Batch File Listener on Jboss AS

Hi,

I have been trying to set up a batch file listener in jboss/T24 R11 (Model Bank) with no success.
The instructions I have, in summary are:
1. Create a t24ConnectionFactory in the t24-ds.xml
(I copied an existing one and changed the host and port numbers.)
<jndi-name>jca/t24ConnectionFactory</jndi-name>
<rar-name>tocfT24ra-ra.rar</rar-name>
<connection-definition>com.temenos.tocf.t24ra.T24ConnectionFactory</connection-definition>
<config-property name="hosts" type="java.lang.String">127.0.0.1</config-property>
<config-property name="ports" type="java.lang.String">9696</config-property>
....
<config-property name="envVariables" type="java.lang.String">OFS_SOURCE=BFL.PROCESS</config-property>

2. Create t24OFSQueue and t24OFSReplyQueue created in the t24-destinations-service.xml - Done
<mbean code="org.jboss.mq.server.jmx.Queue"
name="jboss.mq.destination:service=Queue,name=t24OFSQueue">
<depends optional-attribute-name="DestinationManager">jboss.mq:service=DestinationManager</depends>
</mbean>
<mbean code="org.jboss.mq.server.jmx.Queue"
name="jboss.mq.destination:service=Queue,name=t24OFSReplyQueue">
<depends optional-attribute-name="DestinationManager">jboss.mq:service=DestinationManager</depends>
</mbean>

3. Edit tcserver.xml present under the tocfplugin-ra.rar - Done (Left it as is. Looks like it was already well set up as per instructions)

4. Activate Listener in tocflistener-ejb.jar - Done. Again, no modifications, was ok as is

5: Start jagent and place file(s) in the OFS Request Folder (as set up in the listener config)

I put the file in the ofsrequest folder and the jboss log showed some activity:

13:09:09,615 INFO [STDOUT] 13:09:09,615 INFO [batchfilelistener] Processing
file 'C:\Temenos\ModelBank-R11\3rdParty\jboss\temp\sv\ofsrequests\ENQ3.tpr'

That's as far as it goes :(

However, the file was moved to the ofsresponse folder with the error "OFSERROR_TIMEOUT"

My concern is that there is nowhere in the setup files that I mention the connection factory that I set up in the t24-ds.xml.

In the (older) tcserver setup, at least in tcserver.xml you do mention the path to tSS and the OFS.SOURCE record to use. In the jboss/tocf setup, the connection is through jbase_agent. I think there should be a place where I mention at least the jdni name (jca/t24ConnectionFactory) for the listener to know which host, port and OFS.SOURCE record to use. Right??


Env: jboss 4.3 GA
jbase - TAFC R11
T24 - R11 Model Bank
OFS.SOURCE: BFL.PROCESS

SOURCE.NAME....... BFL.PROCESS

---

1 DESCRIPTION....... File Listener Process
2 SOURCE.TYPE....... TELNET
3. 1 LOGIN.ID....... ANY
14 LOG.DETAIL.LEVEL.. NONE
24 SYNTAX.TYPE....... OFS
26 GENERIC.USER...... INPUTTER

Hi jpb,
<!-- Adapter definition -->
<ADAPTER id="T24.BFL" type="TOCF" active="true">
<MAX_SESSION>5</MAX_SESSION>
<MIN_SESSION>5</MIN_SESSION>
<TIMEOUT>60</TIMEOUT>
</ADAPTER>

<!-- Listener definition -->
<LISTENER id="BFL" type="batchfilelistener" active="true">
<ADAPTERID>T24.BFL</ADAPTERID>
<DIR_IN>C:\Temenos\ModelBank-R11\3rdParty\jboss\temp\sv\ofsrequests</DIR_IN>
<DIR_OUT>C:\Temenos\ModelBank-R11\3rdParty\jboss\temp\sv\ofsresponses</DIR_OUT>
<DIR_ERR>C:\Temenos\ModelBank-R11\3rdParty\jboss\temp\sv\ofserrors</DIR_ERR>
<MAX_PROCESS>0</MAX_PROCESS>
<EXTENSION_INDEX>idx</EXTENSION_INDEX>
<EXTENSION_TOPROCESS>tpr</EXTENSION_TOPROCESS>
<EXTENSION_PROCESSED>pro</EXTENSION_PROCESSED>
<EXTENSION_ERROR>err</EXTENSION_ERROR>
<EXTENSION_RESPONSE>rsp</EXTENSION_RESPONSE>
<REQ_SEPARATOR>lf</REQ_SEPARATOR>
<SORT_DIRECTORY>true</SORT_DIRECTORY>
<DELETE_SOURCE>true</DELETE_SOURCE>
</LISTENER>

You can see here we dont define the connection to T24. Or the OFS.SOURCE parameter to use. This is what I believe I am missing - if I knew where to make the link between the two

The steps I posted are actually from Temenos helpdesk. And usually the model bank comes preconfigured with most of these.

I just cant see where I went wrong

Yes. batchfilelistener.jar and filelistener.jar (among many others) are in the tocfplugin-ra.rar, which is where the tcserver.xml is now located

This wont work because the T24 instance is on a separate (Linux) server.

Jboss will be running on a separate machine. The whole point of TOCF was for the connectivity be via the jbase agent as opposed to tSS

Maybe you find some help here : //t24e.com/forum/index.php?action=blog;sa=view_post&id=517;blog_name=how-to

Thank you for the link, Armin. The link, however, is for setting up browser (which uses message listener as opposed to filelistener) environment - using JMS (again, as opposed to AGENT, which is much easier to set up.)

I was hoping there is someone out (t)here who has a working environment utilising TOCF file and bacth file listeners on jboss. It doesn't necessarily have to be on jboss though; Websphere, etc can suffice since the initial setup will be similar irrespective of the AS, I presume.

My concern is that there is nowhere in the setup files that I mention the connection factory that I set up in the t24-ds.xml.

This because you are relying on the preexisting connection factory which is already made available to be used for such setups.

Go to jboss\server\default\deploy\tocfee.ear\tocfOFSmessage-ejb.jar\META-INF\jboss.xml and you will find your connection factory smiling at you.

Since you already mention that you have followed all the procedure to setup the connection, just check if your OFS SOURCE is faithful enough to you.

From jShell, type
->tSS BFL.PROCESS

Now shoot some OFS messages and expect not to be shouted back at.

Thank you @jpb for the TCSP link.

The document(s) I was following were missing the OFSMessage-ejb editing stage.

I can happily report that I am now sorted. Thank you so much!!