BizTalk Server 2020 – 20 days, 20 posts: XML Namespace Management Pipeline Component for BizTalk Server 2020

BizTalk Server 2020 – 20 days, 20 posts – day 18. Another blog post about the topic and project BizTalk Pipeline Components Extensions UtilityPack, but this time it is a brand-new component: the XML Namespace Management Pipeline Component.

XML Namespace Management Pipeline Component

The XML Namespace Management Pipeline Component is essentially the opposite of the XML Namespace Remover Pipeline Component. Instead of removing namespaces, it allows you to add or change namespaces on BizTalk messages.

More importantly, you can use this component in any stage of both the receive and send pipelines. As a result, it supports namespace management for both inbound and outbound BizTalk messages.

Once again, this component allows you to add a namespace to inbound and outbound BizTalk Messages, transforming the root of the message from this:

<sample>
  <to>Sandro</to>
  <from>Pereira</from>
</sample>

Into this:

<sample xmlns="http://blog.sandro-pereira.com/">
  <to>Sandro</to>
  <from>Pereira</from>
</sample>

Or change the existing namespace of inbound and outbound BizTalk Messages, transforming the root of the message from this:

<sample xmlns="http:/demo/">
  <to>Sandro</to>
  <from>Pereira</from>
</sample>

Into this:

<sample xmlns="http://blog.sandro-pereira.com/">
  <to>Sandro</to>
  <from>Pereira</from>
</sample>

This component requires one configuration, which is the TargetNamespace, in which you specify the namespace you want to set on the message.

To use this pipeline component in your projects, you just copy the BizTalk.PipelineComponents.NamespaceMgmt.dll file into the Pipeline Components folder that exists in the BizTalk Server installation directory:

• ..\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft BizTalk Server\Pipeline Components;

on every server.

You do not need to add this custom pipeline component to the Global Assembly Cache (GAC) for the BizTalk Runtime to use.

What is BizTalk Pipeline Components Extensions Utility Pack?

BizTalk Pipeline Components Extensions Utility Pack provides a collection of custom pipeline components that developers can use in receive and send pipelines. These components extend BizTalk Server’s out‑of‑the‑box pipeline capabilities.

The project lives in the BizTalk Server Open Source Community repository on GitHub (https://github.com/BizTalkCommunity). Moreover, anyone can contribute new pipeline components or enhance existing ones to further improve BizTalk Server capabilities.

At the moment, this project is available for:

• BizTalk Server 2020;
• BizTalk Server 2016;
• BizTalk Server 2010;
• BizTalk Server 2006-2009

Download

You can download BizTalk Pipeline Components Extensions Utility Pack from GitHub:

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Author: Sandro Pereira

Sandro Pereira lives in Portugal and works as a consultant at DevScope. In the past years, he has been working on implementing Integration scenarios both on-premises and cloud for various clients, each with different scenarios from a technical point of view, size, and criticality, using Microsoft Azure, Microsoft BizTalk Server and different technologies like AS2, EDI, RosettaNet, SAP, TIBCO etc. He is a regular blogger, international speaker, and technical reviewer of several BizTalk books all focused on Integration. He is also the author of the book “BizTalk Mapping Patterns & Best Practices”. He has been awarded MVP since 2011 for his contributions to the integration community. View all posts by Sandro Pereira