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2024-05-14T06:26:00.000-07:00

Anaconda Python Intstall MySQL Client ERROR RESOLVED .... DAMN Python Prompt... ANACONDA IS THE REAL PYTHON

2020-01-20T16:37:00.001-08:00

Install MySQL Client for python

Tried and got below errors

Microsoft Visuall C++ Issues and some other issues unheard of

Being a Python Newbie and having already installed Anaconda tried

(base) C:\WINDOWS\system32>conda install -c anaconda mysql-connector-python
Collecting package metadata (current_repodata.json): done
Solving environment: |
The environment is inconsistent, please check the package plan carefully
The following packages are causing the inconsistency:

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failed with initial frozen solve. Retrying with flexible solve.
Solving environment: failed with repodata from current_repodata.json, will retry with next repodata source.
Collecting package metadata (repodata.json): done
Solving environment: \
The environment is inconsistent, please check the package plan carefully
The following packages are causing the inconsistency:

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- defaults/win-64::navigator-updater==0.2.1=py37_0
- defaults/win-64::nbconvert==5.6.0=py37_1
- defaults/win-64::nbformat==4.4.0=py37_0
- defaults/noarch::networkx==2.3=py_0
- defaults/win-64::nltk==3.4.5=py37_0
- defaults/win-64::nose==1.3.7=py37_2
- defaults/win-64::notebook==6.0.1=py37_0
- defaults/win-64::numba==0.45.1=py37hf9181ef_0
- defaults/win-64::numexpr==2.7.0=py37hdce8814_0
- defaults/win-64::numpy==1.16.5=py37h19fb1c0_0
- defaults/win-64::numpy-base==1.16.5=py37hc3f5095_0
- defaults/noarch::numpydoc==0.9.1=py_0
- defaults/win-64::olefile==0.46=py37_0
- defaults/noarch::openpyxl==3.0.0=py_0
- defaults/noarch::packaging==19.2=py_0
- defaults/win-64::pandas==0.25.1=py37ha925a31_0
- defaults/win-64::pandocfilters==1.4.2=py37_1
- defaults/noarch::parso==0.5.1=py_0
- defaults/noarch::partd==1.0.0=py_0
- defaults/noarch::path.py==12.0.1=py_0
- defaults/win-64::pathlib2==2.3.5=py37_0
- defaults/win-64::patsy==0.5.1=py37_0
- defaults/win-64::pep8==1.7.1=py37_0
- defaults/win-64::pickleshare==0.7.5=py37_0
- defaults/win-64::pillow==6.2.0=py37hdc69c19_0
- defaults/win-64::pkginfo==1.5.0.1=py37_0
- defaults/win-64::pluggy==0.13.0=py37_0
- defaults/win-64::ply==3.11=py37_0
- defaults/win-64::powershell_shortcut==0.0.1=2
- defaults/noarch::prometheus_client==0.7.1=py_0
- defaults/noarch::prompt_toolkit==2.0.10=py_0
- defaults/win-64::psutil==5.6.3=py37he774522_0
- defaults/win-64::py==1.8.0=py37_0
- defaults/win-64::py-lief==0.9.0=py37ha925a31_2
- defaults/win-64::pycodestyle==2.5.0=py37_0
- defaults/win-64::pycosat==0.6.3=py37hfa6e2cd_0
- defaults/win-64::pycparser==2.19=py37_0
- defaults/win-64::pycrypto==2.6.1=py37hfa6e2cd_9
- defaults/win-64::pycurl==7.43.0.3=py37h7a1dbc1_0
- defaults/win-64::pyflakes==2.1.1=py37_0
- defaults/noarch::pygments==2.4.2=py_0
- defaults/win-64::pylint==2.4.2=py37_0
- defaults/win-64::pyodbc==4.0.27=py37ha925a31_0
- defaults/win-64::pyopenssl==19.0.0=py37_0
- defaults/noarch::pyparsing==2.4.2=py_0
- defaults/win-64::pyqt==5.9.2=py37h6538335_2
- defaults/win-64::pyreadline==2.1=py37_1
- defaults/win-64::pyrsistent==0.15.4=py37he774522_0
- defaults/win-64::pysocks==1.7.1=py37_0
- defaults/win-64::pytables==3.5.2=py37h1da0976_1
- defaults/win-64::pytest==5.2.1=py37_0
- defaults/win-64::pytest-arraydiff==0.3=py37h39e3cac_0
- defaults/win-64::pytest-astropy==0.5.0=py37_0
- defaults/noarch::pytest-doctestplus==0.4.0=py_0
- defaults/noarch::pytest-openfiles==0.4.0=py_0
- defaults/win-64::pytest-remotedata==0.3.2=py37_0
- defaults/win-64::python==3.7.4=h5263a28_0
- defaults/win-64::python-dateutil==2.8.0=py37_0
- defaults/win-64::python-libarchive-c==2.8=py37_13
- defaults/noarch::pytz==2019.3=py_0
- defaults/win-64::pywavelets==1.0.3=py37h8c2d366_1
- defaults/win-64::pywin32==223=py37hfa6e2cd_1
- defaults/win-64::pywinpty==0.5.5=py37_1000
- defaults/win-64::pyyaml==5.1.2=py37he774522_0
- defaults/win-64::pyzmq==18.1.0=py37ha925a31_0
- defaults/noarch::qtawesome==0.6.0=py_0
- defaults/noarch::qtconsole==4.5.5=py_0
- defaults/noarch::qtpy==1.9.0=py_0
- defaults/win-64::requests==2.22.0=py37_0
- defaults/noarch::rope==0.14.0=py_0
- defaults/win-64::ruamel_yaml==0.15.46=py37hfa6e2cd_0
- defaults/win-64::scikit-image==0.15.0=py37ha925a31_0
- defaults/win-64::scikit-learn==0.21.3=py37h6288b17_0
- defaults/win-64::scipy==1.3.1=py37h29ff71c_0
- defaults/win-64::seaborn==0.9.0=py37_0
- defaults/win-64::send2trash==1.5.0=py37_0
- defaults/win-64::setuptools==41.4.0=py37_0
- defaults/win-64::simplegeneric==0.8.1=py37_2
- defaults/win-64::singledispatch==3.4.0.3=py37_0
- defaults/win-64::sip==4.19.8=py37h6538335_0
- defaults/win-64::six==1.12.0=py37_0
- defaults/noarch::snowballstemmer==2.0.0=py_0
- defaults/win-64::sortedcollections==1.1.2=py37_0
- defaults/win-64::sortedcontainers==2.1.0=py37_0
- defaults/win-64::soupsieve==1.9.3=py37_0
- defaults/noarch::sphinx==2.2.0=py_0
- defaults/win-64::sphinxcontrib==1.0=py37_1
- defaults/noarch::sphinxcontrib-applehelp==1.0.1=py_0
- defaults/noarch::sphinxcontrib-devhelp==1.0.1=py_0
- defaults/noarch::sphinxcontrib-htmlhelp==1.0.2=py_0
- defaults/noarch::sphinxcontrib-jsmath==1.0.1=py_0
- defaults/noarch::sphinxcontrib-qthelp==1.0.2=py_0
- defaults/noarch::sphinxcontrib-serializinghtml==1.1.3=py_0
- defaults/noarch::sphinxcontrib-websupport==1.1.2=py_0
- defaults/win-64::spyder==3.3.6=py37_0
- defaults/win-64::spyder-kernels==0.5.2=py37_0
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- defaults/win-64::statsmodels==0.10.1=py37h8c2d366_0
- defaults/win-64::sympy==1.4=py37_0
- defaults/noarch::tblib==1.4.0=py_0
- defaults/win-64::terminado==0.8.2=py37_0
- defaults/win-64::testpath==0.4.2=py37_0
- defaults/noarch::toolz==0.10.0=py_0
- defaults/win-64::tornado==6.0.3=py37he774522_0
- defaults/noarch::tqdm==4.36.1=py_0
- defaults/win-64::traitlets==4.3.3=py37_0
- defaults/win-64::unicodecsv==0.14.1=py37_0
- defaults/win-64::urllib3==1.24.2=py37_0
- defaults/win-64::wcwidth==0.1.7=py37_0
- defaults/win-64::webencodings==0.5.1=py37_1
- defaults/noarch::werkzeug==0.16.0=py_0
- defaults/win-64::wheel==0.33.6=py37_0
- defaults/win-64::widgetsnbextension==3.5.1=py37_0
- defaults/win-64::wincertstore==0.2=py37_0
- defaults/win-64::win_inet_pton==1.1.0=py37_0
- defaults/win-64::win_unicode_console==0.5=py37_0
- defaults/win-64::wrapt==1.11.2=py37he774522_0
- defaults/win-64::xlrd==1.2.0=py37_0
- defaults/noarch::xlsxwriter==1.2.1=py_0
- defaults/win-64::xlwings==0.15.10=py37_0
- defaults/win-64::xlwt==1.3.0=py37_0
- defaults/noarch::zict==1.0.0=py_0
- defaults/noarch::zipp==0.6.0=py_0
- defaults/win-64::_ipyw_jlab_nb_ext_conf==0.1.0=py37_0
done

