Test 997: IBM WebSphere Message Broker V6.0 Solution Development

Section 1 - Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) Concepts and Solution Design (12%)

1. Identify the primary ESB functions (e.g., event handling)
2. Identify the components and standards of web services (e.g., WSDL, XML, SOAP, HTTPS)
3. Design PubSub topology including security requirements
4. Select appropriate transactional processing approach from business requirements
5. Design for message affinity and scalability requirements

Section 2 - Flow Development (42%)

1. Select appropriate transformation implementation methods
2. Select appropriate connectivity protocols
3. Select appropriate built-in nodes based upon requirements
4. Code a compute node using ESQL as part of a message flow
5. Code a JavaCompute node as part of a message flow
6. Implement a flow using MQGet node
7. Implement a flow using Timeout nodes
8. Implement a flow using Aggregate nodes
9. Develop a transformation using the Mapping Editor
10. Navigate the message tree based upon a message domain
11. Develop message flows that produce or consume web services
12. Explain the behavior of transactional processing scenarios and the end locations of messages involved
13. Develop message flows that publish or subscribe on topics
14. Explain when it is necessary to implement a user defined extension (e.g., custom plugin node) and the high level components required to create one

Section 3 - Message Modeling (19%)

1. Describe the different message domains supported by WebSphere Message Broker (e.g., XML, XMLNSC, MRM, MIME, JMS) including the limitations of each
2. Create a message model from business requirements
3. Create a message model from existing definition (e.g., XSD, Cobol copybook, C header file)
4. Configure physical properties on a message model (e.g., TDS, CWF, XML)
5. Create a message model utilizing wildcard elements and attributes
6. Explain the need for and implementation of multipart messages
7. Create a WSDL document from a message set

Section 4 - Packaging, Deployment and Migration (15%)

1. Migrate WebSphere Message Brokers Toolkit projects from prior versions (e.g., message flows, message sets, message maps)
2. Create a bar file (including runtime versioning)
3. Configure properties on a bar file
4. Use WebSphere Message Brokers Toolkit commands
5. Explain packaging of Java code in a WebSphere Message Broker solution
6. Deploy a WebSphere Message Broker solution
7. Use version and source control management

Section 5 - Testing and Debugging (12%)

1. Test a flow using the facilities of WebSphere Message Brokers Toolkit
2. Use the interactive debugger with message flows
3. Use the interactive debugger with Java code
4. Use a Trace node in a message flow
5. Enable and use trace information to diagnose problems
6. Find and analyze the system log