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Preface

• Audience
• Documentation Accessibility
• Related Documents
• Customer Support
• Improved Process for Oracle Retail Documentation Corrections
• 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
  • Integration Gateway Services (IGS)
    • IGS Interfaces
    • Integration to IGS
    • IGS Deployment Considerations
• Simple Message Flow
• The RIB Hospital
  • RIB Hospital Dependency Check
  • RIB Hospital Insert
  • RIB Hospital Tables
  • RIB Hospital Retry
    • PUB Retry Adapter
    • Hospital Attempt (Retry) Count
    • JMS Delivery Count

4 Oracle Retail Application APIs

• PL/SQL Stored Procedure APIs
  • Oracle CLOB APIs
    • RIB_XML and RIB_SXW Database Packages
  • Oracle Object APIs
    • RIB Related Database Tables
  • Detail Architecture - PL/SQL Apps
• Oracle Retail Java EE APIs
  • Detail Architecture Java EE Apps
• Oracle Retail SOAP APIs
• 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
• Pre-implementation Considerations for Multibyte Deployments
• Error Hospital Size
• 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)
  • WebLogic Server Cluster Concepts
  • rib-<app> application and WebLogic 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 Monitoring

• Monitoring the RIB at Run Time
• Instance and Central Repository
• Monitoring Data as XML
• Push Versus Pull
• Service Interfaces
• Deployment Considerations
• What is an Event?
• How are Event Count and Messages Count Related?
• Adapter Events
• Application Events
• Event Collection Schedule
• Publisher Versus Subscriber Events
• TAFR Instrumentation
• Data Retention
• Metrics Definitions
  • Event Counts
  • Adapter Execution Time
  • API Execution Time
  • Adapter Status
  • Commits and Rollbacks
  • CPU and Memory
  • Error Hospital Metrics
  • Server Status
  • RIB Application Status
• JMS Console Metrics
• Monitoring Services
• Application Services
• Integration Services
• JMS Console Services
• Caching and Expiration of Data
• Updates to Functional Artifact Deployment
• Turning Off Monitoring
• Troubleshooting the Monitoring Framework
• Role of RIC
• Role of JMS Console
• Performance Considerations
• Dependency
• Security (Monitoring Services)
• External Application Integration

11 Integration with Fusion Middleware

• General RIB to Fusion Middleware Architecture
  • General Process of Integration
  • Configure FWM JMS Adapter to RIB AQ JMS

12 RIB Customization/Extension

• Prerequisites for RIB Customization
  • Rules for Customization
• 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
    • Additional Rules
    • 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 Subscriber 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
• Adding a New rib-<app>
  • Adding a new PLSQL rib-<app>
  • Adding a New JavaEE rib-<app>
  • Adding a New SOAP rib-<app>
• 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
• Prerequisites for RIB Localization

A External LDAP Configuration

• Introducing the Oracle Internet Directory (OID)
• Introducing the Microsoft Active Directory (AD)
• Architecture Overview
• Configuring the Oracle Internet Directory (OID) as an Authentication Provider in WebLogic
• Verifying the Oracle Internet Directory (OID) Configuration
• Configuring Active Directory (AD) as an Authentication Provider in WebLogic
• Verifying the Active Directory (AD) Configuration

B Sample Data from RIB App Monitoring Service

C Sample Data from Integration Monitoring Service