==> WARNING: A newer version of conda exists. <==
current version: 4.7.12
latest version: 4.8.1

Please update conda by running

$ conda update -n base -c defaults conda

## Package Plan ##

environment location: C:\ProgramData\Anaconda3

added / updated specs:
- mysql-connector-python

The following packages will be downloaded:

package | build
---------------------------|-----------------
_anaconda_depends-2019.03 | py37_0 5 KB anaconda
anaconda-custom | py37_1 2 KB anaconda
ca-certificates-2019.11.27 | 0 163 KB anaconda
libprotobuf-3.6.0 | h1a1b453_0 2.0 MB anaconda
mysql-connector-c-6.1.11 | h33f27b4_1 5.1 MB anaconda
mysql-connector-python-8.0.18| py37h13ed8b8_1 596 KB anaconda
openssl-1.1.1 | he774522_0 5.7 MB anaconda
pip-19.3.1 | py37_0 1.9 MB anaconda
protobuf-3.6.0 | py37he025d50_0 516 KB anaconda
------------------------------------------------------------
Total: 16.0 MB

The following NEW packages will be INSTALLED:

_anaconda_depends anaconda/win-64::_anaconda_depends-2019.03-py37_0
libprotobuf anaconda/win-64::libprotobuf-3.6.0-h1a1b453_0
mysql-connector-c anaconda/win-64::mysql-connector-c-6.1.11-h33f27b4_1
mysql-connector-p~ anaconda/win-64::mysql-connector-python-8.0.18-py37h13ed8b8_1
pip anaconda/win-64::pip-19.3.1-py37_0
protobuf anaconda/win-64::protobuf-3.6.0-py37he025d50_0

The following packages will be UPDATED:

ca-certificates pkgs/main::ca-certificates-2019.8.28-0 --> anaconda::ca-certificates-2019.11.27-0
openssl pkgs/main::openssl-1.1.1d-he774522_2 --> anaconda::openssl-1.1.1-he774522_0

The following packages will be SUPERSEDED by a higher-priority channel:

anaconda pkgs/main::anaconda-2019.10-py37_0 --> anaconda::anaconda-custom-py37_1

Proceed ([y]/n)? y

Downloading and Extracting Packages
protobuf-3.6.0 | 516 KB | ############################################################################ | 100%
ca-certificates-2019 | 163 KB | ############################################################################ | 100%
anaconda-custom | 2 KB | ############################################################################ | 100%
libprotobuf-3.6.0 | 2.0 MB | ############################################################################ | 100%
mysql-connector-pyth | 596 KB | ############################################################################ | 100%
openssl-1.1.1 | 5.7 MB | ############################################################################ | 100%
_anaconda_depends-20 | 5 KB | ############################################################################ | 100%
mysql-connector-c-6. | 5.1 MB | ############################################################################ | 100%
pip-19.3.1 | 1.9 MB | ############################################################################ | 100%
Preparing transaction: done
Verifying transaction: done
Executing transaction: done

(base) C:\WINDOWS\system32>

Amazon Web Services being dissected to the core, Never late than Never

2019-12-24T17:08:00.004-08:00

Started off with Inputs from X Colleagues who work for Amazon AWS

Subscribed to Acloud Guru

Finished Two Certifications in a hurry just 24 Hours

Will post updated and Certificates

Completed Introduction to AWS

Completed Introduction to Cloud Computing

2018-08-07T11:01:00.001-07:00

Adding REAL TECHNICAL WEALTH SOON... Stay Tuned!!!

It is there but dark forces compelling me to work on something to test myself

Still Stay Tuned you all fans!!!

https://mahichir.wordpress.com/2014/05/14/solving-the-plugin-execution-not-covered-by-lifecycle-configuration-error-in-eclipse/

Spring Tool Suite - Configuration Parameters that work like Magic you would be amazed

2018-07-28T11:55:00.001-07:00

STS.ini contents as of July 28, 2018 on my Machine

-startup
plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.4.0.v20161219-1356.jar
--launcher.library
plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.win32.win32.x86_64_1.1.551.v20171108-1834
-product
org.springsource.sts.ide
--launcher.defaultAction
openFile
-vmargs
-Dosgi.requiredJavaVersion=1.8
--add-modules=ALL-SYSTEM
-Xmn128m
-Xss1m
-XX:+AggressiveOpts
-XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC
-XX:PermSize=128M
-XX:MaxPermSize=712M
-XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError
-XX:CompileThreshold=200
-XX:+UseCompressedOops
-Xverify:none
-XX:+UseBiasedLocking
-XX:+UseFastAccessorMethods
-Xms1024m
-Xmx2048m
-XstartOnFirstThread
-Dosgi.module.lock.timeout=10
-Dorg.eclipse.swt.browser.IEVersion=10001
-Xmx1200m

create barcode and draw it to an existing image using java

2018-02-21T00:57:00.000-08:00

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/38230667/create-barcode-and-draw-it-to-an-existing-image-using-java

I found a solution,hope this help someone else, thanks to all

Create the barcode using itext:

Barcode39 barcode = new Barcode39();
barcode.setCode("7001390283546141");
barcode.setBarHeight(40);

Image img = barcode.createAwtImage(Color.BLACK, Color.WHITE);

BufferedImage outImage = new BufferedImage(img.getWidth(null), img.getHeight(null),BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_RGB);

outImage.getGraphics().drawImage(img, 0, 0, null);
ByteArrayOutputStream bytesOut = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
ImageIO.write(outImage, "png", bytesOut);
bytesOut.flush();
byte[] pngImageData = bytesOut.toByteArray();
FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream("C:/results/barcode.jpg");
fos.write(pngImageData);
fos.flush();
fos.close();

After create the barcode image

final BufferedImage image1 = ImageIO.read(new File("C:/results/image.jpg"));
final BufferedImage image2 = ImageIO.read(new File("C:/results/barcode.jpg"));

Graphics g = image2.getGraphics();
g.drawImage(image2, 0, 0, image2.getWidth(), image2.getHeight(), null);
g.dispose();

final int xMax = image1.getWidth() - image2.getWidth();
final int yMax = image1.getHeight() - image2.getHeight();

Graphics g2 = image1.getGraphics();
Random random = new Random();
int x = random.nextInt(xMax);
int y = random.nextInt(yMax);

g2.drawImage(image2, x, y, null);
g2.dispose();

File outputfile = new File("C:/results/final.jpg");
ImageIO.write(image1, "png", outputfile);

Stuff for cloning Daniel Selman DSI Projects

2018-02-17T15:48:00.000-08:00

https://git.ng.bluemix.net/profile/personal_access_tokens

https://git.ng.bluemix.net/profile/personal_access_tokens

pPtR7mrAtuGiWZkRToyE

Active Personal Access Tokens (1)

Name	Created	Expires	Scopes
masterajaydsi	Feb 17, 2018	In over 2 years	api, read_user

https://www.google.com/search?ei=h7CIWpGoBIPl5gLUjbzYCw&q=ibm+odm+dsi+projects+samples&oq=ibm+odm+dsi+projects+samples&gs_l=psy-ab.3...9331.11813.0.12341.8.8.0.0.0.0.105.816.2j6.8.0....0...1.1.64.psy-ab..0.5.510...33i160k1j33i21k1.0.Nxgo1K-jEqM

https://developer.ibm.com/odm/assets/

https://git.ng.bluemix.net/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&search=odm-dsi&group_id=&project_id=&repository_ref=&cm_sp=dw-bluemix-_-odm-_-devcenter

Enabling JDK logging during the synchronization process

2017-06-07T13:50:00.003-07:00

https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSQP76_8.9.0/com.ibm.odm.distrib.troubleshooting/topics/tsk_synch_traces.html

When you synchronize rules between Rule Designer and Decision Center, you can use the JDK logger to log synchronization requests, for debugging purposes.

