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Amit Sethi
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1.WhatarethefeaturesofMessageBroker?
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Ans:Routing,TransformationandIntegration.
2.Whatistheroleofconfigurationmanager?
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3.HowtocreateBrokerfromCommandprompt?
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Ans:Usingmqsicreatebrokercommand.
4.WhatarethedefaultpropertiesofMQInputnode?
Ans:Message Domain, Message Set, Message Type,
MessageFormat,Topic.
5.Whichnodesareusedtochangethemessageinthe
flow?
Ans:Compute
Node,
Filter
ResetContentDescriptornode.
Node
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6.Name6builtinnodesinMBToolkit?
Ans:(i)MQInputnode(ii)MQOutputnode(iii)Compute
node (iv) Database node (v) AggregateControl node
(vi)Filternode.
SQL
JDBC
Web Services
Core Java
7.How to call the method or function in the eSQL

coding?
Ans:Usingthe"CALL"keyword.
8.WhatistheBrokerDomain?
Ans:Group of brokers that coordinate a single
configurationmanagerconstituteaBrokerDomain.
9.NamethemessageformatswhichMBsupport?
Ans:XML,TDS,CWF,EDI,SWIFT.
10.WhatisanExecutionGroup?
Ans:An execution group is a named grouping of
messageflowsthathavebeenassignedtoabroker.
11.DifferencebetweenRootandOutputRoot?
Ans:RootisusedintheDatabasecontentchangingand
inFilternode.OutputRootisusedintheESQLcodefora
Compute node that creates a new output message
basedontheinputmessage.
12.WhatisUsernameServerandwhereitisdefined?
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Ans:The User Name Server is an optional runtime
component that provides authentication of users and
groupsperformingpublish/subscribeoperations.
13.Howcanweseetheerrorlogfilesinbroker?
Ans:The Windows Event Viewer is where WebSphere
MessageBrokerwritesrecordstothelocalsystem.
14.What are the perspectives there in MB Toolkit? In
whichperspectivewedeploytheflow?
Ans:(i) Administration Perspective (ii) Application
DevelopmentPerspective(iii)DebuggingPerspective(iv)
Java Perspective . We deploy flows in Administration
Perspective.
15.What are the different ways to give input without
usingMQInputnode?
Ans:SCADAInput, HTTPInput, FileInput, RealtimeInput,
JMSInput,CustomInputnodes.
16.What is PARSER? Difference between PARSER
andFORMAT?
Ans:AParserisdefinedasaprogramthatinterpretsthe
bit stream of an incoming message and creates an
internalrepresentationofitinatreestructure.Ex:MRM
parser
A Format is a physical representation of a message.
Ex:XMLwireformat
17.DefineCorrelationnames?
Ans:Acorrelationnameisafieldreferencethatidentifies
awelldefinedstartingpointinthelogicalmessagetree
and is used in field references to describe a standard
partofthetreeformat.
18.HowwillweuseaCobolcopybookinMB?
Ans:You can populate your message set with message
definitions by importing COBOL copybook files, using
either the New Message Definition File wizard or the
mqsicreatemsgdefscommandlineutility.
19.1)WhatisSCHEMAofbroker?
Ans:Abrokerschemaisasymbolspacethatdefinesthe
scopeofuniquenessofthenamesofresourcesdefined
within it. The resources are message flows, ESQL files,
andmappingfiles.
20.How can you interact with Database using
Computenode?
Ans:Specify in Data Source the name by which the
appropriatedatabaseisknownonthesystemonwhich
thismessageflowistoexecute.
Q:Whatexactlydoyouunderstandbymessage
broker??
A:
AMessageBrokerisanintermediaryprogram
thathelpscommunicatingmultiplesystemto
eachotherbytransforming,routingthe
messagesinthewaytheyneed.
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Q: WhydowerequiremessagebrokerwhenwehaveMQ?
A: Bothmessagebrokerandmqworksasmiddlewareprograms,thatistohelpcommunicatingdifferent
systems,butmqhasaslightdrawbackthatitcannottransformthemessages.Itcanjustsendthe
messagetoothersystem.
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Q: WhatisthedifferencebetweenMessageBrokerandMQ?
