ADE Foundamentals

Question 1

Goals of ADE

Answer 1

Model-based development
Platform-specific code generation
Business logic focus
Simplified UI development
Use of recognised architectural patterns

Question 2

IBM Curam Development Lifecycle

Answer 2

Model -> Build -> Code -> Deploy & Test

Question 3

Curam Development Environment

Answer 3

SDEJ & CDEJ
Third party tools:
RSA
Eclipse
JDK standard & enterprise
Jakarta ANT
Apache TOMCAT
DB2/Oracle/H2

Question 4

Server Development Environment

Answer 4

Create UML in RSA
Generate EJB classes for Remote Interface Layer
Data Access classes for Data Access Layer
Entity classes for Business Object Layer
DDL/SQL to build the database
Developers write handcrafted code for business process logic

Question 5

Application Model

Answer 5

Domains - application specific data types
Entities - database tables and their access
Processes - application business logic
Facade - client-visible processes
Structs - holds data that is passed between methods

Question 6

Server handcrafted artifacts

Answer 6

Model - UML
Code - Java, SQL
Message Files - XML
Code tables - XML
DMX - XML
Workflow Definitions - XML
Rules - XML
Correspondence - XSL, XML & Word

Question 7

Server generated artifacts

Answer 7

Transactions, Security, Exception Handling, DDL, Web Services, Online & Batch processes

Question 8

Client Development Environment

Answer 8

Generators use model to create Server Access Beans classes (text helpers)
Developers create XML screen definitions (UI metadata)
Generators turn UIM into JSP
CSS for look & feel
JS for client functionality improvements

Question 9

Server Project Structure

Answer 9

components - source. At least 1 sub-folder
build/svr/gen - model generated artifacts
Model - RSA file storage
project (configuration & properties files)
buildlogs for logs

Question 10

core component

Answer 10

codetable
data
message
model
source
tab (only in OOTB, not in custom)

Question 11

Client project structure

Answer 11

components - where UIM & property files reside
build/classes - generated classes from a model
WebContent - most of the content of the web application, e.g. JSP
buildlogs
JavaSource
work (tomcat)

Question 12

List build files & targets

Answer 12

build.bat wraps build.xml in SDEJ & CDEJ
Calls SetEnvironment.bat
buildhelp.bat - all targets
-generated - generates and compiles code from a model
-implemented - compiles hand crafted code
-server - runs generated & then implemented
-database - XML -> DLL -> Database
-client - generates complete web application

Question 13

Sub-targets of generated target

Answer 13

model - extracts XML from a model and generates source code from XML
mssgen - generates source code and properties from the message definitions
ctgen - generates source code from a code table definitions
genpdtjava - generates java using PDT generator
compile.generated - compiles & jars generated source code

Question 14

Build error debugging

Answer 14

build [clean] generated
build database
Refresh server Eclipse and resolve warnings
build beandoc and refresh client Eclipse
Update UIM
build [clean] build
run StartServer
Start Tomcat