Procedure

To configure the logging for Rule Designer, add the following classes and logging level to your logging.properties file:

.level=FINE
ilog.rules.synchronization.level=FINE
ilog.rules.model.level=FINE
ilog.rules.common.rs4jutils.level=FINE
ilog.rules.dataaccess.level=FINE

For example, the following code shows a sample configuration for the Rule Designer logging.properties file:

handlers=java.util.logging.FileHandler,java.util.logging.ConsoleHandler
java.util.logging.ConsoleHandler.level=INFO
java.util.logging.ConsoleHandler.formatter=java.util.logging.SimpleFormatter

java.util.logging.FileHandler.level=FINE
java.util.logging.FileHandler.pattern=//.log

# Write 10MB before rotating this file
java.util.logging.FileHandler.limit=10000000 

# Number of rotating files to be used
java.util.logging.FileHandler.count=4
java.util.logging.FileHandler.formatter=java.util.logging.SimpleFormatter

.level=FINE
ilog.rules.synchronization.level=FINE
ilog.rules.model.level=FINE
ilog.rules.common.rs4jutils.level=FINE
ilog.rules.dataaccess.level=FINE

To configure the logging for Decision Center, add the following classes and logging level to your logging.properties file:

.level=INFO
ilog.rules.teamserver.level=FINE
ilog.rules.synchronization.level=FINE
ilog.rules.model.level=FINE
ilog.rules.common.rs4jutils.level=FINE
ilog.rules.dataaccess.level=FINE

For example, the following code shows a sample configuration for the Decision Center logging.properties file:

handlers=java.util.logging.FileHandler,java.util.logging.ConsoleHandler
java.util.logging.ConsoleHandler.level=INFO
java.util.logging.ConsoleHandler.formatter=java.util.logging.SimpleFormatter

java.util.logging.FileHandler.level=FINE
java.util.logging.FileHandler.pattern=//.log

# Write 10MB before rotating this file
java.util.logging.FileHandler.limit =10000000 

# Number of rotating files to be used
java.util.logging.FileHandler.count=4
java.util.logging.FileHandler.formatter=java.util.logging.SimpleFormatter

.level=INFO
ilog.rules.teamserver.level=FINE
ilog.rules.synchronization.level=FINE
ilog.rules.model.level=FINE
ilog.rules.common.rs4jutils.level=FINE
ilog.rules.dataaccess.level=FINE

To activate traces in Rule Designer, open the file odm_install_dir/eclipse.ini.
After -vmargs, add the following argument, with the relevant values for the file path and the file name of the Rule Designer logging.properties file:
```
-Djava.util.logging.config.file=/file_path/logging.properties
```
To activate traces in Decision Center, add the following argument in the JVM that you use to start the application server, with the relevant values for the file path, and the file name of the Decision Center logging.properties file:
```
-Djava.util.logging.config.file=/file_path/logging.properties
```
If you cannot identify the cause of the error from the log messages, provide the following information to IBM® Customer Support:
- The .log files produced by the JDK logger.
- The .log file in the .metadata directory of your Eclipse workspace.

Targets

2016-10-14T04:49:00.000-07:00

Responsibilities

Support the sales team by taking a consultative role, including making architectural recommendations, troubleshooting configuration issues, and managing correspondence with other functional units by implementing IBM ODM solutions
Articulate and educate on technical and architectural concepts to a variety of audiences, including developers, architects, IT operations professionals, and senior IT management
Design and develop rules and event solutions using IBM ODM (Operational Decision Management), iLog, JRules, BRMS.
Sell the value of your capabilities using multiple formats/channels, including phone, presentation, and live/online product demonstrations
Provide technical oversight and leadership on projects while effecting an enterprise-wide view of business and appreciation for strategy, processes and enabling technologies
iLog integration, iLog customization, Rule/Decision Service optimization
Manage & co-ordinate practice thought leadership initiatives
Foster teamwork and inclusion among all employees - across locations, cultures and geographies

Deliverables

Create and deliver custom demonstrations to support the sales cycle
Ability to quantify business value (cost-benefit and ROI analysis) and develop business cases for process improvement initiatives
Ability to work on complex business problems where analysis of situations or data requires an evaluation of intangible variance factors
Perform technical discovery with customer prospects and quickly architect/build proposed solutions using your capabilities
Successfully manage and execute technical proof of concepts (POCs), on-site or remote
Able to respond with functional experience concerning IBM ODM, WODM or JRules / ILOG and/or other industry standard Business Rules Engines such as Blaze advisor, Corticon, Pega, Drools
Responsible for representing yourself to customers and at field events such as conferences, seminars, etc.
Support Marketing with developer marketing and evangelism activities, including writing blogs, participating in demo-driven webinars, and speaking at industry events

ODM Working Random Links to Continue..IGNORIEREN

2016-08-30T14:25:00.001-07:00

https://developer.ibm.com/answers/search.html?f=&type=question&redirect=search%2Fsearch&sort=relevance&q=large+decision+table

https://developer.ibm.com/answers/questions/26851/improving-response-time-when-editing-a-large-decision-table/

https://developer.ibm.com/answers/questions/209611/i-am-getting-an-error-when-opening-a-large-decisio/

https://developer.ibm.com/answers/questions/297505/improve-performance-and-management-of-decision-tab/

https://www.bing.com/search?q=eclipse.ini%20xmx%20xms%20settings&qs=n&form=QBRE&pq=eclipse.ini%20xmx%20xm&sc=0-18&sp=-1&sk=&cvid=DBDB5D9A64B94EA89F1E4885FC9F30C2

http://www.jafaloo.com/java-xmx-memory-settings/

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4304312/max-value-of-xmx-and-xms-in-eclipse

https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/jdk/howdoi/index.html?topic=/com.ibm.java.doc.igaa/_1vg00014884d287-11c3fb28dae-7ff6_1001.html

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/987219/max-amount-of-memory-per-java-process-in-windows/987576

http://help.eclipse.org/kepler/index.jsp?topic=/org.eclipse.platform.doc.isv/reference/misc/runtime-options.html

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10204540/changing-memory-settings-in-eclipse-ini-causes-could-not-create-jvm

https://developer.ibm.com/answers/questions/191521/how-to-read-custom-ruleset-property-in-ruleflow.html

https://developer.ibm.com/answers/users/7517/alain-robert.html

https://developer.ibm.com/answers/questions/296791/need-urgent-help-from-experts-publishing-error.html#answer-296799

https://developer.ibm.com/answers/users/254519/ben-ariss.html

https://developer.ibm.com/answers/questions/297326/multiple-rules-to-executed-in-rule-flow.html#comment-298772

https://developer.ibm.com/answers/questions/297459/what-are-the-different-ways-to-document-business-r.html#answer-297670

https://developer.ibm.com/answers/questions/296768/how-to-force-ruleappreset-update-in-res-cluster.html#answer-296769

https://developer.ibm.com/answers/users/272439/xiaohuaodm/

https://developer.ibm.com/answers/questions/292816/is-there-a-way-to-enforce-order-in-the-xsd-generat.html#answer-292824

https://developer.ibm.com/answers/questions/296666/is-there-a-way-to-get-a-list-of-all-rules-and-the.html#answer-296688

https://developer.ibm.com/answers/users/294351/steve-munsat.html

https://developer.ibm.com/answers/questions/296725/is-there-a-best-practice-for-creating-default-valu.html#answer-299003

https://developer.ibm.com/answers/users/287053/rajesh-meda.html

https://developer.ibm.com/answers/users/6928/odmfd.html

install cert propertiessuncertpathbuilderexception: unable to find valid certification path to requested target