A: WebSphereMQfacilitatescommunicationbetweenapplicationsbysendingandreceivingmessagedata
viamessagingqueues.WebSphereMQprovidesasecureandreliablelayeroftransportformovingdata
unchangedintheformofmessagesbetweenapplicationsbutitisnotawareofthecontentofthe
messages.
WebSphereMessageBrokerisbuilttoextendWebSphereMQ,anditiscapableofunderstandingthe
contentofeachmessagethatitmovesthroughtheBroker.MessageBrokercandothefollowing:
Matchesandroutescommunicationsbetweenservices
Convertsbetweendifferenttransportprotocols
Transformsmessageformatsbetweenrequestorandservice
Identifiesanddistributesbusinesseventsfromdisparatesources.
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Q: WhataretheadvantagesofusingWebspheremessagebroker?
A: Webspheremessagebrokerprovidesservices,basedonmessagebrokerstoallowyouto:
Routeamessagetoseveraldestinations,usingrulesthatactonthecontentsofoneor
moreofthefieldsinthemessageormessageheader.
Transformamessage,sothatapplicationsusingdifferentformatscanexchangemessages
intheirownformats.
Storeamessage,orpartofamessage,inadatabase.
Retrieveamessage,orpartofamessage,fromadatabase.
Modifythecontentsofamessageforexample,byaddingdataextractedfroma
database.
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Q:WhatallarethemaincomponentsusedinMessageBroker?
A:ThemaincomponentsusedinMessageBrokerNameServerare
UserNameServer
ConfigurationManager
Broker
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Q:WhatdoyouunderstandbyBrokerDomain?
A: GroupofbrokersunderasingleconfigurationmanagerconstituteaBroker
Domain.
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Q: Whatisthesignificanceofnodesinmessageflows?
A: Amessageflownodereceivesamessage,performsasetofactionsagainstthemessage,passesthe
originalmessageorthechangedmessage,tothenextnodeinthemessageflow.
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Q: Ifconfigurationmanagerisdown,whataretheeffectsontherunningbrokers?
A: Therunningbrokerwillalsobedownatthemomentwhenconfigurationmanageris
down.
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Q:Howcanwecreatebroker?
A:Twowaystocreatebroker:
ByusingWebsphereMessageBrokerExplorer.
Byusingcommandprompt.
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Q:Whatisthecommandusetocreatebroker?
A:mqsicreatebrokeristhecommandusedtocreatebroker.
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Q: WhatisUsernameServer?
A: TheUserNameServerisanoptionalruntimecomponentthatprovidesauthenticationofusersand
groupsandgiveanadministrativecontroloverwhocanpublishandwhocansubscribeoperations.
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Q: WhatistheRoleofUsernameserver?
A: TheUserNameServerinterfaceswithoperatingsystemfacilitiestoprovideinformationaboutvalid
usersandgroupsinabrokerdomain.
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Q:Canasinglequeuemanagerhavetwobrokers?
A: Noasinglequeuemnagercannothavetwobrokers.
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Q:WithWhichcommandonecandeploythebarfiles?
A: Usingthemqsideploycommandonecandeploythebarfiles.
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Q: WhatisthedifferencebetweenaRootandOuputRoot?
A: RootisusedintheDatabasecontentchangingandinFilternode.
OutputRootisusedintheESQLcodeforaComputenodethatcreatesanewoutputmessagebasedon
theinputmessage
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Q: WhatistheUseofConfigmanager?
A: ToConnecttotheremotebrokerorlocalbrokerandtodeploythemessageflowsontothe
Broker.
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Q:Whichperspectiveyouusedtodeploytheflow?
A:Administratorperspectiveisusedtodeploytheflow.
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Q: WhatdoyouunderstandbyEAI?NamesomeEAItools?
A: EnterpriseApplicationIntegrationreferstotheintegrationofoneormoreapplicationsandprocesses
together.
Tools:WBIMessageBroker,Tibco,WebMethodsandICS
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Q:WhataretheFeaturesofMessageBroker?
A:WMBhasmanyfeatures,Themainfeaturesare:
Routing
Transformationand
Integration
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Q: WhatdoyoumeanbyanExecutionGroup?
A: Anexecutiongroupisanamedgroupingofmessageflowsthathavebeenassignedtoabroker.The
brokerenforcesadegreeofisolationbetweenmessageflowsindistinctexecutiongroupsbyensuring
thattheyexecuteinseparateaddressspaces,orasuniqueprocesses.
