You can create and modify collaborations, connectors, business objects,
maps, and relationships. Development tools are used for creating and
configuring the system components in a development environment, before the
system is made live for production. These tools are described in more
detail in the Implementation Guide for WebSphere InterChange
Server, and in the development guides for different components. Table 3 lists and describes some of the software tools
available in a development environment.
Audience
| Tool
| Description
|
Collaboration developers
|
Process Designer
| A graphical tool with which you can define
collaboration templates. For more information about Process Designer
and how to develop collaborations, see the Collaboration Development
Guide.
|
Collaboration and map developers
|
Test Environment and
Virtual Test Connector
| Provides an environment in which you can test business integration
interfaces you have developed. Provides graphical interfaces to emulate
connectors, start the required components, and examine business object
data. For more information about Test Environment and how to test
collaborations, maps, and connectors, see the Implementation Guide for
WebSphere InterChange Server.
|
Connector developers
|
Connector Configurator
| Used for adding application-specific properties to a
connector definition, for setting property values, and for configuring the
connector definition with its business objects and maps. For more
information about Connector Configurator and how to develop connectors, see
the Connector Development Guide for Java or the Connector
Development Guide for C++.
|
Map developers
|
Map Designer
| A graphical tool that specifies data transformations. For more
information about Map Designer and how to develop
maps, see the Map Development Guide.
|
Map developers
|
Relationship Designer
| A graphical tool that defines relationships between types of
objects. These relationships are important in mapping, for example, to
specify the relationship between one type of business object and
another. For more information about Relationship Designer and how to
develop relationships, see the Map Development Guide
|
Business Object Developers
|
Business Object Designer
| A forms-based interface used for creating business object definitions
both manually and from Object Discovery Agents (ODAs). For more
information about Business Object Designer and how to design business object
definitions, see the Business Object Development Guide.
|
Business Object Developers
|
Object Discovery Agent Development Kit (ODK)
| An API that facilitates creation of Object Discovery Agents
(ODAs). ODAs identify business object requirements specific to a data
source and to generate definitions from those requirements. For more
information about Business Object Designer and how to develop Object Discovery
Agents (ODAs), see the Business Object Development Guide
|
All Developers
|
Benchmarking wizard
| The benchmarking tool enables you to test various IBM WebSphere
components, interfaces, and systems to measure their throughput. The
benchmarking tool is accessed through System Manager. For more
information about the Benchmarking wizard, see the Benchmarking
Guide.
|