2016-07-19T12:44:00.001-07:00

https://github.com/escline/InstallCert/blob/master/InstallCert.java

/*
	* Copyright 2006 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
	*
	* Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
	* modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
	* are met:
	*
	* - Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
	* notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
	*
	* - Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
	* notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
	* documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
	*
	* - Neither the name of Sun Microsystems nor the names of its
	* contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
	* from this software without specific prior written permission.
	*
	* THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS
	* IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
	* THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
	* PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR
	* CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL,
	* EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
	* PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR
	* PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF
	* LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING
	* NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS
	* SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
	*/
	/**
	* Originally from:
	* http://blogs.sun.com/andreas/resource/InstallCert.java
	* Use:
	* java InstallCert hostname
	* Example:
	*% java InstallCert ecc.fedora.redhat.com
	*/

	import javax.net.ssl.*;
	import java.io.*;
	import java.security.KeyStore;
	import java.security.MessageDigest;
	import java.security.cert.CertificateException;
	import java.security.cert.X509Certificate;

	/**
	* Class used to add the server's certificate to the KeyStore
	* with your trusted certificates.
	*/
	public class InstallCert {

	public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
	String host;
	int port;
	char[] passphrase;
	if ((args.length == 1) \|\| (args.length == 2)) {
	String[] c = args[0].split(":");
	host = c[0];
	port = (c.length == 1) ? 443 : Integer.parseInt(c[1]);
	String p = (args.length == 1) ? "changeit" : args[1];
	passphrase = p.toCharArray();
	} else {
	System.out.println("Usage: java InstallCert [:port] [passphrase]");
	return;
	}

	File file = new File("jssecacerts");
	if (file.isFile() == false) {
	char SEP = File.separatorChar;
	File dir = new File(System.getProperty("java.home") + SEP
	+ "lib" + SEP + "security");
	file = new File(dir, "jssecacerts");
	if (file.isFile() == false) {
	file = new File(dir, "cacerts");
	}
	}
	System.out.println("Loading KeyStore " + file + "...");
	InputStream in = new FileInputStream(file);
	KeyStore ks = KeyStore.getInstance(KeyStore.getDefaultType());
	ks.load(in, passphrase);
	in.close();

	SSLContext context = SSLContext.getInstance("TLS");
	TrustManagerFactory tmf =
	TrustManagerFactory.getInstance(TrustManagerFactory.getDefaultAlgorithm());
	tmf.init(ks);
	X509TrustManager defaultTrustManager = (X509TrustManager) tmf.getTrustManagers()[0];
	SavingTrustManager tm = new SavingTrustManager(defaultTrustManager);
	context.init(null, new TrustManager[]{tm}, null);
	SSLSocketFactory factory = context.getSocketFactory();

	System.out.println("Opening connection to " + host + ":" + port + "...");
	SSLSocket socket = (SSLSocket) factory.createSocket(host, port);
	socket.setSoTimeout(10000);
	try {
	System.out.println("Starting SSL handshake...");
	socket.startHandshake();
	socket.close();
	System.out.println();
	System.out.println("No errors, certificate is already trusted");
	} catch (SSLException e) {
	System.out.println();
	e.printStackTrace(System.out);
	}

	X509Certificate[] chain = tm.chain;
	if (chain == null) {
	System.out.println("Could not obtain server certificate chain");
	return;
	}

	BufferedReader reader =
	new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));

	System.out.println();
	System.out.println("Server sent " + chain.length + " certificate(s):");
	System.out.println();
	MessageDigest sha1 = MessageDigest.getInstance("SHA1");
	MessageDigest md5 = MessageDigest.getInstance("MD5");
	for (int i = 0; i < chain.length; i++) {
	X509Certificate cert = chain[i];
	System.out.println
	(" " + (i + 1) + " Subject " + cert.getSubjectDN());
	System.out.println(" Issuer " + cert.getIssuerDN());
	sha1.update(cert.getEncoded());
	System.out.println(" sha1 " + toHexString(sha1.digest()));
	md5.update(cert.getEncoded());
	System.out.println(" md5 " + toHexString(md5.digest()));
	System.out.println();
	}

	System.out.println("Enter certificate to add to trusted keystore or 'q' to quit: [1]");
	String line = reader.readLine().trim();
	int k;
	try {
	k = (line.length() == 0) ? 0 : Integer.parseInt(line) - 1;
	} catch (NumberFormatException e) {
	System.out.println("KeyStore not changed");
	return;
	}

	X509Certificate cert = chain[k];
	String alias = host + "-" + (k + 1);
	ks.setCertificateEntry(alias, cert);

	OutputStream out = new FileOutputStream("jssecacerts");
	ks.store(out, passphrase);
	out.close();

	System.out.println();
	System.out.println(cert);
	System.out.println();
	System.out.println
	("Added certificate to keystore 'jssecacerts' using alias '"
	+ alias + "'");
	}

	private static final char[] HEXDIGITS = "0123456789abcdef".toCharArray();

	private static String toHexString(byte[] bytes) {
	StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(bytes.length * 3);
	for (int b : bytes) {
	b &= 0xff;
	sb.append(HEXDIGITS[b >> 4]);
	sb.append(HEXDIGITS[b & 15]);
	sb.append(' ');
	}
	return sb.toString();
	}

	private static class SavingTrustManager implements X509TrustManager {

	private final X509TrustManager tm;
	private X509Certificate[] chain;

	SavingTrustManager(X509TrustManager tm) {
	this.tm = tm;
	}

	public X509Certificate[] getAcceptedIssuers() {

	/**
	* This change has been done due to the following resolution advised for Java 1.7+
	http://infposs.blogspot.kr/2013/06/installcert-and-java-7.html
	**/

	return new X509Certificate[0];
	//throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
	}

	public void checkClientTrusted(X509Certificate[] chain, String authType)
	throws CertificateException {
	throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
	}

	public void checkServerTrusted(X509Certificate[] chain, String authType)
	throws CertificateException {
	this.chain = chain;
	tm.checkServerTrusted(chain, authType);
	}
	}
	}

Favourite Questions and Answers collected from ODM Developer Works Forums

2016-06-01T11:28:00.002-07:00

https://developer.ibm.com/answers/questions/275726/how-to-load-all-rulesets-in-a-ruleapp-into-cache-a.html#answer-275727

How to load all rulesets in a ruleapp into cache at server startup?

Does ODM load all of the rulesets in a RuleApp into cache at server startup, or does it load the ruleset only when it is called?

If ODM does not load all of the rulesets in the RuleApp at startup by default, is there a way to do this. How to force ODM to load all of the rulesets of a RuleApp into ruleset cache at startup?

When a deployed ruleset is executed for the first time, the RES will load the ruleset from the database (if you are using database persistence), compile and cache the compiled code. This only happens once, and has no impact on performance after the first hit.

Note that the ruleset cache is not shared between XU Connection Factories:

· 1 XU Resource Adapter => multiple XU Connection Factories

· 1 XU Connection Factory=> 1 Rulesets cache (rulesets cache are NOT shared between XU Connection Factories)

· 1 Ruleset => multiple engines (IlrContext), Ruleset instances are shared between XU connection of the same XU Connection Factory but NOT between XU Connection Factories

· 1 XU Connection => 1 engine (IlrContext).

You can set up a web application that warms up rulesets by calling IlrManagementSession.loadUptodateRuleset() and another Java EE component or application that calls rulesets for execution. See this sample and also this discussion.