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Q: WhatisthesignificanceofSCHEMAinmessagebroker?
A: Abrokerschemaisasymbolspacethatdefinesthescopeofuniquenessofthenamesofresources
definedwithinit.Theresourcesaremessageflows,ESQLfiles,andmappingfiles.
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Q: Whataretheperspectivesyouhavemainlyusedwhiledevelopmentinmessagebroker?
A: Theperspectivesmainlyusedwhilethedevelopmentinmessagebrokerare
AdministrationPerspective
ApplicationDevelopmentPerspective
DebuggingPerspective
JavaPerspective(MB6)
Whatisthesignificanceof
messageflowsinmessage
broker?
A:
AmessageFlowdescribesthesequenceofstepsfollowedinthe
brokerthatprocessesaninputmessagewhenaninputmessageis
received.
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Q: WhatisPARSER?
A: AParserisaprogramthattakestheincomingmessage,interpretsitsbitstreamandcreatesan
internalrepresentationofitinatreelikestructure,whichcanbethenunderstandbymessage
brokerassembly.
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Q:WhatisaFormat?
A: PhysicalRepresentationofamessageisaFormat.
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Q:Whatyoudotomakeyourservicesactuallyrun?
A:PackagingservicesinaBARfileanddeploytheBARfileonthebroker.
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Q: WhatisaBAR?
A: BrokerArchiveorBARisapackageofmessageflows,messagesets,javautilityclasses,xsltsetc.
thataregroupedtogethertobedeployedonthebroker.
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Q:WhichcommandisusedtocreateaBAR?
A:mqsipackagebarcommand.
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Q: Whatdoesmqsiapplybaroverridecommanddo?
A: Themqsiapplybaroverridecommandisusedtoreplaceconfigurablevaluesinthebrokerarchive
(BAR)withnewvaluesthatyouspecifyinapropertiesfile.
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Q:WhichnodesinWMBsupportsaggregation?
A:
AggregateControl
AggregateRequest
AggregateReply
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Q: Isitpossibletocreatemultipleinstancesofamessageflow?
A: Yes.Wecancreatemultipleinstanceofamessageflowbydeployingthemessageflowstodifferent
executiongroup.
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Q:Whatisalogicalmessagetree?
A:Logicalmessagetreeistheinternalrepresentationofamessage.
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Q:WhatarethetypesofTrees?
A:Foursubtreeofalogicaltreecreatedbyinputnodeofamessageflow:
Messagetree
Environmenttree
LocalEnvironmenttree
ExceptionListtree.
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Q:Whatisthepurposeofafilternode?
A: Thepurposeofafilternodeistorouteamessagebasedonthecontent
dynamically
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Q:WhatarethetypesofTRACES?
A:
Usertrace
Servicetrace.
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Q:WhataretheTypesofQueues,onecancreateinMQ?
A:
Localqueue
Remotequeue
Transmissionqueue
Aliasqueue
Deadletterqueue
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Q: WhatarethetypesofclientsinMQ?
A: TherearetwotypesofclientsinMQ
FatClients:Doeshavealocalqueuemanager.
Slimclients:Doesnothavealocalqueuemanager,whereasthequeuemanagerresideonthe
server.
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Q: Withwhichallnodesonecanchangemessageinamessageflow?
A: ComputeNode,MessageMappingNode,FilterNode,ResetContentDescriptorNodecachange
messageinamessageflow.
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Q: WhatwillhappenifwedontspecifyqueuenameinaMQOUTPUTorMQINPUTnode?
A: Messagewillbebackedoutandanexceptionwillbethrownwiththemessagenoqueuenameis
defined.
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Q:Whathappenifamessageissenttoaqueueandthequeueisfilled?
A:Thenthemessagegoestotherelevantdeadletterqueue.
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Q: WhatisthedifferencebetweenEnvironmentandLocalEnvironmenttree?
A: Theenvironmenttreediffersfromthelocalenvironmenttreeinthatasingleinstanceofitis
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maintainedthroughoutthemessageflow.IfyouincludeaComputenode,aMappingnode,ora
JavaComputenodeinyourmessageflow,youdonothavetospecifywhetheryouwantthe
environmenttreetobeincludedintheoutputmessage.Theenvironmenttreeisincluded
automatically,andtheentirecontentsoftheinputenvironmenttreeareretainedintheoutput
environmenttree.Anychangesthatyoumakeareavailabletosubsequentnodesinthemessage
flow,andtopreviousnodes.
