Creating a message definition file

Before you start:

To complete this task, you must have completed the following tasks:

You must create a message definition file before you can create the message model objects. The message definition file contains the logical and physical model definitions of the objects in XML schema form.

To create an empty message definition file to contain your message model objects:

  1. Switch to the Broker Application Development perspective.
  2. Open the New Message Definition File wizard by clicking File > New > Message Definition File from the workbench menu. Alternatively, you can open the wizard by right-clicking the message set in the Resource Navigator that you are adding the message definition file to and clicking New > Message Definition File on the menu.
  3. In the displayed list of options, click Create a new message definition file then click Next.
  4. Step through the remainder of the wizard filling in the details as required.
The new empty message definition file with the name that you have specified and a file extension of *.mxsd opens in the Message Definition Editor so that you can use the editor to create your own message definitions. If you have selected to use a target namespace, a directory structure based on the URI that you have supplied is created. The new message definition file is placed within this directory structure, which appears in the Resource Navigator, Outline view and Overview editor.
Related concepts
Message modeling concepts
Message definition files
Message model objects
Related tasks
Adding message model objects
Working with message model objects
Importing data structures
Importing file systems into the workbench
Configuring physical properties
Related reference
Message definition file properties
Message model object properties
New message definition file wizard: Create a new message definition file