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February 2012

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Oracle Service Bus 11g:

Design and Integrate Services

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Introduction
Target Audience and Prerequisite Skills 1-2
Course Objectives 1-3
Course Schedule 1-4
Additional Course Materials 1-5
Course Practices 1-6
Course Environment 1-7
Classroom Guidelines 1-8
For More Information 1-9
Class Introductions 1-10

Introduction to Oracle Service Bus

Objectives 2-2
Getting Started 2-3
Enterprise Challenges 2-4
Point-to-Point Integration 2-5
Enterprise Application Integration 2-6
Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) 2-7
Service-Oriented Architecture: Definition 2-8
Integrating Solutions and Benefits with SOA 2-9
SOA and Services 2-10
Implementing SOA Strategy 2-11
SOA Reference Architecture 2-12
SOA Reference Architecture: Service Consumers 2-14
SOA Reference Architecture: Service Classifications 2-15
SOA Reference Architecture: Service Providers 2-16
Data Services Layer 2-17
Connectivity Services Layer 2-18
Business Services Layer 2-19
Business Process Services Layer 2-20
Presentation Services Layer 2-21
Infrastructure Services 2-22
SOA Implementation Challenge 2-24
Service Sprawl 2-25
Solution to Service Sprawl 2-26

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Contents

Message Flow
Objectives 3-2
Service Bus Architecture 3-3
Oracle Service Bus Console 3-5
Projects and Resources 3-6
OSB Projects 3-7
OSB Resource Types 3-8
Business Services 3-9
Creating a Business Service 3-10
Proxy Services 3-11
Creating a Proxy Service 3-12
Difference Between Binding and Port 3-13
Quiz 3-14
Message Context Model 3-15
Using Context Variables 3-16
Predefined Context Variables 3-17
Predefined Context Variables: Descriptions 3-18
Message-Related Variables 3-20
$header Variables 3-21
$body Variables 3-22
$body Binary Content 3-23
$body Java Content 3-24
$attachments Variable 3-25
$body and RPC 3-27
$fault Variable 3-28

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Oracle Service Bus 2-27

Key Features of Oracle Service Bus 2-28
Oracle Service Bus as a Message Broker 2-29
Location Transparency 2-31
Dynamic Routing 2-32
Transformations 2-33
Service Orchestration 2-34
Message Enrichment 2-35
Security 2-36
Service-Level Agreements 2-38
OSB Architecture and Functional Features 2-39
OSB Architecture 2-40
OSB Functional Features 2-41
Summary 2-43
Practice 2 Overview: Introduction to Oracle Service Bus 2-44

Message Flow Actions

Objectives 4-2
Message Flow Design 4-3
Route Node 4-4
Route Node Communication Action: Dynamic Routing 4-5
Route Node Communication Action: Routing 4-6
Route Node Communication Action: Routing Table 4-7
Route Node Flow Control Action: If-Then 4-8
Routing Table Versus Conditional Branching 4-9
Quiz 4-10
Stage Node 4-11
Stage Node Communication Action: Dynamic Publish 4-12
Stage Node Communication Action: Publish 4-13
Stage Node Communication Action: Publish Table 4-14
Stage Node Communication Action: Routing Options 4-15
Stage Node Communication Action: Service Callout 4-16
Stage Node Communication Action: Transport Headers 4-18
Stage Node Flow Control Actions 4-20
Quiz 4-21
Stage Node Message Processing Actions 4-22
Message Format Language 4-24

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$inbound and $outbound Variables 3-29

$operation Variable 3-30
User-Defined Context Variables 3-31
Variables and Types 3-32
Inbound Message Dispatching 3-33
Outbound Message Dispatching 3-34
Quiz 3-35
Message Flow Components 3-36
Branching 3-38
Branching Types 3-39
Conditional Branch 3-40
Operational Branch 3-41
Expression Editor 3-42
Variable Structures 3-43
Namespace Definitions 3-44
XQuery Functions 3-45
Quiz 3-46
Summary 3-49
Practice 3 Overview: Message Flow 3-50

Message Flow Best Practices

Objectives 5-2
Split-Join Pattern 5-3
Split-Join Order: Example 5-4
Split-Join Patterns 5-5
Creating a Split-Join Configuration 5-6
Receive Node 5-7
Reply Node 5-8
Parallel Node 5-9
Assign Node 5-10
Invoke Service Node 5-12
Input and Output Variables 5-13
Exporting the Split-Join Flow 5-14
Split-Join Flow Creation Process 5-15
Quiz 5-16
Dynamic Routing 5-17
Dynamic Routing Techniques 5-18
Technique 1 5-19
Sample XML File 5-20
Dynamic Routing Action 5-21
Technique 2 5-22
Summary 5-23
Practice 5 Overview: Message Flow Best Practices 5-24