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Q:InwhatallcasesmessagegoesintoDeadLetterQueue?
A:
WhentheDestinationqueueisfull
WhentheDestinationqueuedoesntexist
Whentheincomingmessagetoolarge
WhentheSenderisnotauthorizedtousethedestinationqueue.
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Q:WMBprovidesupportsforwhattypesofmessages?
A:WMBprovidesupportforfollowingtypeofmessages:
MRM
XML
XMLNS
XMLNSC
JMSMap
JMSStream
MIME
BLOB
IDOC
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Q: WhatdoyoumeanbyCorrelationnames?
A: Acorrelationnameisafieldreferencereferencingawelldefinedstartingpointinthelogical
messagetreeandtodescribeastandardpartofthetreeformat.
Whatdoyoumeanby
ResetContentDescriptor
node?
A:
ResetContentDescriptornoderequesttoparsethemessagewith
differentparser,leavingthemessagecontentunchanged.
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Q: WhatisthedifferencebetweenanMQGetnodendMQInputnode?
A: TheMQGetnodereadsamessagefromaspecifiedqueue,andestablishestheprocessing
environmentforthemessage.Whereas,TheMQInputnodereceivesamessagefroma
WebSphereMQmessagequeuethatisdefinedonthequeuemanagerofthebroker.
YoucanuseanMQGetnodeanywhereinamessageflow,unlikeanMQInputnode,whichyoucan
useonlyasthefirstnodeinamessageflow.
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Q: WhatisthedifferencebetweenSOAPRequestnodeandSOAPAsyncRequestnode?
A: TheSOAPAsyncRequestnodesendsaWebservicerequest,butthenodedoesnotwaitforthe
associatedWebserviceresponsetobereceived.Thisasynchronousfunctionalityenablesmultiple
outboundrequeststobemadealmostinparallelbecausetheoutboundrequestisnotblocked
waitingfortheresponse.
Whereas,TheSOAPRequestnodeisasynchronousrequestandresponsenode,whichblocks
processingaftersendingtherequestuntiltheresponseisreceived.
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Q: WhatisthedifferencebetweenMappingnodeandComputenodetransformation?
A: InComputenodeyoucantransformthemessagebycodingESQLintheESQLresourcefile
attached.Whereas,Inmappingnodeyoucanusegraphicalmapstotransforminputmessageby
associatinganinputmessagemodelsuchasaDFDLorXMLschema,oranMRMMessageSetand
anoutputmessagemodel.
Incomputenodeyoucanchangetheentiremessageeventheheaderassemblies.But,In
mappingnodeyoucanchangethemessageassembly,messagebody,andproperties.
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Q: WhatisthedifferencebetweenInputandMQInputnode?
A: UsetheInputnodeasanInterminalforanembeddedmessageflow(asubflow).TheMQInput
nodereceivesamessagefromaWebSphereMQmessagequeuethatisdefinedonthequeue
managerofthebroker.Itisthefirstnodeofyourmessageflow.
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Q:Whatisthepurposeoruseofcomputenode?
A:TheComputenodeisusedto:
Buildanewmessageusingasetofassignmentstatements
Copymessagesbetweenparsers
Convertmessagesfromonecodesettoanother
Transformmessagesfromoneformattoanother
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Q: HowtheinteractionwithDatabasedoestakeplaceusingComputenode?
A: InDataSourcespecifythenamebywhichtheappropriatedatabaseisknownonthesystemon
whichthismessageflowistoexecute.
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Q: Differencebetweentrycatchnodeandthrownode?
A: IncludeaThrownodetoforceanerrorpaththroughthemessageflowifthecontentofthe
messagecontainsunexpecteddata.
Ifadownstreamnode(whichcanbeaThrownode)throwsanexception,theTryCatchnode
catchesitandroutestheoriginalmessagetoitsCatchterminal.ConnecttheCatchterminalto
furthernodestoprovideerrorprocessingforthemessageafteranexception.
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Q: Howwillinputmessageswithdifferentdifferentdelimitersbetweenthefieldsare
handledinWMB?
A: UsingMRMdomainwecaninputmessageswithdifferentdifferentdelimetersbetweenthe
fieldsinWMB.
