Key Features

iIT version 8.0.2 introduces the Queue (In) and Queue (Out) objects, which enable quick access to all of the queuing protocols supported by iWay. These objects provide selectable actions for queue interaction and take advantage of the Configuration setting, which can be used across multiple queues.

iIT version 8.0.2 introduces the following set of objects for big data integration:

• Apache HBase
• Apache HDFS
• Avro File

These objects provide quick access to these services, which simplifies integration for your big data applications. These objects can be accessed under the Big Data Connectors category in the Object palette of the process flow designer, as shown in the following image.

iIT version 8.0.2 introduces a new Internet of Things (IoT) connector. The IOT object connector enables your application to interact with CoAP, MQTT, and zeroMQ protocols for message exchange. This enables your application to exchange data with any devices that are configured to use these protocols and other IoT-enabled platforms.

CoAP (Constrained Application Protocol) is an application layer protocol widely used in resource-constrained devices, such as wireless sensor nodes.

MQTT (Message Queuing Telemetry Transport) enables a publish/subscribe messaging model in an extremely lightweight way. It is utilized for connections where a small code footprint is required and/or network bandwidth is at a premium.

ZeroMQ is a high performance asynchronous network protocol used in distributed or concurrent applications.

iIT version 8.0.2 introduces connectors for Redis, Amazon S3, and DynamoDB. These connectors provide your application with native access to non-structures, in-memory, and cloud-based data sources. This enables your integration applications to have a wider reach across different data sources and easily integrate modern data sources with legacy applications.

Redis is an open source, in-memory data store that delivers sub-millisecond response times enabling millions of requests per second to power real-time.

Amazon DynamoDB is a fully managed proprietary NoSQL database service that supports key-value and document data structures and is offered by Amazon.com as part of the Amazon Web Services (AWS) portfolio.

Amazon S3 is a cloud computing web service offered by AWS. Amazon S3 provides object storage through web services interfaces.

These connectors can be accessed under the AWS Connectors category in the Object palette of the process flow designer.

iIT version 8.0.2 introduces the Data Flow object. The Data Flow object replaces the prior Data Integration (also known as RTDR) object from iWay 7x platforms. The functional feature set is the same as the prior Data Integration object, but takes advantage of the configurations available in iWay 8. The Data Flow object enables you to read data through SQL, perform any subsequent operations (such as data enrichment), and then loop back to the Data Flow Object, which will execute the SQL Insert. The object is used to replicate data sets with possible data updates.

iIT version 8.0.2 introduces the Legacy Adapters section in the process flow designer. This enables you to configure access to the CICS and IMS adapters directly in the process flow designer, without having to navigate to the iWay Explorer or any other area in iIT.

iIT version 8.0.2 introduces the Iterator object, which has been updated to include all of the available iterators on the iWay integration platform. The Iterator object enables an application to loop through the sections in a document, until a specified condition is met, or while a specified condition exists. You can select from an array of available iterators that also support different data formats (for example, XML and JSON) to meet your application requirements.

iIT version 8.0.2 introduces the API Explorer, which is located in the iWay Explorer as the APIs node. The API Explorer enables you to observe all of the available APIs that are running in your environment and the ability to invoke the API endpoints. Details on where the API is running (full URL) are provided, including header and query parameters, which are expected by the API call. For the actions that can accept request documents, you can provide the request document to be used for the test execution. The response from the test execution is displayed in the Console tab and shows exactly what is returned by the API.

The example in the following image shows the execution of the Company POST endpoint, which accepts company information as input and updates the underlying repository.

The example in the following image shows the execution of the Company GET endpoint, which accepts a company ID as a parameter (companyid) and returns company information based on the ID.

iWay version 8.0.2 introduces additional security settings to enable SSL for the SOAP1 component, which is used for internal communication between iWay design time and runtime environments (deploying components and executing test runs on the server). Configuration settings for the SOAP1 component are located in the iSM Administration Console (under Server and the Settings section in the left pane), as shown in the following image.