Message set editor

The Message set editor is the default editor provided by the Broker Application Development perspective for editing message set (messageSet.mset) files.

The editor is launched in the editor area when you open an existing message set file using the Resource Navigator or when you create a new message set file using the New Message Set File wizard.

Message set editor views

The Message set editor has the following views:

Resource Navigator view
The Resource Navigator shows a hierarchical view of all the resources that are currently in your workspace. By expanding the folder for a message set project, you can see the resources, including the message set file, that this message set project contains.
Editor view
You edit the properties of message set in the editor area of the Message set editor, which has a single tab, the Properties tab. This tab provides:
  • The Properties Hierarchy, which provides a hierarchy at three levels: Message set, Physical properties and Documentation.
  • The Details view, which displays the properties relating to the currently selected level in the Properties Hierarchy.

There are tabs across the top of the editor area for each file that you have open, so that you can quickly switch between them.

Tasks view
Each time you save a change within a message set project, the content is validated to ensure that the message model follows certain rules. Any informational, warning or error messages relating to the validation appear in the task list.

Properties Hierarchy functions

Right-click in the Properties Hierarchy to display the menu items available for the level of the hierarchy that you have currently selected:

  • Undo and Redo are available for all levels in the Properties Hierarchy and apply to changes that you make in the Details view. To undo a change that you have made to a message set file but not yet saved, click Undo. If you undo a change, you can reinstate it by clicking Redo.
  • For the Physical formats level, the Add Custom Wire Format, Add XML Wire Format, and Add Tagged/Delimited String Format menu items are available for adding physical format layers to a message set file.
  • Under Physical formats, the following menu items are available for the selected physical format layer:
    • Apply default physical format settings applies the default physical format settings to the selected physical format layer.
    • Rename renames the selected physical format layer for the message set file. Click Finish on the displayed window to confirm the change of name.
    • Delete deletes the selected physical format layer from the message set file. Click Finish on the displayed window to confirm the deletion.

Details view functions

You use the Details view to define and edit global properties for the message set, and create and edit properties for the physical format layers that you have added to the message set.

You create any required documentation for a message set in the Documentation field. Right-click in this field to display a menu of standard text editing menu items that apply specifically to this field and allow you to undo changes, cut, copy, paste and delete text, and select all the text in the field.

Related concepts
Message sets overview