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TIBCO Business Studio

The TIBCO ActiveMatrix development tools consist of TIBCO Business Studio and a set of ActiveMatrix plug-ins. For introductory information on TIBCO Business Studio, refer to the Workbench User Guide in the TIBCO Business Studio online help. To view the online help, select Help > Help Contents.

Figure 5 TIBCO Business Studio Main Window

The screen contains the following area and views:

•	Menu   See Help > Help Contents > Workbench User Guide.

•	Tool bar  See Help > Help Contents > Workbench User Guide.

•	Project Explorer  Displays a tree containing all the project resources such as project folders, shared resource definition files, WSDL files, composite files, service assembly files, and so on.

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Editor  Displays editors for the objects currently being edited. You switch between editors by clicking tabs at the top of the Editor area. The Composite Editor contains a canvas on which you can drop elements and a palette that organizes the elements that you can add to the composite. Other editors allow you to configure shared resources and service assemblies.

•	Outline  Provides a overview of the Composite Editor canvas. You can easily navigate from one part of a composite to another.

The Outline view also displays a content tree structure that contains the composite element inside the composite. In this view you can delete the contents of the composite. When you select a composite element in the Outline tree, the corresponding artifact in the composite becomes selected.

•	Views  Displays under the Editor Area. Contains the following views:

−	Properties  Displays property sheets for editing composites and composite elements. When you select a composite or composite element in the Composite Editor canvas, this view shows the properties of the selected object in a vertical tabbed notebook.

−	Problems  Displays validation and other errors.

−	Registries  Lists UDDI registries and the WSDL files returned from searching a registry.

You open a view by selecting Window > Show View > View.

ActiveMatrix Resource Wizard

The starting point for creating all types of ActiveMatrix projects and assets is the ActiveMatrix Resource Wizard. The resource wizard allows you to select wizards to create:

•	Adapter service engine projects

•	ActiveMatrix sample projects

•	ActiveMatrix SOA projects

•	Composites

•	Mediation flows

•	Service assemblies

Composite Element Editors

Composite elements are configured in property sheets accessed through the Properties view.

Figure 6 shows the an example of the Properties view.

Figure 6 Component Property Sheet

Debugger

The TIBCO Business Studio debugger provides a testing environment for stepping through composite elements and determining the sources of errors. Figure 7 shows the debugger in the process of debugging a sample HelloWorld composite. Breakpoints have been set before and after the Java component executes, and the debugger is stopped at the before breakpoint. In the Variables view on the top-right, the value of the request is being examined.

Figure 7 Debug

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Service Assembly Editor

In order to be deployed, composites must be transformed into service units and service assemblies. Figure 8, shows a sample service assembly editor view.

Figure 8 Service Assembly Editor

 

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