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Managing message flow resources

You can use applications, libraries, and integration projects to organize your resources.

Before you start:

You can use applications, libraries, and integration projects to build your solution. An application is a container for everything that you need for your solution. A library contains a set of resources that you might want to reuse for other solutions. You can add one or more libraries to an application, then you can deploy your solution by dragging the application onto an integration server.

Message flow projects have been replaced by integration projects for WebSphere Message Broker Version 8.0 onwards. When you import resources from WebSphere Message Broker Version 7.0 and previous versions, message flow projects are converted automatically to integration projects. You might want to convert your integration projects to applications or libraries, depending on the way in which you intend to use these resources. For an example of how you might convert migrated projects, see Example: Manual conversion of Version 7.0 resources to applications and libraries.

You can choose the order in which you create your resources and their containers. For example, you can create a library before or after you create an application. The following section suggests a possible order in which to complete these tasks, depending on whether you are importing resources from a previous version or creating resources from scratch.

Starting by creating an application

The following steps describe how to build a solution by creating a container and filling it with resources.
  1. Create an application by following the instructions in Creating an application.
  2. Optional: Create a library by following the instructions in Creating a library.
  3. Create a message flow in your application by following the instructions in Creating a message flow.
  4. You can create a default broker schema when you create the message flow, but to create another broker schema, follow the instructions in Creating a broker schema.
  5. Create other resources that you need in the application or library by following the instructions in Creating resources in an application or Creating resources in a library.
  6. Include one or more libraries of resources in the application, as described in Adding and removing library references.
  7. When your application contains all the required resources and libraries, deploy it by dragging it onto an integration server. For more information, see Packaging and deploying.

Converting existing resources to applications and libraries

You can import resources from previous versions of WebSphere Message Broker and use them as a basis for an application or library.
  1. Export a project from a previous version in a Project Interchange file.
  2. Import the Project Interchange file to Version 9.0. For more information, see Importing resources from previous versions.
  3. Convert or add the project to an application or library by following the instructions in the appropriate topic:

Organizing resources

When you have created your resources, the following topics explain how to organize them.
Related concepts:
Applications and libraries
bc23180_.htm | Last updated Friday, 21 July 2017