IBM Branch Transformation Toolkit 5.1 Migration and Usage Guidelines

102 IBM Branch Transformation Toolkit 5.1 Migration and Usage Guidelines

e. Save the file.

f. Close and reopen WebSphere Studio Application Developer Integration

Edition.

After you create the migration project, you will find all the related definition files

copied into the category of 4.3 definition. You will also see that EAR, EJB, Web,

and Services projects are created.

5.2 Using the migration tools

Branch Transformation Toolkit provides a set of tools to help you migrate toolkit

applications developed with version 4.3 of the toolkit, to the version 5.1

architecture.

The migration tools perform the following tasks during a migration:

򐂰 Migrate the version 4.3 definition dse.ini file to version 5.1.

򐂰 Migrate the version 4.3 dse data definition files to version 5.1 requirements,

including dsectx.xml context definitions, dsedata.xml data definitions,

dsefmt.xml formatter definitions, dsetype.xml type definitions, dsesrvce.xml

service definitions, and so on.

򐂰 Generate the corresponding runtime code, including business processes,

Java snippets, Single Action EJBs, and so on. These taskscode includes:

– Migrating the server operations to Single Action EJBs or business

processes if WebSphere Studio Application Developer Integration Edition

is used. After you complete the process, the migration tool will generate

invokers (Java code), and Single Action EJBs or business processes.

– Migrating the flow processes to business process if WebSphere Studio

Application Developer Integration Edition is used. After you complete the

process, the migration tool will generate the BPEL file and invoker (Java

code).

– Migrating the screen flow to Struts extensions. After you complete the

process, the migration tool will generate the Struts config file, Web

diagram (.gph file), and migrated JSPs.

– Migrating self-definition files, if any, as well as the Struts config file, Web

diagram (.gph file), and migrated JSPs?). Also, the definitions of the

Note: You must restart WebSphere Studio Application Developer

Integration Edition if you change any content in the Branch

Transformation Toolkit external files.