Additionally, you can customize the ruleset cache by writing your own implementation class (that implements interfaceilog.rules.res.xu.ruleset.IlrRulesetCache) and then modifying the deployment descriptor of the execution unit (XU) accordingly, see documentation.

https://developer.ibm.com/answers/questions/270770/is-there-any-api-or-code-base-to-create-business-r.html#answer-271351

Is there any API or code base to create Business Rule Report from DC remotely?

Hi All,

Is there any ODM API available to create business rule report remotely from DC.

Thanks

Package ilog.rules.teamserver.model.reporting defines the API related to reporting in Decision Center. There is sample code for class IlrReportEngine.

https://developer.ibm.com/answers/questions/187783/deploy-ruleapp-using-rest-api-and-curl.html#answer-187784

deploy ruleapp using REST API and curl

When I try to deploy a ruleapp using the ODM Rule Execution Server REST API and curl, the deployment fails with the following output:

1. $ curl -i --header "accept: application/xml" --header "Content-type: application/octet-stream" -X POST -d "/mnt/nas1/tmp/myruleap.jar" http://resAdmin:resAdmin@192.168.0.119:9085/res/apiauth/v1/ruleapps

2. HTTP/1.1 202 Accepted

3. X-Powered-By: Servlet/3.0

4. Content-Type: text/xml; charset=UTF-8

5. Content-Language: en-US

6. Transfer-Encoding: chunked

7. Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2015 21:05:39 GMT

9. xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>

10.

11. The RuleApp archive is not valid.</message>

12. false</succeeded>

13. </result>

14.

15.

How to deploy a ruleapp using curl?

Make sure that you use the command line argument --data-binary ( instead of --data or -d ) and that the path to the ruleapp file is prefixed with a character @, as in:

1.   curl -i --header "accept: application/xml"  --header "Content-type: application/octet-stream" -X POST --data-binary @/mnt/nas1/tmp/myruleapp.jar http://resAdmin:resAdmin@192.168.0.119:9085/res/apiauth/ruleapps

2.

When --data-binary is not used, a possible error message would be:

1.   java.io.EOFException

2.       at java.util.zip.ZipInputStream.readFully(ZipInputStream.java:426)

3.       at java.util.zip.ZipInputStream.readLOC(ZipInputStream.java:295)

4.       at java.util.zip.ZipInputStream.getNextEntry(ZipInputStream.java:121)

5.       at java.util.jar.JarInputStream.<init>(JarInputStream.java:83)

6.       at java.util.jar.JarInputStream.<init>(JarInputStream.java:62)

7.       at ilog.rules.res.console.util.IlrManagementActions.deployRuleAppArchive(IlrManagementActions.java:160)

8.   ...

9.

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https://developer.ibm.com/answers/questions/266559/when-should-dwanswers-reward-user-be-used.html#answer-266589

When should dwAnswers "reward user" be used?

I noticed a new feature in dwAnswers - reward user. It is not explained in FAQ, but it seems I can give some of my own reputation points to the author of an answer. I wonder what is the use case for this feature? Why not simply "like" or accept the answer to show appreciation?

Hi Miriam, I asked a similar question a while ago, so you might want to check it out:

https://developer.ibm.com/answers/questions/264170/what-is-this-new-reward-user-feature-about/?smartspace=dw-answers-help

It seems that this new feature is meant to honor an exceptionally good or valuable post by transferring reputation points from your own account to the post author. It is true that accepting an answer or liking a post also results in the author earning a few reputation points but with 'Reward user', it is basically up to you how many points are awarded - at the expense of your own reputation.

I guess the feature will remain a controversial issue, especially since it shows quite some potential for misuse but just keep in mind: if you don't like it, you don't have to use it... ;-)

https://developer.ibm.com/answers/questions/266668/invoking-ibm-rule-periodically.html#answer-266938

invoking IBM rule periodically

I have a requirement where I need to invoke a rule periodically lets say every 2 min. Is there such inbuilt timer functionality available in IBM ODM?

Yes, ODM advanced has capabilities for scheduling the execution of a rule -https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/?lang=en#!/SSQP76_8.8.0/com.ibm.odm.itoa.develop/topics/con_schedule_rule.html

This section on reasoning over time will help too - https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/?lang=en#!/SSQP76_8.8.0/com.ibm.odm.itoa.develop/topics/con_write_time_rules.html

Darren answer applies to ODM Insight.

If you are using ODM Decision Rules Server, you must call the rule from any client and trigger the execution of this rule with any scheduler like cron.

Thanks Darren and odmgd for the answer. Its surprising that ODM insight supports this functionality whereas IBM Decision server does not. I wonder if IBM has any plans to add this functionality to IBM decision server.

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ODM Decision Server Standard provides stateless rules processing while ODM Decision Server Advanced provides stateful rules processing. In standard, the rules can use time to make decisions but will not monitor as time passes. In advanced, the server manages the concept of "now", maintains a cache of business events and entities relevant, and can trigger execution of anything such as a rule, custom Java code, or scoring model.

The functionality you are asking for was delivered when ODM Advanced was introduced. Please provide more detail for the requirements if our answers are not making that clear.

https://developer.ibm.com/answers/questions/264670/date-time-support-in-ibm-odm.html#answer-266143

Date time support in IBM ODM

Has anybody used time operations in IF condition of a rule. I am trying to to find out difference of time in mins between two datetime and would like to know if any datetime functions are provided by IBM ODM for such operations?

Thanks. Ashish

Another option is to use a third party library in the XOM such as Joda Time. You can create a XOM from the Joda Jar file that references only the needed classes. In the attached example link text, I created a virtual helper BOM. I use this virtual BOM to simplify the code needed to use the comparison in a rule.

Now there is a simple rule that looks like below. See the attached Zip file for an example that runs in ODM 8.8.

1.   if

2.       the minutes between 'the start time' and 'the stop time' is more than 10

3.   then

4.       set 'the message' to "Minutes is more than 10.";

5.   else

6.       set 'the message' to "Minutes is less than 10.";

7.

8.

jodatimeexample-2016-04-22-src.zip (598.8 kB)

ODM supplies classes ilog.rules.brl.IlrdateUtil and ilog.rules.xml.types.IlrDate with utility methods to handle Date/Time related types. If you need additional datetime functions, you must implement them as "Helper" virtual functions. Typically, helper methods are contained in a special BOM entry from an empty XOM.

https://developer.ibm.com/answers/questions/265110/how-to-configure-odm-dc-permissions-such-that-arti.html#answer-265111

How to configure ODM DC permissions such that artifacts in a folder are only visible to specific groups or users?

We are using ODM 8.8.0.0. We are trying to configure permissions in Decision Center, such that each user/group can view only artifacts in a specific folder. For example, in loanvalidation-rules project you have 4 folders computation, eligibility, insurance and validation. I want to create 4 users (computation, eligibility, insurance and validation) and each user can view only 1 dedicated folder.

1. Create users, groups and roles and define user/group membership and group/role assignments in DC database. This task can be performed by an rtsAdministrator in the Administration tab of Business Console. There is a lab which demonstrates how to do this. If you do not use LDAP, you can start with section 3.

2. Enforce project security (rtsAdministrator in Configure tab of Enterprise Console)

3. Associate the rules or folders with the user's group (rtsAdministrator in Enterprise Console, set the "Group" property of rules or folders). This is a one-time task. After enabling "create" of rule artifacts to "group", each new action rule (or DT) will have the group property set.

4. Set these permissions for each group (eligibility, computation etc.). Folder permissions are not propagated or inherited, so you must set permissions on the "action rule" or "decision table" level.

Note: It seems that in Operational Decision Center v8.8.0.0 the "view" permission does not work correctly with "group". This is resolved in fixpack 1.

dc-permissions.png (14.3 kB)

https://developer.ibm.com/answers/questions/264784/can-a-decision-service-call-another-decision-servi.html

Can a decision operation call another decision operation?

If not, can they be composed in some other way?

Example: you change the interface of a decision operation to accept additional data, so the input copybook changes. But there may be many existing clients who don't need to supply the additional data, but they will have to be updated because the copybook has changed.

If a decision operation could call another, you could create v2 of the operation and change v1 to call v2 with the additional data fields set to empty.

