Connecting to an external CORBA application

Connecting to an external CORBA application involves importing an IDL file, creating a message flow, building a message, and processing the response from the CORBARequest node.

Before you begin

An IDL file is used to configure the CORBARequest node. Ensure that you have a valid IDL file that contains elements that are supported by IBM® Integration Bus. The CORBA IDL file must contain at least one interface that has one operation. For more information, see CORBA support.

About this task

To connect to an external CORBA application, complete the following steps.

Procedure

  1. Create an integration project.
  2. Import an IDL file into the IBM Integration Toolkit, as described in Message Sets: Importing an IDL file.
  3. Develop a message flow that contains a CORBARequest node, as described in Developing a message flow with a CORBARequest node.
  4. Build a message to send to the CORBARequest node, as described in Building a message for the CORBARequest node.
  5. Process the response from the CORBARequest node, as described in Processing responses from a CORBARequest node.

What to do next

After you have deployed a message flow that contains a CORBARequest node, you can change the location of the object reference by using a configurable service. For more information, see Defining where the CORBARequest node gets the object reference.