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Q:WhatdoyoumeanbydepthofaQueue?
A:Queuedepth,isthenumberofpendinginput/outputmessagesinaqueue.
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Q:Howcanweknowthecurrentdepthofaqueue?
A:UsingMQSCpropertyCURDEPTHwecanknowthecurrentdepthofaqueue.
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Q:MessageBrokersupportswhatallformats?
A: MessageBrokersupportsXML,TDS,CSV,CWF,EDIFACT,SWIFT,COBOLformats
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Q:WhatallnodesusesESQL?
A: ESQLcanbeusedwiththeCompute,Database,andFilternodes.
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Q: WhatisESQL?
A: ExtendedStructuredQueryLanguage(ESQL)isaprogramminglanguagebasedonStructured
QueryLanguage(SQL),whichiscommonlyusedwithrelationaldatabasessuchasDB2.ESQL
extendstheconstructsoftheSQLlanguagetoprovidesupportforyoutoworkwithboth
messageanddatabasecontent.
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Q:WhatfunctionalityESQLprovides?
A:ThroughESQLyoucan
Changethemessagecontent.
Modifyanexistingmessage
Createanewmessage
Adddynamicterminals
Routeamessage
Propagateanewrequest
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Q: WhatarethetypesofvariablesinESQL?
A: ESQLvariablescanbedescribedasexternalvariables,normalvariables,orshared
variables.
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Q: Whatareexternalvariables,normalvariables,orsharedvariables?
A: Externalvariables:
Alsoknownasuserdefinedproperties.
Existforentirelifetimeofamessageflowandarevisibletoallmessagespassed
throughtheflow.
Definedatmoduleorschemalevel.
Youhavetoassignaninitialvalueatthetimeofdeclaringanexternalvariableand
thencanmodifytheinitialvalueatdeploymenttimebyusingtheBAReditor.
NormalVariables:
Havelifetimeofjustonemessagepassthroughanode.
Visibletothatmessageonlyinwhichitwasdefined.
Todefine,omitbothEXTERNALandSHAREDkeyword.
Sharedvariable:
Usedtoimplementinmemorycacheinthemessageflow.
Havealonglifetimeandarevisibletomultiplemessagespassthroughtheflow.
ExistforthelifetimeofExecutiongroup,lifetimeofflowornode,lifetimeofnodes
ESQLthatdeclaresthevariable.
Initializedwhenthefirstmessagepassthroughthenodeorflowafterbroker
startup.
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Q: Whatarepatterns?
A: Apatterncapturesatestedsolutiontoacommonlyrecurringproblem,addressingtheobjectives
thatyouwanttoachieve.
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Q: Whatarethebenefitsofusingpatterns?
A: Patternsprovidethefollowingbenefits:
Giveyouguidancefortheimplementationofsolutions
Increasedevelopmentefficiency,becauseresourcesaregeneratedfromasetof
predefinedtemplates
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Resultinhigherqualitysolutions,throughreuseofassetsandcommon
implementationofprogrammingapproaches,suchaserrorhandlingandlogging
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Q: Howdoyouensurethatmessagesdonotlose?
A: ForapplicationandinternalmessagestravelingacrossWebSphereMQ,twotechniquesprotect
againstmessageloss:
MessagepersistenceIfamessageispersistent,WebSphereMQensuresthatitis
notlostwhenafailureoccurs,bycopyingittodisk.
SyncpointcontrolAnapplicationcanrequestthatamessageisprocessedina
synchronizedunitofwork.
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Q:Howtousefunctionsinyouresqlcode?
A:UseCALLkeywordtocallfunctionsormethods.
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Q: Whatarethewaysinwhichyoucanaccessdatabasesfromamessageflow?
A: Youcanaccessadatabasefromamessageflowintwoways:
Youcandesignamessageflowthatrespondstoeventsgeneratedbythedatabase.
Afteraflowhasalreadystarted,youcanaccessthedatabasetoreadorupdate
informationinit.Informationfromthedatabasecanbeusedtoenhanceor
influencetheoperationofthemessageflow.
Whatallnodescanaccess
databases?
A:
Wecanaccessadatabasefromamessageflowbyusingthe
followingnodes:
Compute
Database
DatabaseInput
DatabaseRetrieve
DatabaseRoute
Filter
JavaCompute
Mapping
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Q: WhatisPublish/Subscribe?
