JBoss Enterprise SOA Platform Overview - Sérgio Casaleiro, EAI / SOA Architect & JBoss Certified Engineer - @Xpand IT Presentation during the live seminar JBoss@Portugal2013.

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Xpand IT – Passion for Excellence
JBoss SOA Platform
Sérgio Casaleiro (SOA Architect and Red Hat Certified Jboss Administrator)
Sergio.Casaleiro@Xpand-it.com

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OVERVIEW

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OVERVIEW

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FEATURES
• Combines integration, SOA and BPM technologies to automate
business processes
• The orchestration engine for both solutions uses declarative service
flow (BPEL) and human task management (jBPM)
• A RETE-based rules engine provides content-based routing, event
filtering, and event-based data manipulation in the form of business
rules services
• Built-in clustering JMS 1.1 certified broker
• Built-in UDDI v3 based registry (with auto-registration)
• Built-in JAX-WS certified web service stack
• Based on the JMX Microkernel with plug and play services

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FEATURES
• Light Footprint, Simple Installation
• Service-level load balancing and failover
• HTTP load balancing and failover with Apache HTTP Server and
mod_cluster/mod_jk
• Clustered Environment (EJBs, HTTP State …)
• Multiple Transport Protocols supported
• Apache Camel Gateway (80+ connectors)
• Content Based Routing (CBR)
• Message Transformation/Conversion Tools
• J2EE Connector Architecture(JCA) Container
• Platform Monitoring and Management with JBoss ON

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COMPONENTS

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ESB
• Decouple service providers and consumers
– Allow separation of concern (separation of business logic from
communication logic)
• Perform key ESB tasks:
– Transformation – Change format/protocol
– Routing – Message delivery
– Enhancement – Addition of data
• Logging/Event emission – Auditing and statistical
analysis

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ESB OVERVIEW

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ESB SERVICES
• ESB services definition:
– Provider – Protocol-specific point of entrance
– Channel (bus) – Connects Provider to Listener
– Service:
• Listener – Connect Service to Provider via Channel
• Actions – Provide message processing capabilities

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ESB SERVICES
• The services are message driven
• The messages inside the ESB are Transport Agnostic
• One Service may have multiple Providers
• Service Interface may be defined with XSD Schema
• Embedded Security Configuration per service
• Services defined in runtime changeable XML (with GUI)
• Service may be configured as Request/Response or OneWay
• Fault Processing Mechanism

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ESB PROVIDERS
• Providers act as protocol-specific gateways into ESB
– Define channels (or buses) for message transport and to which
service listeners can attach
• Two types: bus (push) and schedule (pull)

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ESB ACTION PIPELINE
• Runtime configurable Action Pipeline
• Reusable Actions

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BPM / ORCHESTRATION
• Service orchestration with WS-BPEL 2.0
• BPM Business Processes
– End to end Control and Monitoring
– Faster Changes in Business modeling
• Workflows with human interaction
• Long Running Processes
• BPMN 2.0 Support (BRMS Integration)

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WS-BPEL 2.0
• Service Orchestration

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jBPM
• Business Processes with human interaction

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DROOLS (RULES ENGINE)
• Declarative Rules

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DROOLS (RULES ENGINE)
• Decision Table Spreadsheets
– More business-user friendly
– Drools supports XLS or CSV files

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BENEFITS

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BENEFITS
• Achieves quicker return on investment (ROI)
• Realizes rapid time-to-SOA solution, adding significant
value to your business
• Increases developer productivity with the use of popular
enterprise integration frameworks
• Seamlessly connects non-interoperable systems

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BENEFITS
• The JBoss Enterprise SOA Platform offers process
automation through a variety of approaches, including
EAI and SOA
• Avoids vendor lock-in and significantly cut your total cost
of ownership (TCO)
• Provides software, support, and upgrades subscriptions
• High quality Support. JBoss leads in customer support
satisfaction. (Velociti Partners)

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Demo

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Demo Scenario

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