Oracle Weblogic server is the best application server for deploying and running SOA application. Of course you can run ADF and other Oracle framework application. To install 11g server you need to have JDK, and a database on which SOA repository is maintained. In this post I will take you…
Install SOA JDeveloper (11g)
As shown in above figure preparation of SOA JDev11g involves three sequential steps. First install JDK which is a prerequisite for JDeveloper installation. On top of JDeveloper you need to apply SOA extension patch. JDK Installation: JDK installation is discussed in post Install JDK. By just following this post you would be…
Basics of XPath used in SOA
XPath is used to navigate through an XML document. It has some XPath predefined functions owned by W3schools to fetch parts of the XML document. On top of these functions Oracle SOA has defined some custom functions to suite Oracle SOA requirements. In this document we will discuss the basic…
Understanding XML namespaces
In an XML element names are user defined and there could arise conflicts. One possible scenario is, consider a WSDL in which a message consists of parts referencing elements, with the same name but from different XSDs. For example, consider below code that is snipped from a WSDL (though not…
How to Install Oracle JDeveloper (11g)
JDeveloper is a IDE/Tool used to build components in Oracle technology frameworks like OAF, ADF, SOA and MAF. While installing JDeveloper it is important to know the version that can build the component specific to the framework under consideration. In this post I am considering JDeveloper 11.1.1.6 that can be used…
How to Install JDK
JDK (Java development kit) is needed to develop application using JAVA technolgoy. Intallation of JDK is pretty simple process. It involves downloading JDK installable from oracle downloads and start the installation process. In this post I am considering JDK 1.7, but you need to install the version depending on the…
Understanding WSDL
WSDL (web service description language) is an XML family document describing how to interact with the web service described. Web services can be consumed by the code, generated using WSDL definition, that knows precisely how to interact with the web service. In a nutshell WSDL document contains details about data…
Understanding XML & XSD in SOAP webservice context
In the world of integration applications, we have been hearing about webservices mainly of types REST and SOAP. In general, a SOAP webservice publishes its definition file with WSDL (Webservice definition language) extension that belongs to XML (Extensible Markup Language) family. A typical webservice definition file contains details about services/operations,…