A: Publish/subscribeisastyleofmessagingapplicationinwhichtheprovidersofinformation
(publishers)aredecoupledfromtheconsumersofthatinformation(subscribers).
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Q: WhatarethetechniquesusedintransformingandenrichingmessagesinWMB?
A: Wecantransformandenrichmessagesbyusingoneormoreofthefollowing
techniques:
Mappings
ESQL
Java
XSLstylesheets
PHP
.NET
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Q:Whatarethebasicerrorhandlingtechniquesavailableinmessageflow?
A:Therearetwogeneralapproachestohandleerrorsinamessageflow:
Failurechecking
CatchingExceptions
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Q: Whataremessagemodels?
A: Mostmessageformatsarenotselfdefining,andaparsermusthaveaccesstoapredefined
modelthatdescribesthemessage,ifitistoparsethemessagecorrectly.Amessagemodelis
usedbyWebSphereMessageBrokertomodelamessageformat.
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Q: Whataretheadvantagesofmodelingmessages?
A: Evenifyourmessagesareselfdefining,anddonotrequiremodeling,messagemodelinghas
thefollowingadvantages:
Runtimevalidationofmessages.Withoutamessagemodel,aparsercannot
checkwhetherinputandoutputmessageshavethecorrectstructureanddata
values.
EnhancedparsingofXMLmessages.AlthoughXMLisselfdefining,alldata
valuesaretreatedasstringsifamessagemodelisnotused.Ifamessagemodel
isused,theparserisprovidedwiththedatatypeofdatavalues,andcancast
thedataaccordingly.
ImprovedproductivitywhenwritingESQL.WhenyouarecreatingESQLprograms
forWebSphereMessageBrokermessageflows,theESQLeditorcanusemessage
modelstoprovidecodecompletionassistance.
Draganddropoperationsonmessagemaps.Whenyouarecreatingmessage
mapsforWebSphereMessageBrokermessageflows,theMessageMappingeditor
usesthemessagemodeltopopulateitssourceandtargetviews.Without
messagemodels,youcannotusetheMessageMappingeditor.
Reuseofmessagemodels,inwholeorinpart,bycreatingadditionalmessages
thatarebasedonexistingmessages.
Generationofdocumentation.
Provisionofversioncontrolandaccesscontrolformessagemodelsbystoring
theminacentralrepository.
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Q: Whatarethewaystocreatemessagemodels?
A: Youcancreateamessagemodelbyusingthefollowingmethods:
ImportinganapplicationmessageformatthatisdescribedbyanXMLSchema,
XMLDTD,Cstructure,COBOLstructure,SCAimportorexport,orWSDL
definition.
Bycreatinganemptymessagemodelfile,thencreatingyourmessagebyusing
theeditorsprovidedintheWebSphereMessageBrokerToolkit.
ByusingtheAdapterConnectionwizardtoimportEISmetadata.
Bycreatingapopulatedmodelfilefromexamplemessagedata.
.
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Q: Whatisthedifferencebetweenmqsicreatemsgdefsormqsicreatemsgdefsfromwsdl
commandlineutilities?
A: Themqsicreatemsgdefscommandhasabulkimportcapability,but
mqsicreatemsgdefsfromwsdlimportsonlyoneWSDLdefinitionatatime.
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Q: Whataremessagesets?
A: Amessagesetisafolderinamessagesetprojectthatcontainsalogicalgroupingofyour
messagesandtheobjectsthatcomprisethem(elements,types,groups).
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Q: Whatisamessagedefinitionfile?
A: Amessagedefinitionfilecontainsthemessages,elements,types,andgroupswhichmakeup
amessagemodelwithinamessageset.Everymessagesetrequiresatleastonemessage
definitionfiletodescribeitsmessages.MessagedefinitionfilesusetheXMLSchemalanguage
todescribethelogicalformatofoneormoremessages.
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Q: Whatisamultipartmessage?
A: Amultipartmessagecontainsoneormoreothermessageswithinitsstructure.Thecontained
messageissometimesreferredtoasanembeddedmessage.Amultipartmessagemust
containagroup,oracomplextype,withitsCompositionpropertysettoMessage.
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Q:WhatisTriggeringinMQ?