Thanks, Graeme

Answer by Miriam.Kaestner | Apr 18 at 09:44 AM

See Wrapper ruleset calling other rulesets

For non-Cobol clients, you don't need a wrapper decision operation to handle optional attributes in the signature (input or input-output parameters):

· You can set an initial value for the input and InputOutput parameter in the variable set used for decision operation signature.

· or add different constructors in the Java XOM

· or initialize the optional parameter in B2X (add some IRL code).

https://developer.ibm.com/answers/questions/261280/support-for-json-in-ibm-odm-88-decision-service-re.html

Support for JSON in IBM odm 8.8 decision service +REST JSON example

Are there any samples which showcases various capabilities of IBM ODM 8.8 by exposing rules as a service using REST and JSON? I would also like to understand what current limitation for using REST and JSON.

Since ODM v8.7, REST service supports the JSON format for ruleset execution through the HTTP protocol. Ruleset parameters of primitive Java™ types, arrays, and Java XOM classes can be serialized to JSON through a Jackson process. You can test it in RES console (Ruleset View > Retrieve HTDS description file > REST > TEST > JSON).

Hi a_totade,

Yes there is a sample using the REST API :

http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSQP76_8.8.0/com.ibm.odm.dserver.rules.samples/res_smp_topics/smp_res_rest_api.html?lang=en

This sample shows how to use the Rule Execution Server REST API in Java, and then how to use the result from the response as JSON objects.

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Thanks! I have seen that link. It shows how to use REST to interact with RES. I want to expose my rule as a REST service using JSON so that consumer application can invoke it.

Regards, Ashish

https://developer.ibm.com/answers/questions/259815/ruleapp-packaging-best-practices.html

RuleApp Packaging - Best Practices

I am working on a use case for which I need to write 4 rulesets should be packaged into a RuleApp. These rulesets are decision service projects with Decision Engine mode.

May I know the best practices to follow to package more than 1 ruleset in a RuleApp?

· Rulesets are packaged as RuleApp for deployment and execution.

· To deploy a decision service to Rule Execution Server, you use a deployment configuration, which defines a RuleApp that contains the rulesets to be deployed.

· A deployment configuration references one or more decision operations which group rules into a ruleset.

· Each RuleSet is the invocation unit when executing the rules.

· Each RuleSet has its own Input/Output parameters, Rules, Ruleflows, Variables, Functions

· A ruleset is the minimal executable resource, identified as: ////

Some factors that influence the packaging:

· Are the rulesets typically deployed as a group, or can they change individually at different times?

· If your rulesets are changed often, you might like to keep a manageable version tracking history.

· Separate RuleApps for different development teams and business groups simplify governance and organizing permissions

· Consider the time it takes to deploy the ruleapp.

https://developer.ibm.com/answers/questions/257549/when-to-use-libraries-jrules-res-executionjar-and.html#answer-257550

When to use libraries jrules-res-execution.jar and jrules-res-session-java.jar

Our client code uses JAR file jrules-res-execution.jar to open the session. As part of upgrade to new ODM version, we replaced this JAR with the new version of the same jar. After the migration the application cannot open session with IBM ODM RES and during session creation in the runtime we get exception:

1.   ilog.rules.res.util.IlrRemoteException:

2.   com.ibm.rules.res.xu.spi.internal.XUResourceAdapter incompatible with

3.   com.ibm.rules.res.xu.spi.internal.XUResourceAdapter

4.

5.

However after replacing the JAR file jrules-res-execution.jar with the JAR file jrules-res-8.7.0.0-session-java.jar the exception disappeared and the application can open session with RES successfully. We need to confirm if jrules-res-8.7.0.0-session-java.jar is correct JAR or not. Because our current application is using jrules-res-execution.jar in production.

Accepted answer

Answer by Miriam.Kaestner | Mar 10 at 08:42 AM

Libraries jrules-res-execution.jar and jrules-res-session-java.jar are provided for different purposes:

· /executionserver/lib/jrules-res-execution.jar file is the XU stand-alone deployable unit for Java SE. You must package this jar if you intend to run your application in a web container, such as Tomcat or Liberty. To execute a ruleset in Java SE, you create a Java SE factory, a rule session, and a request.

· If you use only POJO factories, package the /executionserver/lib/jrules-res-session-java.jar in your WEB-INF/lib directory. You can repackage as you want, but the goal is to grant access to the classes inside your servlet or JavaServer Pages. If your rules are written on Java classes, package them in the WAR file.

https://developer.ibm.com/answers/questions/173651/using-business-action-language-bal-services-in-ibm/

Using Business Action Language (BAL) services in IBM Business Process Manager (BPM) products might result in an exception

When you create BAL services in the IBM Business Process Manager products to write business rules using the built-in JRules engine, you might get an exception that the pool is full and the service fails to execute.

When you run BAL services, the following exception is thrown:

SystemOut O 1/11/12 1:58 PM [SEVERE] 10200 - -.- - Default connection manager pool is full ilog.rules.res.xu.cmanager.impl.IlrLocalizedResourceAllocationException: Default connection manager pool is full, error code: XU.ERROR.10200 at ilog.rules.res.xu.cmanager.impl.IlrConnectionManager.allocateConnection(IlrConnectionManager.java:72) at ilog.rules.res.xu.cci.IlrXUConnectionFactory.getConnection(IlrXUConnectionFactory.java:101) at ilog.rules.res.xu.cci.IlrCCIClientFactory.createManagementClient(IlrCCIClientFactory.java:161) at ilog.rules.res.session.impl.IlrManagementSessionBase.getClient(IlrManagementSessionBase.java:166) ... ... Caused by: ilog.rules.res.xu.pool.IlrPoolException at ilog.rules.res.xu.cmanager.impl.IlrDefaultPool.waitNotFull(IlrDefaultPool.java:154) at ilog.rules.res.xu.cmanager.impl.IlrConnectionManager.allocateConnection(IlrConnectionManager.java:69) ... 61 more

Rule Execution Server is deployed in the Java™ SE mode in the IBM Business Process Manager products. In Java SE, the Execution Unit (XU) Java archive (JAR) file includes a Java EE Connector Architecture (JCA) container, which creates and pools connections to the XU. The XU contains a default pool implementation and the default implementation sets the maximum size to 10. However, this value might not be always sufficient.

To resolve this issue, complete the following steps:


 Locate the following file in your IBM Business Process Manager installation:
 \BPM_HOME\BPM\Lombardi\process-server\lib\procsrv_resources.jar\ra.xml


 Make a backup of the original procsrv_resources.jar file in case you need to restore it. You can use native jar or 7-zip, for example, to unpack and update this file inside the JAR file.

Locate the following lines of code in the ra.xml file:

defaultConnectionManagerProperties

java.lang.String
Add one more line to above XML code as shown in the following code:

defaultConnectionManagerProperties

java.lang.String

pool.maxSize=50
Update the JAR file with your modified ra.xml file.
Restart the server.

====

For this issue the following APAR is available now: JR55051: YOU RECEIVE AN EXCEPTION ABOUT THE DEFAULT CONNECTION MANAGER POOL BEING FULL WHEN YOU USETHE BUILT-IN JRULES ENGINE

Do you know if the APAR Fix takes the same approach as updating the ra.xml configuration file?

Does anyone know if there is a way to clear the Pool without installing the Fix or updating ra.xml?

