The unit of deployment to the broker is the broker
archive or bar file.
The bar file is a compressed file that can contain a number of different
files:
- A .cmf file for each message flow. This file is a
compiled version of the message flow. You can have any number of these files
within your bar file.
- A .dictionary file for each message
set dictionary. You can have any number of these files within your bar file.
- A broker.xml file. This file is called the broker
deployment descriptor. You can have only one of these files within
your bar file. This file, in XML format, resides in the META-INF folder
of the compressed file and can be modified using a text editor or shell script.
- Any number of XML files (.xml) and style
sheets (.xsl files) for use with the XSLTransform node.
- Any number of JAR files for use with the JavaCompute node.
- As a compressed file archive, the broker archive file can also contain
any additional files you need. For example, you might want
to include Java™ source files for future reference.
To deploy XML, XSL, and
JAR files inside a broker archive, the connected Configuration Manager and
target broker must be Version 6.0 or later.