A: AmessageisputtoaqueuedefinedasTriggering.
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Q: WhatdoesaPROPAGATEkeyworddo?
A: ThePROPAGATEstatementisusedtogeneratemultipleoutputmessagesintheCompute
node.Theoutputmessagesmayhavesameordifferentmessagecontent.Youcanalsosend
outputmessagestoanyalternateoutputterminalsoftheComputenode.
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Q: WhydoweuseSequencenode?
A: TheSequencenodeenablesyoutoreceivegroupsofmessagesfromaninputsource,and
preservetheorderinwhichthemessagesineachgrouparrived.
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Q:Whichcommandisusedtomodifybrokerparameters?
A:mqsichangebrokercommandisusedtomodifybrokerparameters.
Q: Whatisthepurposeofusingmqsichangepropertiescommand?
A: mqsichangepropertiescommandcanbeusedtochangepropertiesassociatedwithabroker
suchas:
thataffectthewholebrokerforexample,anHTTPlistenerorServiceFederation
Management
thataffectoneormoreexecutiongroupsforexample,thebrokerregistry
thataffectaconfigurableserviceforexample,aJMSprovider.
Whatdoyoumeanby
ResetContentDescriptor
node?
A:
ResetContentDescriptornoderequesttoparsethe
messagewithdifferentparser,leavingthemessage
contentunchanged.
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Q: WhatisthedifferencebetweenanMQGetnodendMQInputnode?
A: TheMQGetnodereadsamessagefromaspecifiedqueue,andestablishestheprocessing
environmentforthemessage.Whereas,TheMQInputnodereceivesamessagefroma
WebSphereMQmessagequeuethatisdefinedonthequeuemanagerofthebroker.
YoucanuseanMQGetnodeanywhereinamessageflow,unlikeanMQInputnode,which
youcanuseonlyasthefirstnodeinamessageflow.
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Q: WhatisthedifferencebetweenSOAPRequestnodeandSOAPAsyncRequestnode?
A: TheSOAPAsyncRequestnodesendsaWebservicerequest,butthenodedoesnotwaitfor
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theassociatedWebserviceresponsetobereceived.Thisasynchronousfunctionality
enablesmultipleoutboundrequeststobemadealmostinparallelbecausetheoutbound
requestisnotblockedwaitingfortheresponse.
Whereas,TheSOAPRequestnodeisasynchronousrequestandresponsenode,whichblocks
processingaftersendingtherequestuntiltheresponseisreceived.
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Q: WhatisthedifferencebetweenMappingnodeandComputenodetransformation?
A: InComputenodeyoucantransformthemessagebycodingESQLintheESQLresourcefile
attached.Whereas,Inmappingnodeyoucanusegraphicalmapstotransforminput
messagebyassociatinganinputmessagemodelsuchasaDFDLorXMLschema,oran
MRMMessageSetandanoutputmessagemodel.
Incomputenodeyoucanchangetheentiremessageeventheheaderassemblies.But,In
mappingnodeyoucanchangethemessageassembly,messagebody,andproperties.
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Q: WhatisthedifferencebetweenInputandMQInputnode?
A: UsetheInputnodeasanInterminalforanembeddedmessageflow(asubflow).The
MQInputnodereceivesamessagefromaWebSphereMQmessagequeuethatisdefinedon
thequeuemanagerofthebroker.Itisthefirstnodeofyourmessageflow.
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Q:Whatisthepurposeoruseofcomputenode?
A:TheComputenodeisusedto:
Buildanewmessageusingasetofassignmentstatements
Copymessagesbetweenparsers
Convertmessagesfromonecodesettoanother
Transformmessagesfromoneformattoanother
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Q: HowtheinteractionwithDatabasedoestakeplaceusingComputenode?
A: InDataSourcespecifythenamebywhichtheappropriatedatabaseisknownonthe
systemonwhichthismessageflowistoexecute.
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Q: Differencebetweentrycatchnodeandthrownode?
A: IncludeaThrownodetoforceanerrorpaththroughthemessageflowifthecontentofthe
messagecontainsunexpecteddata.
Ifadownstreamnode(whichcanbeaThrownode)throwsanexception,theTryCatchnode
catchesitandroutestheoriginalmessagetoitsCatchterminal.ConnecttheCatch
terminaltofurthernodestoprovideerrorprocessingforthemessageafteranexception.
