Table of Contents | Next The IBM® Lotus® Expeditor product is an integral part of a service-oriented architecture (SOA). In many distributed environments, there is a need for the remote syst

Table of Contents | Previous | Next The content of this document was a collaborative effort by a team of IBM experts from around the world. Authors Ben Fletcher is a software engineer in the L

Table of Contents | Previous | Next The following pages provide brief introductions to concepts that are key to the more detailed content in later chapters. 1.1 Introduction to Service Oriented A

Table of Contents | Previous | Next "Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) is a business-centric IT architectural approach that supports integrating your business as linked, repeatable business tasks,

Table of Contents | Previous | Next Lotus Expeditor provides a managed client run-time for both Desktops and Devices. Lotus Expeditor is based on Eclipse 3.4, that is based on OSGi R4 specification.

Table of Contents Previous Next Lotus Expeditor provides messaging capabilities through four different technologies: ul li Java Message Service (JMS) liMQ Telemetry Transport (MQTT) liWebSphere MQ liWebSphere MQ Everyplace (MQe) ul For this document where we do ...

Table of Contents | Previous | Next This chapter will introduce various aspects of messaging that are key to understanding how it is used in a Lotus Expeditor environment. 2.1. Introduction to Me

Table of Contents | Previous | Next In a broad sense, three styles of communication can be outlined: Conversational (or transaction oriented communication) is when two or more applications ar

Table of Contents | Previous | NextFrom a high-level point of view, a publish/subscribe system consists of: Publishers that generate messages containing information about a particular subject. The messages are sent to a broker. Subscribers that express an interest in messages ...

Table of Contents | Previous | Next The point-to-point model is a one-to-one model, in the sense that any message sent, by an application called a "message sender", can be read only by one receiving application, called a "message receiver". The destination of a point-to-point message is a queue. A ...

Table of Contents | Previous | Next Transport protocols are basically used to move data in a network, hence providing some level of transparency of the underlying network. In the messaging domain,

Table of Contents | Previous | NextThe Lotus Expeditor micro broker component is a small message broker that provides a messaging fabric for integrating various parts of a solution such as applications and small devices located at the edge of the network. A message broker ensures that messages ...

Table of Contents | Previous | Next Combinations of micro brokers, clients and bridges can be linked together in a number of ways. This section describes some of the common topologies that are used when linking components together. Single Tier The simplest combination of components is to ...

Table of Contents | Previous | Next This chapter will describe how to get started with developing applications using Lotus Expeditor and provide an overview of considerations for deploying applicati

Table of Contents | Previous | Next When developing messaging applications using the Lotus Expeditor micro broker, the Lotus Expeditor Client and the <a ...

Table of Contents | Previous | Next There are three primary scenarios for how to configure and use an SSL connection: Server authentication - When a client connects to the micro broker, the clien

Table of Contents | Previous | Next Authentication By default, the micro broker will use its own default JAAS login module to authenticate clients. The default module uses a simple password file (n

Table of Contents | Previous | Next It is recommended to first install the Lotus Expeditor Client, followed by the Toolkit. The Lotus Expeditor ...

Table of Contents | Previous | Next Import the sample Micro broker programs into your Eclipse workspace: Select File -> Import -> General -> Existing Projects into Workspace Select archive file Navigate to the samples directory: C:\Program Files\IBM Lotus ...

Table of Contents | Previous | Next The DesktopEE VM is the default VM installed with the Expeditor Desktop Client. The DesktopEE VM is an IBM-optimized subset of Java 5 that offers a smaller footprint and faster class loading than a standard JRE. If a full J2SE VM is required, this is ...

Table of Contents | Previous | Next The Lotus Expeditor Integrator toolkit can be installed from the following location relative to the installation location: ..\desktop\install\setup.exe. By default it is installed to C:\Program Files\IBM\Lotus\Integrator. This can be changed if required. After ...

Table of Contents | Previous | Next Creating a custom desktop platform When the Expeditor client is launched, a graphical user interface, called the Workbench, is displayed from which applications can be opened. Sometimes in a micro broker deployment, a graphical user interface is not ...

Table of Contents | Previous | Next JMS is a messaging standard that allows application components to exchange messages. The details about JMS are available in http://java.sun.com/products/jms/index.jsp The table below indicate the bundles that provide the JMS client feature for micro ...

Table of Contents | Previous | Next Two micro broker MQTT clients are provided in IBM Lotus Expeditor 6.2: MQTT client version-3 (or MQTTv3), whose protocol specification is public available at ht

Table of Contents | Previous | Next Lotus Expeditor can be managed using the Lotus Expeditor Server. The administration console for the DMS server is integrated with the WebSphere Administration console. ...