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Preface

• Audience
• Related Documents
• Customer Support
• Review Patch Documentation
• Oracle Retail Documentation on the Oracle Technology Network
• Conventions

1 Introduction

2 Standards and Specifications

• Java Platform Enterprise Edition (Java EE)
  • Java EE Server
• Java Message Service (JMS)
  • JMS Provider
• Java Management Extensions (JMX)

3 Core Concepts

• Key Functional Requirements
  • Guaranteed Once-and-Only-Once Successful Delivery
  • Preservation of Publication Sequence
• Message Family and Message Types
  • Foundation Messages
  • Transactional Messages
• RIB Message Envelope and Payloads
• Message Life Cycle
• Messaging Components
  • RIB Subsystem Components
    • Adapters
    • JMS Domains, Destinations, Subscriptions
    • JMS Message Selector
    • Additional RIB JMS Message Properties
• Simple Message Flow
• The RIB Hospital
  • RIB Hospital Dependency Check
  • RIB Hospital Insert
  • RIB Hospital Tables
  • RIB Hospital Retry
    • Hospital Attempt (Retry) Count

4 Oracle Retail Application APIs

• PL/SQL Stored Procedure APIs
  • Oracle CLOB APIs
    • RIB_XML and RIB_SXW Database Packages
  • Oracle Object API's
    • RIB Related Database Tables
  • Detail Architecture - PL/SQL Apps
• Oracle Retail Java EE APIs
  • Detail Architecture JavaEE Apps
• API Return Status Codes
  • PL/SQL GETNEXT Return Codes
  • PUB_RETRY Return Codes
  • CONSUME Return Code

5 Pre-Implementation Considerations

• RIB Software Lifecycle Management
• Centralized Configuration and Management
• Physical Location Considerations
• JMS Server Considerations
  • Using Multiple JMS Servers
  • Oracle Streams AQ JMS
• High Availability Considerations
  • Oracle Database Cluster (RAC) Concepts
  • rib-<app> application and Oracle Database Cluster (RAC)
  • Oracle Application Server Cluster Concepts
  • rib-<app> application and Oracle Application Server Cluster

6 Deployment Architecture and Options

• Recommended Deployment Options
• Distributed Deployment Alternative
  • Advantages
  • Disadvantages
  • Who Should Use This Configuration?
• Centralized Deployment Alternative
  • Advantages
  • Disadvantages
  • Who should use this Configuration?
• Conclusions

7 Implementation Process

• Implementation Verification and Validation
  • Implementation Environment Verification
  • Integration Environment Testability

8 Performance

• Performance Factors
• Performance and Parallel Logical Channels

9 Security

• RIB Application Administrators Security Domain
• RIB System Administrators Security Domain

10 Integration with Fusion Middleware

• General RIB to Fusion Middleware Architecture
  • General Process of Integration
  • Example - Configure FWM JMS Adapter to RIB AQJMS
    • Create the Resource Provider
    • Configure a JMS Connection Factory
    • Configure the FMW JMS Adapter

11 RIB Customization/Extension

• Prerequisites
• General Customization Rules
• Message Family and Message Type Customization
  • Adding a New Message Type
  • Message Flows with PL/SQL Applications
    • Procedure for Adding a New Message Type for PL/SQL Applications
  • Message Flows with Java EE Applications
    • Procedure for Adding a New Message Type for Java EE Applications
• Creating a New Message Family
  • Procedure for Adding a New Message Family
• Adding New Adapters
  • Adding the Custom Adapter to the rib-integration-flows.xml File
    • Procedure for Adding the Flow to the rib-integration-flows.xml File
• Adding a Publishing Adapter for PL/SQL Applications
  • Procedure for Adding a Publishing Adapter for PL/SQL Applications
• Adding a Publishing Adapter for Java EE Applications
  • Procedure for Adding a Publishing Adapter for Java EE Applications
• Adding a Subscribing Adapter for PL/SQL Applications
  • Procedure for Adding a New Subscribing Adapter for a PL/SQL Application
• Adding a Subscribing Adapter for Java EE Applications
  • Procedure for Adding a New Subscribing Adapter for a Java EE Application
• Custom TAFR Adapters
  • TAFR Considerations
    • Transformation
    • Filtering Configuration
    • Routing
  • Adding a New TAFR Adapter
    • Procedure for Adding a New TAFR Adapter
  • Custom TAFR Implementation
    • Procedure for Completing Custom TAFR Implementation
  • Changing an Existing TAFR Adapter
    • Procedure for Changing an Existing TAFR Adapter
• Verification of RIB Customizations
  • Verifying the New Message Type
  • Verifying the New Message Family
  • Verifying the New Publishing Adapter
  • Verifying the New Subscribing Adapter
  • Verifying the New TAFR Adapter
• Payload Customization
  • Prerequisites
  • Recommendations
  • Adding Optional Elements to Payloads
  • Adding a New Payload