262 Chapter 11 Framework Components Figure Add Dependency dialog Figure Manage Repository dialog Download from Assemble Flow 263 Figure ACF dependency added As you can see, we no longer get the alert dialog. It is as if the parameter were never passed and, as far as our application is concerned, it wasn’t. Adding this one little dependency to our application secured it from a multitude of black hat mischief. By default, ACF also filters inbound and outbound JSON data streams. So, including this will not only prevent malicious content in URL parameters but also data sent to your resources. There is also support to protect against Cross-Site Request. | 262 Chapter 11 Framework Components Figure Add Dependency dialog Figure Manage Repository dialog Download from Assemble Flow 263 Figure ACF dependency added As you can see we no longer get the alert dialog. It is as if the parameter were never passed and as far as our application is concerned it wasn t. Adding this one little dependency to our application secured it from a multitude of black hat mischief. By default ACF also filters inbound and outbound JSON data streams. So including this will not only prevent malicious content in URL parameters but also data sent to your resources. There is also support to protect against Cross-Site Request Forgery CSRF and an ACF API for those who d like to have finer grain control and insight into the active content that is passed to or from your application. Please see the WebSphere sMash documentation for more details http sMash docs . Assemble Flow Assemble Flow provides the capability for constructing feeds or conversational applications with a minimum amount of programming. A flow is a program created by nontechnical people that acts on data. A flow can aggregate and manipulate data in various ways. Flows can be created with either a graphical tool or manually in XML. Flows are created by linking together activities. WebSphere sMash comes with several powerful built-in activities. Custom activities can also be created to extend the Assemble Flow system. Let s start with building a simple flow. To start you ll need to add the Assemble Flow dependency to your project. The module name is . Remember that if it s not in your local repository you ll need to add it via the Manage Repositories button. After the Assemble Flow module is added to your project you ll be able to create and run flows. To create a flow in the Application Builder select New File Flow in public . Flows are always placed in the public .