ODM ILOG JRules BRMS API Work

2016-06-01T10:56:00.000-07:00

Good Starting point for most of the work with decision tables access

http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SS6MTS_7.1.1/com.ibm.websphere.ilog.jrules.doc/html/api/html/ilog/rules/dt/package-summary.html?view=embed

http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SS6MTS_7.1.1/com.ibm.websphere.ilog.jrules.doc/html/api/html/ilog/rules/dt/expression/package-summary.html?view=embed

http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SS6MTS_7.1.1/com.ibm.websphere.ilog.jrules.doc/html/api/html/ilog/rules/dt/model/package-summary.html?view=embed

http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SS6MTS_7.1.1/com.ibm.websphere.ilog.jrules.doc/html/api/html/ilog/rules/dt/model/common/package-summary.html?view=embed

http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SS6MTS_7.1.1/com.ibm.websphere.ilog.jrules.doc/html/api/html/ilog/rules/dt/model/helper/package-summary.html?view=embed

http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SS6MTS_7.1.1/com.ibm.websphere.ilog.jrules.doc/html/api/html/ilog/rules/dt/model/provider/package-summary.html?view=embed

Random Notes To Review

2016-05-31T07:32:00.001-07:00

Planned to study over the memorial weekend 2016

and still studying... :)

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/bpm/library/

Embed reference data in IBM ODM decision service implementations
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/bpm/bpmjournal/1512_berlandier1-trs/1512_berlandier1.html

Cross-site replication and recovery with IBM ODM Decision Server Insights
What you need for high availability and disaster recovery
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/bpm/bpmjournal/1512_johnson-trs/1512_johnson.html

Diversify your IBM ODM application with Bluemix and the Business Rules service, Part 2
Configure tracing and performance

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/bpm/bpmjournal/1512_siddiqui2-bluemix-trs/1512_siddiqui2.html

IBM Business Process Manager operation overview, Part 3: Advanced operations
Part 3 of this series introduces advanced operations tasks that administrators for IBM® Business Process Manager (IBM BPM) complete in their daily operation work. The maintenance of a clustered server environment for IBM BPM that interacts with many back-end and front-end systems and services can be a challenging task. This final part in the series guides administrators through advanced operations such as troubleshooting, performance tuning, disaster recovery, and high availability - including an operation checklist.

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/bpm/library/techarticles/1510_chan3-trs/1510_chan3.html

Integrate IBM MQ with your IBM Business Process Manager processes
Learn the various approaches to send and receive messages from a business process through IBM® MQ, communicating with back-end systems. Walk through examples with sample code to see the steps that are required to integrate IBM MQ V8.x with IBM Business Process Manager (BPM) V8.5.x. Gain an understanding of fundamental approaches to use IBM MQ to exchange data with other systems from IBM BPM processes.

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/bpm/library/techarticles/1510_liu-trs/1510_liu.html

IBM Business Process Manager operation overview, Part 1: Topology, security, basic administration, and monitoring
The maintenance of a clustered server environment for IBM® Business Process Manager (BPM) that interacts with many back-end and front-end systems and services can be a challenging task. Administrators can follow the IBM Business Process Manager operation overview series to guide their daily operation work. Part 1 helps administrators with topology, security, and basic administrative and monitoring operations.

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/bpm/library/techarticles/1507_chan1-trs/1507_chan1.html

Top 10 editor's picks for IBM Operational Decision Manager
Here are my top 10 editor's picks of IBM® Operational Decision Manager content published on developerWorks. I selected content that helps you through the planning, configuration, modeling, and development phases of your business rules applications, guiding you in using recent versions of the product. I updated this list in July 2015 to include some of the best tutorials published in the past year.

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/bpm/library/techarticles/1409_reinholds2/1409_reinholds2.html

Top 10 editor's picks for IBM Business Process Manager
Here are my top 10 editor's picks of IBM® Business Process Manager content published on developerWorks. I selected content that helps you through the planning, configuration, development, and deployment phases of your business process applications, guiding you as you use recent versions of the product. I updated this list in July 2015 to include some of the best tutorials published in the past year.

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/bpm/library/techarticles/1409_reinholds1/1409_reinholds1.html

Improve performance for IBM Operational Decision Manager, Part 3: Reduce response times for hosted transparent decision services
IBM® Operational Decision Manager (ODM) offers a variety of options for optimal performance. Each organization's environment and needs are unique, so guidance about settings to increase performance and to streamline resource management is essential. As part 3 in a series, this tutorial provides recommended settings for addressing performance issues encountered when working with hosted transparent decision services.
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/bpm/library/techarticles/1505_siddiqui3/1505_siddiqui3.html

Improve performance for IBM Operational Decision Manager, Part 2: Reduce rule execution resource consumption
IBM® Operational Decision Manager (ODM) offers a variety of options for optimal performance. Each organization's environment and needs are unique, so guidance about settings to increase performance and to streamline resource management is essential. As part 2 in a series, this tutorial provides recommended settings for addressing performance issues encountered when working with the Rule Execution Server.

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/bpm/library/techarticles/1505_siddiqui2/1505_siddiqui2.html

Complement business rule debugging in IBM Operational Decision Manager with a logging framework
Logging and tracing play an integral role in problem diagnosis and understanding the flow of many applications. Common logging methods such as adding print statements placed through the code are often used to trace the flow of an application or a component during development. However this method falls short on scalability and flexibility by making it difficult to dynamically and easily change and control the amount and destination of logged information. A logging framework, such as the logging APIs available in Java SE or Apache Log4J, provide feature rich, flexible logging mechanisms that aid with debugging and tracing. This tutorial explains how to use a Java Logging framework in IBM® Operational Decision Manager (ODM) to assist with debugging and tracing business rule projects. This content is part of the IBM Business Process Management Journal.

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/bpm/bpmjournal/1503_delima/1503_delima.html

Improve performance for IBM Operational Decision Manager, Part 1: Reduce rule execution time
IBM® Operational Decision Manager (ODM) offers a variety of options for optimal performance. Each organization's environment and needs are unique, so guidance about settings to increase performance and to streamline resource management is essential. This tutorial provides a brief overview of the different IBM ODM modules, and how they interact with each other, and recommended settings for performance improvements that have been found to have the most impact on rule execution. This content is part of the IBM Business Process Management Journal.

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/bpm/bpmjournal/1503_siddiqui1/1503_siddiqui1.html

IBM Business Process Manager testing methodology, Part 1: General testing guidelines
This tutorial is part 1 of IBM Business Process Manager Testing Methodology series. It describes the necessity of IBM® Business Process Manager (BPM) project testing, general testing guidelines and when to test in the IBM BPM project lifecycle. This tutorial shares good practices of IBM BPM project development and helps you get the big picture of quality assurance for business process applications. This series of tutorials describes test methodology for IBM BPM projects. Part 1 describes the necessity of IBM BPM project testing, general testing guidelines, and when to test in the IBM BPM project lifecycle. Part 2 describes details of various testing that should be included in IBM BPM project tests and specific information for environments. Part 3 discusses good testing practices, automation, and testing tools in IBM BPM. This content is part of the IBM Business Process Management Journal.

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/bpm/bpmjournal/1412_chan1/1412_chan1.html

IBM Business Process Manager testing methodology, Part 3: Good practices
This tutorial, part 3 of the IBM Business Process Manager Testing Methodology series. It describes good testing practices, including how to make IBM® Business Process Manager (BPM) applications testable, how to conduct IBM BPM automation testing, and what testing tools that can be leveraged in IBM BPM projects. Part 1 and Part 2 of the series discussed the overall testing guidelines, the IBM BPM test lifecycle, and detailed test methods. This content is part of the IBM Business Process Management Journal.

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/bpm/bpmjournal/1412_chan2/1412_chan2.html

Think big! Scale your business rules solutions up to the world of big data
Build an app that uses Business Rules and IBM Analytics for Hadoop services on IBM Bluemix

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/bpm/library/techarticles/1411_crowther-bluemix/1411_crowther.html

Invoking a secured web service using HTTP basic authentication from a BPEL process
This tutorial shows you how to invoke web services that require HTTP basic authentication using the HTTP Header Setter mediation primitive available in IBM® Business Process Manager (BPM). HTTP basic authentication employs a user name and password to authenticate a service client to a secure endpoint. You can set up HTTP basic authentication when sending or receiving web service requests.

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/bpm/library/techarticles/1410_sharath/1410_sharath.html

Creating a decision service in IBM Operational Decision Manager that accesses a database table to make decisions
Most enterprise applications today are very dynamic in nature. Customer scenarios often require querying database tables for fetching values, which are then used to execute the rules instead of using static data. This tutorial shows you how to create a decision service in IBM® Operational Decision Manager V8.5 that accesses a database table to make decisions. This content is part of the IBM Business Process Management Journal.