Transports in Oracle Service Bus

Objectives 6-2
SOA-DIRECT Transport 6-3

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Using MFL 4-25

Quiz 4-26
Stage Node Reporting Actions 4-27
Oracle XQuery Mapper 4-29
Mapping Data 4-30
Creating a Transformation 4-31
Mapping a Transformation 4-32
Using XQuery File in OSB 4-33
Custom XPath Functions 4-34
Creating a Custom XPath Function 4-35
Registering a Custom Function 4-36
Summary 4-37
Practice 4 Overview: Message Flow Actions 4-38

Debugging with Oracle Service Bus

Objectives 7-2
Error Handler Pipelines 7-3
Error Handlers 7-4
$fault Variable 7-5
Error Codes 7-6
Reply Action 7-8
Reply Action in OSB Console 7-9
Transport Errors with Service Callouts 7-10
Error Code BEA-382502 7-11
SOAP Faults with Service Callouts 7-12
Unexpected Responses and Service Callouts 7-13
Resume Action 7-14
Quiz 7-15
Validation and Error Scenario 7-17
Validate Action 7-18
Quiz 7-19
Reporting Actions 7-20
Oracle Service Bus Reporting Framework 7-21
Reporting Framework: Diagrammatic Representation 7-22
Report Action 7-24

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Features of SOA-DIRECT Transport 6-4

Synchronous Invocation of SOA Composite Components 6-5
Synchronous Invocation from a SOA Composite 6-6
Asynchronous Invocation of a SOA Composite 6-8
Asynchronous Invocation from a SOA Composite 6-9
Quiz 6-10
JCA Transport 6-11
Features of the JCA Transport 6-12
Adapters Supported by JCA Transport 6-13
JCA Adapter Framework 6-14
General Configuration of JCA Adapter 6-15
Representational State Transfer (REST) 6-17
OSB Support for REST 6-19
Example 6-20
Standard Proxy Service: Example 6-21
REST-ful Proxy Service: Example 6-23
Quiz 6-28
Summary 6-29
Practice 6 Overview: Transports in Oracle Service Bus 6-30

Introduction to Oracle Service Bus Security

Objectives 8-2
Introduction to Oracle Service Bus Security 8-3
Inbound and Outbound Security 8-4
Identity Propagation in Oracle Service Bus 8-6
Example: Authentication with a Username Token 8-7
Securing Oracle Service Bus with Oracle Web Services Manager 8-9
Configuring OWSM Keystore by Using Enterprise Manager Console 8-11
Credential Store Framework 8-12
Configuring the OWSM CSF by Using Oracle Enterprise Manager 8-13
Web Services Policy 8-14
Using Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) for Authentication 8-15
Quiz 8-16
Summary 8-18
Practice 8 Overview: Introduction to Oracle Service Bus Security 8-19

Appendix A: Service Bus Concepts

Objectives A-2
Introduction to Service Bus Technology A-3
Benefits of a Service Bus A-4
Service Bus Technologies A-5
Web Services Description Language A-6
Simple Object Access Protocol A-7
Universal Description, Discovery, and Integration (UDDI) A-8
XML Schema A-9
XPath A-10
XQuery A-11
Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations A-12
Summary A-13
Appendix B: Transports
Objectives B-2

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Log Action 7-26

Alert Action 7-27
Quiz 7-28
OSB Debug Files 7-29
OSB Debug Flags 7-30
Configuration Framework Debug Flags 7-32
Summary 7-33
Practice 7 Overview: Debugging with Oracle Service Bus 7-34

Appendix C: Delivery Methods

Objectives C-2
Quality of Service C-3
Delivery Guarantees C-4
Delivery Guarantee Types C-5
Delivery Guarantee Rules C-6
Overriding the Default Element C-8
Reliable Messaging Support C-9
Configuring Delivery Behavior C-11
HTTP(S) Quality of Service Success C-12
Handling Unreliable Transports C-13
Threading Model C-14
Summary C-15

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SB Transport B-3
EJB Transport B-4
JEJB Transport B-5
Local Transport B-6
WS Transport B-7
MQ Transport B-8
HTTP and Poll-Based Transports B-9
Oracle Data Service Integrator Transport
Summary B-11

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