1 Overview

The RIB is difficult to test as a stand-alone sub-system. It is part infrastructure and part application, and needs to have the integrating application end-points for even a simple installation. To aid in the initial installation, simulation, diagnosing and monitoring of the RIB infrastructure, various support tools have been provided, namely Deployment-env-info file editor, RIB API Simulators, RDMT, and FileIO.

RIB API Simulators aids in testing the integrity of the RIB infrastructure by stubbing out integrating retail applications. The JAVAEE -api-stub, simulates JAVAEE driven retail applications like SIM, RPM, and AIP. PL/SQL-api-stub, simulates PL/SQL driven retail applications like RMS, RFM, and RWMS.

FileIO is a JAVEE application that allows the user to publish and subscribe messages by using the file system. The user can publish by placing the message to be published in the defined location of the file system. Once the message is subscribed it is written to the file system. This approach of publishing can be majorly used to publish bulk messages.

The RIB Diagnostic and Monitoring Tool Kit (RDMT) is a collection of command line tools, written in UNIX shell script along with supporting Java classes packaged in jar files. The tool supports diagnostics and monitoring of RIB, at various phases namely installation, operation, production, test, support and AQ JMS support

The Oracle Retail Integration Bus (RIB) Deployment Configuration File Editor is an application for configuring the rib-deployment-env-info.xml file. The editor simplifies the alteration to the XML file by hiding the raw text form of XML. It provides an interface for adding, removing, and rearranging XML elements. It also provides an interface for editing the contents of elements.