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/bpm/bpmjournal/1409_sharath/1409_sharath.html

DeveloperWorks Articles

https://developer.ibm.com/odm/docs/recommended-reading/developerworks-articles/

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2016-05-28T16:49:00.005-07:00

Useful Stuff Points

2016-04-21T07:55:00.003-07:00

Do you want to add the TODO when you generate the methods/classes? Then you could use code templates for that. Like // TODO Auto-generated method stub is added when you generate a method you could put any other comment on top of a method. Window -> Preferences -> Java -> Code Style -> Code Templates

Or do you want to add the TODO to all methods/classes which currently do exist? Thats a bit harder, you could write a plugin which does that for you: Eclipse JDT

If that TODO should always be created when you have modified a class or method you could also write an eclipse plugin which monitors the CompilationUnit in the editor. See recordModifications() here

http://help.eclipse.org/juno/index.jsp?topic=%2Forg.eclipse.jdt.doc.isv%2Freference%2Fapi%2Forg%2Feclipse%2Fjdt%2Fcore%2Fdom%2FCompilationUnit.html&anchor=recordModifications%28%29

recordModifications

public void recordModifications()

Enables the recording of changes to this compilation unit and its descendants. The compilation unit must have been created by ASTParserand still be in its original state. Once recording is on, arbitrary changes to the subtree rooted at this compilation unit are recorded internally. Once the modification has been completed, call rewrite to get an object representing the corresponding edits to the original source code string.

Throws:: IllegalArgumentException - if this compilation unit is marked as unmodifiable, or if this compilation unit has already been tampered with, or recording has already been enabled
Since:: 3.0

System Requirements for IBM ODM 8.5.1

2016-04-21T07:18:00.002-07:00

http://www-969.ibm.com/software/reports/compatibility/clarity-reports/report/html/softwareReqsForProduct?deliverableId=1346253507478&osPlatform=Linux

https://developer.ibm.com/answers/questions/265577/changing-jdk-to-18-instead-of-shipped-jdk-17-with.html

https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/forums/html/topic?id=cb9a807a-2fb5-4d87-bbf0-2537e1f781fb

https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/forums/html/topic?id=1acc7a5e-2537-4a06-83ca-5da87674c8ef

https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/forums/html/topic?id=5de3137b-1368-4f79-8ecb-94a6386fa8a8

https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/forums/html/topic?id=0eea0370-2a66-4b9b-aba6-7e212b8efdd9

https://developer.ibm.com/answers/users/257099/ajay-kandula/

https://developer.ibm.com/answers/questions/257351/execution-object-model-xom-logic-changes-no-update.html

Deploying Rule Applications with ILOG JRules

2015-10-29T20:50:00.001-07:00

http://logic.stanford.edu/POEM/externalpapers/iRules/WP-JRules6Deployment.pdf

Useful review concerning the three main aspects of rule applications including ZERO development/deployment/administration.

Changing the business rules that govern rating can be done through a “hot deploy” process directly to the production application server, with zero application downtime. Typically, the new business rules will have gone through an extensive testing cycle on a staging server prior to hot deployment to the production server. The support for hot-deployment of rulesets is one of the key features of the Rule Execution Server, and discussed in detail in a subsequent section.

Creating a simple rules engine using the Java scripting API

2015-10-29T20:21:00.001-07:00

http://mcqueeney.com/blog/creating-a-simple-rules-engine-using-the-java-scripting-api/

Invoke dynamic languages dynamically, Part 1: Introducing the Java scripting API

2015-10-29T20:17:00.000-07:00

Invoke dynamic languages dynamically, Part 1: Introducing the Java scripting API

Use the javax.script API to change a running application
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/library/j-javascripting1/

Guideline for Deciding WHETHER to use a Rules Engine

2015-10-29T20:08:00.000-07:00

Some Guidelines For Deciding Whether To Use A Rules Engine

Is your algorithm primarily compute-intensive or is there significant decision-making capability involved?
- If your basic algorithm is compute-intensive or a table-lookup, without much conditional branching or decision-making involved, then don't use a rules engine.
- If however, the algorithm involves significant conditional branching or decision-making, then consider using a rules engine.
Once you've determined that your algorithm involves significant decision-making capability, you ought to be able to write some rules specifying the decisions that need to be made. Are the decisions that need to be made relatively simple, or potentially complex?
- If you find that you can't write the decision rules, for whatever reason, then stop here until you can, or use some other tool instead that will help you discover the rules you need. Put another way, if you can't state some rules, don't use a rules engine.
- If you have 2, or fewer, conditions in your rules (or, for example, a block with 2 nested if-statements or less), don't use a rules engine-it's probably overkill.
- If you have 3 or more conditions in your rules (or, for example, a block with 3 or more nested if-statements in pseudo-code), then consider using a rules engine.
Once you've determined that the decisions are complex enough, is your algorithm basically static, or are the rules likely to change reasonably often over time?
- If the rules/logic are well-defined and static, then don't use a rules engine-you probably don't need the overhead or flexibility.
- If the rules are likely to change over time due to the nature of the application, then consider using a rules engine-the flexibility is worth the overhead.
Once you've determined that rules may need to be flexible, are you going to maintain the code or finished product over time, or is this effort a one-shot effort?
- If the code is not going to be maintained over time, then don't use a rules engine-you probably won't gain any significant advantage from it.
- If the code is going to be maintained over time, consider using a rules engine-the ROI will be worth it (see question #6).
Rules engines continue to get faster and faster, but some applications simply require every bit of speed and performance optimization you can reasonably give. Does your customer require a custom solution or do you need to hard-wire the algorithm for absolute high-end performance, or can the solution accommodate a rules engine?
- If you need to optimize for speed and memory, or your customer requires a custom solution, then don't use a rules engine.
- If the performance requirements will accommodate a rules engine solution, then consider using one.
If you answered all the other questions appropriately, can the project/product line afford the overall cost of using a rules engine over the project/product lifecycle?
- There are a number of costs typically associated with using rules engine tools:
  - Licensing fees for development and deployment of the engine
  - Training developers and (if necessary) end-users (time and money)
  - ROI (return on investment)-financial analysts have shown that you don't begin to break even monetarily on the typical investment in rules engine technology until at least 1 year after deployment to your customer. However, at that point, the flexibility and ease-of-maintenance begin to show significant returns.
- If the project schedule or product lifecycle can't accommodate the cost of a rules engine, in terms of time and money, then don't use one.
- If you can't afford to wait at least a year to break even and begin to see a significant ROI, don't use a rules engine.
- If you can't afford to train your developers and end-users, and you can't afford to hire a consultant, don't use a rules engine.
- If, however, your project/product lifecycle costs can accommodate the use of a rules engine, it would be well worth the investment, so use one.

Additional Note

A rules engine tool can be very helpful during software development, regardless of other considerations:

For simulation and prototyping.
In cases where you find you may not really know or understand the rules you are trying to encode in your algorithm, a rules engine can provide a flexible way to encode and modify the rules over time as they are discovered.
A rules engine architecture also provides a convenient structure for separating "business logic" from the rest of the system, aiding in the effort to clearly "separate concerns".

Vendors and People from Vendors, People who cancelled PO after selection in USA while on H1B

2015-09-13T08:57:00.003-07:00

1) Syed Ravutharsha - Trintel Technologies for AMEX client

2) Ramesh Nagarajarao, Pallavi Manikonda - Taj Technologies for Mayo Clinic

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Information Gathered for ODM Best Practises

2015-06-17T19:29:00.001-07:00

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21400803

https://blogs.perficient.com/ibm/2014/11/10/odm-series-1-ibm-odm-best-practices-the-performance/

Setup a Common Rule Project without rules for making a shareable BOM

- Other rule projects reference to this shared rule project.

- According to the decision needs, the inherent rule projects can mask irrelevant information of parent rule project.

Establishing a Decision Signature involves defining the interface to the external world by defining what data the decision needs as input and what data a decision returns as the output.

Define Decision Table Templates.

Write Queries to search for rules in your rules database and queries to filter out the required rules

2015-02-21T20:33:00.001-08:00