Java(TM) CAPS 6 for Implementers

For business integration, Sun provides the Sun Java Composite Application Platform Suite (Java CAPS) - the most complete, integrated software suite to develop, deploy, and manage a service-oriented architecture (SOA) and composite applications to rapidly deliver new business capabilities and drive business growth. The Java CAPS 6 for Implementers course emphasizes hands-on lab work to present the features, functionality, vocabulary and concepts of Java CAPS 6.x for those new to Java CAPS.

Students who can benefit from this course:
* Developers, implementers and other individuals new to Java CAPS * Developers or Implementers working on projects that involve the lifecycle of a Java CAPS 6 implementation, from installation through managing and monitoring applications.

Audience
Course Topics Overview of Java CAPS 6

• Java CAPS Suite Overview
• Java Business Integration
• The NetBeans IDE
• GlassFish Application Server
• Management and Monitoring
• Business Process Management

Installation of Java CAPS 6

• Installing Java CAPS 6
• Install Actions
• CAPS Repository Install Actions
• Using the Java CAPS Uploader
• Updating the Enterprise Manager
• Updating NetBeans
• Adding JBI Components to GlassFish

Repository-based Development

• Installing Java CAPS 6
• Install Actions
• CAPS Repository Install Actions
• Using the Java CAPS Uploader
• Updating the Enterprise Manager
• Updating NetBeans
• Adding JBI Components to GlassFish

Monitoring and Managing Repository-Based Applications

• The Enterprise Manager
• Managing Applications
• Glassfish Log Files
• Viewing and Searching Log Files
• Viewing Alerts
• Managing Messages
• Managing Components

The Sun JMS IQ Manager

• Overview of the Sun JMS IQ Manager
• Messaging Configuration Points
• Message Priority and Destination
• Delivery Mode
• Message Selectors
• Subscriber Concurrency
• Message Destination Concurrency
• The Time Dependency Property

User-Defined OTDs

• Overview of User-Defined OTDs
• The Delimiter List and Properties
• Separators and Terminators
• Delimiter Precedence
• Node Properties
• Occurrence and Groups
• Choice Elements
• Using Templates

Introduction to JBI

• JBI Components
• The Normalized Message
• JBI Administration
• JBI and CAPS 6
• The Java EE Service Engine
• The JBI Bridge

Using Business Processes in CAPS 6

• Web Service Definition
• Describing a Message with XSD
• Abstract and Concrete WSDL
• Business Processes and BPEL
• The XSD, WSDL and BPEL Editors
• Building a BPEL Module Project
• Adding a JBI Module
• Building and Deploying a Composite Application

Error Handling in BPEL

• Faults in BPEL
• Compensation
• Scope
• Compensation Handlers
• Fault Handlers
• Invoking Compensation

Correlation in BPEL

• Correlating Messages
• Message Properties
• Correlation Sets in BPEL
• The Pick Activity
• Defining Correlation in NetBeans

JCA Adapters and Encoders in CAPS 6

• J2EE Connector Architecture
• Connection Pooling
• Resource Adapter Deployment
• eWays in CAPS 6
• JCA Adapters in CAPS 6
• Using OTDs with JCA Adapters
• Encoders in JBI
• Defining an Encoder

The Intelligent Event Processor

• Business Activity Monitoring
• The Data Flow in an IEP
• Understanding IEP Activity
• Types of IEP Operators
• Configuring the IEP
• WSDL and the IEP
• The CASA Editor
• The IEP at Runtime

Monitoring Tools in CAPS 6

• JBI Components
• Java Management Extensions (JMX) and JConsole
• Using the Management API
• asadmin and asant
• Scripting
• NetBeans Admin Plugins
• GlassFish Admin Console
• Repository-Based Management

Application Configuration in CAPS 6

• Repository-Based Configuration Model
• Externalization in LDAP
• Environment Objects
• Creating and Maintaining Environment Objects
• JBI Configuration Model
• Application Variables
• Application Configuration Objects

Course Objectives

• Install Java CAPS 6
• Use NetBeans to create and configure Java CAPS 6 projects
• Deploy projects to GlassFish
• Use a variety of tools to monitor and manage deployed projects