Deploying and testing the business process

Chapter 10. Agent application pattern

10.1 Business scenario

10.2 Business process model

10.3 Design guidelines

10.3.1 ODS implementation

10.3.2 ODS access

10.4 Development guidelines

10.4.1 Process overview

10.4.2 Process development

10.5 Deploying and testing the business process

Part 4 Appendixes

Appendix A. Setting up and installing the scenarios

Setting up the environment

Install WebSphere Studio

Using the sample applications

Installing and using the Spot Loan scenario

Installing and using the Staff Assisted Loan scenario

Installing and using the Extended Spot Loan scenario

Building a service interface for an EJB

Appendix B. Business rule beans

Preparing to use Business Rule Beans

Update the server properties

Create the BRBean database

Running the Rule Management Application

Define business rules

Spot Loan scenario

qualifyForSpotLoan() method

BankRules/LevelRule

LevelAssessor.java

Staff Assisted Loan scenario

needManagerApproval() method

BankRules/RiskRule

RiskAssessor.java

Extended Spot Loan scenario

Appendix C. Additional material

Locating the Web material

Using the Web material

How to use the Web material

Related publications

IBM Redbooks

Other publications

Online resources

How to get IBM Redbooks

Help from IBM

Index

Back cover.

Notes:

"SG24-6322-00."

"August 2004."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

OCLC:

137342153