Occasions might arise when you want to access a service with Java™ interfaces from a component that can only support WSDL references. However, you cannot directly draw a wire from a WSDL-typed reference to a Java component or a stateless session bean EJB import that has a Java interface. As well, most component implementations do not allow Java-typed references. The assembly editor provides an easy way of overcoming this difficulty.
About this task
Most components in the assembly diagram use WSDL interfaces and references. If such a component needs to call a Java component or a stateless session bean EJB import that has a Java interface, you will not be able to wire the source component's WSDL reference directly to the session bean import that has the Java interface. However, IBM® Integration Designer allows you to drag a Java class or a stateless session bean onto the assembly editor canvas as a component or import, respectively. The editor then provides the option to generate a facade map component with a Java reference and a WSDL interface to make it easy for you to complete the wiring.
For technical information about the generation process and transforms, see "SCA to Java bridge" and "Java to XML conversion" from the related links below.
Here are the step-by-step instructions:
Procedure
- In the Business Integration view, locate the existing Java implementation or stateless session bean that you want to use.
- Drag your Java object into your assembly diagram. A Java class becomes a component when it is dropped on the canvas. A stateless session bean becomes an import.
- You are prompted to create a facade map component. Click Yes. A facade map component with a WSDL interface and an equivalent Java reference
is created. This facade map component automatically converts the incoming
event for the WSDL interface to the equivalent Java outgoing event sent to the service
wired to its reference. The following detail from the assembly diagram shows
a facade map component, Bridge, that is wired to a stateless session bean
import, SLSBImport:
- Draw a wire from the business process component to the WSDL interface
of the bridge component in the assembly. The editor creates a matching
WSDL reference on the BusinessProcess component to complete the bridge. The
facade map component does not contain any business logic; it just enables
a connection between the Java interface and the WSDL reference. The
following assembly diagram shows that the BusinessProcess component is wired
through the Bridge component to the SLSBImport Java import:
