Adding message flows to a broker archive

The following steps show you how to add message flow projects to a broker archive (bar) file from the Broker Administration perspective in the Content editor.

  1. Double-click your bar file in the Broker Administration Navigator view to open it. The contents of the bar file are shown in the Content editor (currently empty).
  2. Click the Add icon.
  3. Check the boxes for the message flows that you want to include.
  4. If you want to include your message flow source files, check the Include message flow source box.
    Note: You can only add message flows at the project level. However, once you have added the project to the bar file, you can use the Remove icon to remove individual message flows or message definitions, if required. Likewise, if you select only some of the message flows in a project and check the Include message flow source box, the source for all the message flows in the project is included, not just the ones selected. You can manually remove the source files for the message flows that you do not want. If there is a parent flow and subflow displayed in the Add dialogue, subflows are added automatically, so you only have to add the parent flow.
  5. Click OK.
A list of the files that you have added to your bar file is displayed in the Content editor. The main files that are needed for deployment are:
  • A .cmf file for each message flow. This is a compiled version of the message flow. You can have any number of these files within your bar file.
  • A file named <filename>.dictionary. This is your 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.

A number of other files might also be displayed. You can choose not to display the source files by clearing the Show source files box at the bottom of the Content editor pane.

Related concepts
Message flow application deployment
Broker archive file

Related tasks
Creating a new broker archive file
Deploying a broker archive file
Deploying message flow applications

Related reference
Broker Archive editor
Broker Administration perspective