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Q: Howwillinputmessageswithdifferentdifferentdelimitersbetweenthefields
arehandledinWMB?
A: UsingMRMdomainwecaninputmessageswithdifferentdifferentdelimetersbetweenthe
fieldsinWMB.
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Q:WhatdoyoumeanbydepthofaQueue?
A:Queuedepth,isthenumberofpendinginput/outputmessagesinaqueue.
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Q:Howcanweknowthecurrentdepthofaqueue?
A:UsingMQSCpropertyCURDEPTHwecanknowthecurrentdepthofaqueue.
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Q:MessageBrokersupportswhatallformats?
A: MessageBrokersupportsXML,TDS,CSV,CWF,EDIFACT,SWIFT,COBOLformats
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Q:WhatallnodesusesESQL?
A: ESQLcanbeusedwiththeCompute,Database,andFilternodes.
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Q: WhatisESQL?
A: ExtendedStructuredQueryLanguage(ESQL)isaprogramminglanguagebasedon
StructuredQueryLanguage(SQL),whichiscommonlyusedwithrelationaldatabasessuch
asDB2.ESQLextendstheconstructsoftheSQLlanguagetoprovidesupportforyouto
workwithbothmessageanddatabasecontent.
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Q:WhatfunctionalityESQLprovides?
A:ThroughESQLyoucan
Changethemessagecontent.
Modifyanexistingmessage
Createanewmessage
Adddynamicterminals
Routeamessage
Propagateanewrequest
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Q: WhatarethetypesofvariablesinESQL?
A: ESQLvariablescanbedescribedasexternalvariables,normalvariables,orshared
variables.
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Q: Whatareexternalvariables,normalvariables,orsharedvariables?
A: Externalvariables:
Alsoknownasuserdefinedproperties.
Existforentirelifetimeofamessageflowandarevisibletoallmessages
passedthroughtheflow.
Definedatmoduleorschemalevel.
Youhavetoassignaninitialvalueatthetimeofdeclaringanexternal
variableandthencanmodifytheinitialvalueatdeploymenttimebyusingthe
BAReditor.
NormalVariables:
Havelifetimeofjustonemessagepassthroughanode.
Visibletothatmessageonlyinwhichitwasdefined.
Todefine,omitbothEXTERNALandSHAREDkeyword.
Sharedvariable:
Usedtoimplementinmemorycacheinthemessageflow.
Havealonglifetimeandarevisibletomultiplemessagespassthroughthe
flow.
ExistforthelifetimeofExecutiongroup,lifetimeofflowornode,lifetimeof
nodesESQLthatdeclaresthevariable.
Initializedwhenthefirstmessagepassthroughthenodeorflowafterbroker
startup.
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Q: Whatarepatterns?
A: Apatterncapturesatestedsolutiontoacommonlyrecurringproblem,addressingthe
objectivesthatyouwanttoachieve.
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Q: Whatarethebenefitsofusingpatterns?
A: Patternsprovidethefollowingbenefits:
Giveyouguidancefortheimplementationofsolutions
Increasedevelopmentefficiency,becauseresourcesaregeneratedfromaset
ofpredefinedtemplates
Resultinhigherqualitysolutions,throughreuseofassetsandcommon
implementationofprogrammingapproaches,suchaserrorhandlingand
logging
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Q: Howdoyouensurethatmessagesdonotlose?
A: ForapplicationandinternalmessagestravelingacrossWebSphereMQ,twotechniques
protectagainstmessageloss:
MessagepersistenceIfamessageispersistent,WebSphereMQensuresthat
itisnotlostwhenafailureoccurs,bycopyingittodisk.
SyncpointcontrolAnapplicationcanrequestthatamessageisprocessedin
asynchronizedunitofwork.
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Q:Howtousefunctionsinyouresqlcode?
A:UseCALLkeywordtocallfunctionsormethods.
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Q: Whatarethewaysinwhichyoucanaccessdatabasesfromamessageflow?
A: Youcanaccessadatabasefromamessageflowintwoways:
Youcandesignamessageflowthatrespondstoeventsgeneratedbythe
database.
Afteraflowhasalreadystarted,youcanaccessthedatabasetoreador
updateinformationinit.Informationfromthedatabasecanbeusedto
enhanceorinfluencetheoperationofthemessageflow.
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