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21.1 Front-end business objects

The front-end Web application, RedTenant, uses schema-based XML

documents for its messages. We can use the XML ODA to assist in building the

application-specific business objects for these messages by using the schema

definitions for these messages.

21.1.1 Creating business objects with the ODA

To create business objects:

1. Start the ODA and select IBM WebSphere Business Integration

Adapters → Adapters → Object Discovery Agent → XML Object

Discovery Agent.

2. Navigate to the System Manager.

3. Right-click Integration Component Libraries (ICL) and select Create new

Integration Component Library.

4. Give this new ICL a name. We chose RedMaintenance.

5. In your ICL, right-click and select Business Objects → Create New

Business Object, as shown in Figure 21-1.

Figure 21-1 New business object

6. Close the new business object window and select File → New Using ODA.

Note: The repos file WebTenant.jar contains these business objects.

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If your ODA has started successfully, it appears in Located agents

(Figure 21-2). If you do not see the XMLODA, check the command window for

the ODA to find the error and then restart the ODA.

Figure 21-2 ODA window

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7. Highlight the ODA and click Next, as shown in Figure 21-3.

Figure 21-3 Found ODA

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8. Enter the ODA properties as shown in Figure 21-4. The schema definition for

the RedTenant messages is in the RedTenant folder in the Additional

Materials.

9. Enter a BOPrefix of Web.

10.Click Next.

Figure 21-4 Properties

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11.The ODA finds a top-level object for this XML schema. Highlight this top-level

object, as shown in Figure 21-5, and click Next.

Figure 21-5 Select Source