•  Preface
  • Purpose
  • Audience
  • Organization
  •  Using this manual
    • References to ABL compiler and run-time features
    • References to ABL data types
  • Typographical conventions
  •  OpenEdge messages
    • Obtaining more information about OpenEdge messages
•  Application and Integration Services in OpenEdge
  •  What are application and integration services?
    •  Services and service-oriented architecture
      • Interaction with a service
      • Services—the basis for SOA
    •  Application and integration services in OpenEdge
      • Application service support
      • Integration service support
      • Services foundations in OpenEdge
  •  What is distributed application computing?
    • Partitioning of an application
    • N-tier model
  •  A comparison of computing models
    • Traditional two-tier model
    •  OpenEdge distributed application computing models
      • Logical three-tier model
      • Physical n-tier model
•  OpenEdge Application Server Architecture
  • OpenEdge Application Server overview
  •  Understanding the AppServer
    • AppServer architecture
    • Further information on the AppServer
  •  AppServer clients overview
    • ABL clients
    • OpenEdge Open Clients
    • Web service clients
  • AppServer adapters overview
  •  Understanding WebSpeed
    • WebSpeed architecture
    • Further information on WebSpeed
  •  Unified Broker framework
    • AdminServer
    • OpenEdge Management or OpenEdge Explorer
    • Command-line utilities
    • The ubroker.properties file
•  AppServer for OpenEdge Applications
  • Application partitioning
  • Reasons to partition
  •  How does a remote procedure execute?
    • The concept of separate sessions
  •  Connection-based model
    • Physical connections
    • Physical connection components
    • Physical connection IDs
    • Logical connections (bindings)
    •  Logical connection components
      • Web service clients and logical connections
      • Using a single AppServer instance in the connection
      • Using multiple AppServer instances in the connection
    • Connecting an AppServer or application service
    • Disconnecting an AppServer or application service
  •  Configurations
    • Multiple client applications connected to one AppServer
    • Client applications connected to multiple AppServers
    • AppServers connected to one another
  •  Connection process
    • Application services
    •  Assigning application service names
      • Fault-tolerant and load-balanced AppServer support
      • Default service
      • Connection operation
•  OpenEdge Open Clients
  •  Overview of the Open Client object model
    • Client interface format
    • Definition of the client interface
  • Overview of the Open Client Toolkit
•  AppServer Internet Adapter
  • General architecture
  •  Using the AppServer Internet Adapter with HTTP
    • Supported client platforms
    • Supported server platforms
  • Using the AppServer Internet Adapter with HTTPS
  •  How clients use HTTPS
    • Supported client platforms
    • Supported server platforms
  • AppServer Internet Adapter and proxy servers
•  Web Services—Architecture and Tools
  •  What Web services are and how they are used
    • Web services and the telephone system
    • Earlier attempts to standardize interoperability
    •  Standard Web services architecture
      • Web services client
      • Run-time process
      • Design and development process
      • Application servers
      • HTTP/S
      • SOAP
      • WSDL
    • Web services in action
    •  Who works with Web services?
      • Web service developers
      • Deployers
      • Client developers
    •  When to use a Web service
      • Flexibility and integration
      • Adaptability and longevity
  • OpenEdge support for consuming Web services
  • OpenEdge support for producing Web services
  •  Benefits of producing Web services using OpenEdge
    • Support for industry standards
    • Language and platform independence
    • Opportunities for reusing ABL business logic
    • Standard, well-defined, and flexible client interface model
    • More consistent client development model
  • OpenEdge Web services architecture
  •  Tools for building and managing OpenEdge Web services
    • Web service development tools
    • WSA configuration and Web service deployment tools
    • Client development tools
    •  Run-time tools
      • Run-time tools and the Web service URL
      • WSA as a run-time tool
      • Tools for testing and debugging
    • Security tools
    • Integrated Web services tool set
•  OpenEdge Messaging and ESB
  •  OpenEdge Adapter for SonicMQ
    • ABL-JMS API
    •  OpenEdge Adapter for SonicMQ architecture
      • OpenEdge Adapter for SonicMQ ClientConnect
      • OpenEdge Adapter for SonicMQ ServerConnect
      • OpenEdge Adapter for SonicMQ BrokerConnect
  •  OpenEdge Adapter for Sonic ESB
    •  Native Invocation methodology
      • Declarative vs. non-declarative approach
      • Annotations
      • .esboe files
    •  Web Service Invocation methodology
      • WSM files
      • WSDL files
    • Sonic Management Console
    • Sonic ESB container
    • SonicMQ container
    • SonicMQ Broker
    • AppServer
    • OpenEdge services—usage and management
•  WebSpeed
  • Introduction to WebSpeed
  • Advantages of WebSpeed
  •  WebSpeed components
    • WebSpeed Messenger
    • NameServer
    •  WebSpeed Transaction Server
      • WebSpeed broker
      • WebSpeed agent
    •  WebSpeed Workshop
      • AppBuilder
      • WebTools
      • SpeedScript
      • JavaScript
    • Progress Developer Studio for OpenEdge
    •  Configuration and management utilities
      • OpenEdge Management or OpenEdge Explorer
      • Command-line utilities
      • SpeedStart
  • How WebSpeed handles a request