While the What's new in Version 6.0? topic introduces you to the
main new function in WebSphere
Message Broker Version
6.0, this topic
introduces you to additional function that has been added in Message Brokers Toolkit Version
6.0.2.0. This version is compatible with any runtime component level.
- Add a node by dragging from the Resource Navigator
- You can add a message flow node to the canvas by dragging it from the
Resource Navigator, as described in Dragging a resource from the Resource Navigator.
- New categories for nodes on the node palette
- The nodes on the node palette have been organized into categories, as
shown in Message flow node palette. You can add the nodes that you
use most often into the Favorites category, either by dragging them, or using
the menu, as described in Adding nodes to the Favorites category on the palette.
- Editing node properties
- You can rename a node in the Message Flow editor when you add it to the
canvas, or you can rename it on the Description tab of the Properties view.
- When you double-click a node in the Message Flow editor, you open the
resource that is associated with that node; for example, if you double-click
a Mapping node, you open the New Message Map dialog box. When you double-click
a node that does not have a resource associated with it, you open the Properties
view for that node.
- You can choose to view and edit a node's properties either in the tabbed
Properties view beneath the Message Flow editor, or in the Properties dialog
box.
For more details, see Configuring a message flow node.
- Support for mapping MIME messages
- You can create message mappings for messages in the MIME message domain.
Select the MIME message domain for your message set, and create the message
mappings that you require. If you plan to create message mappings for messages
in the MIME domain, your messages must comply with the rules stated in the
following topics:
- Mapping enhancements
- The New Message Map wizard has been changed. You
must select the type of message map that you want to create and then select
the sources and targets for the message map. The options available in the New
Message Map wizard depend on the node you have selected or whether
you are creating a message map from the Broker Development view. For more
details see the following topics:
- You can no longer select to map headers in your message map from the New
Message Map wizard. Instead, you can now select to add the following
message headers and folders to your message map using the Add or
Remove Headers and Folders dialog:
- LocalEnvironment
- Properties
- MQ Headers
- HTTP Headers
- JMS Transport Header
Properties are included with the message body in a message map by default.
If you do not select to add the LocalEnvironment or any extra message headers
to your message map, the corresponding values are copied from the source message
to the target message automatically. For more details see, Mapping headers and folders.
You can also convert between a message map and a submap using the Add
or Remove Headers and Folders dialog as described in Converting a message map to a submap.
- A number of enhancements and changes have been made to mappings involving
databases:
- Two new dialogs have been added to the Message Mapping editor,
that, in addition to the Add Sources and Targets dialog,
can be used to add sources and targets to your message map. You can use the Add
Sources dialog to add Messages, Message Components and Data Sources
to your message map as sources. You can use the Add Targets dialog
to add Messages, Message Components and Data Targets to your message map as
targets. See the following topics for more information:
- You can drag sources and targets from the Broker Development view (formerly
Resource Navigator view) onto the Source and Target panes in your message
map. See the following topics for more information:
- Refreshing the contents of a broker archive
- Instead of having to remove resources from a broker archive and, having made required changes, add them back again, there is now an option in the Broker Archive editor that allows you to refresh the contents of a broker archive. You can also now view, and clear, the user and service logs from the Broker Archive editor.