This topic is an overview of the tasks involved in programming
a mediation. Typically, the mediation code is written by a programmer,
and is then deployed and administered by an integrator.
Before you begin
Code examples for writing a mediation are provided at Adding mediation function to handler code.
The following
application programming interfaces are provided for you to work with
messages:
- SIMessage API allows you to manipulate the contents of the message.
- SIMediationSession API provides access to the service integration
bus so that your mediation can send and retrieve messages.
Mediations are deployed using the Application Server Toolkit.
About this task
The tasks for programming a mediation are:
- Developing
- Writing a mediation by adding functional code to a mediation handler.
- Deploying
- Adding a mediation to a mediation handler list, and deploying
it.
- Administering
- Associating a mediation handler with a destination (optional),
and configuring the parameters to be used by the mediation handler
at runtime.
Take the following steps to program a mediation:
Procedure
- Create a mediation handler. For more information, see Writing a mediation handler.
- Add mediation function code to your
mediation handler. For more information, see Adding mediation function to handler code.
- Working with
the message payload, for example for logging messages within a mediation.
For more information, see Working with the message payload.
- Use the Application Server Toolkit deployment wizard to
create a handler list, add your mediation handler to the list, and
deploy the handler list as an Enterprise Archive (EAR file). See the
Application Server Toolkit information center for information about
how to do this.