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Oracle SOA Infrastructure Implementation Certification Handbook (1Z0-451)

By : Kathiravan Udayakumar
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Oracle SOA Infrastructure Implementation Certification Handbook (1Z0-451)

By: Kathiravan Udayakumar

Overview of this book

<p>Completing the Oracle SOA Infrastructure Implementation Certification develops your conceptual and real-world understanding of the primary components of the Oracle SOA Suite, including BPEL process engine and Oracle Service Bus and will allow you to become familiar with Service Oriented Architecture concepts.<br /><br /><br />This definitive certification guide provides a disciplined approach to be adopted for successfully clearing the 1Z0-451 Oracle SOA Foundation Practitioner exam to attain the Oracle SOA Infrastructure Implementation Certification.<br /><br />The book starts with essential SOA concepts and then dives into building of composite applications. You will then learn how to work with technology and application adapters. Next, you will learn orchestrating Services with BPEL and advanced BPEL concepts. Midway through the book you will learn about Mediator components and Human Workflows. The book will then cover Oracle Business Rules and securing services and composite applications. Towards the end of the book, you will learn how to monitor and manage SOA Deployment. The book concludes&nbsp; with a post assessment exam that will give you a feel for the actual SOA Foundation Practitioner exam, and a must-have developer reference that covers important SOA concepts.</p>
Table of Contents (22 chapters)
Oracle SOA Infrastructure Implementation Certification Handbook (1Z0-451)
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Pre-assessment Test
Post-assessment Test

Chapter 2. Service-Oriented Architecture Concepts

Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) has been a buzz word in the IT industry for a few years now. What is SOA? Do we really benefit a lot by designing applications using this method? What is the business significance of this new architecture? Do we need to learn new languages in doing this? These are the questions we will discuss before getting deeper into the following certification objectives:

  • Describing the SOA concepts

  • Identifying standards that enable SOA

  • Describing the Event Driven Architecture (EDA)

  • Reviewing the Service Component Architecture (SCA)

What is SOA?

SOA can have different definitions based on the context in which it is viewed and applied:

  • Application integration context: SOA is a principle by which applications are integrated seamlessly using the services exposed from the application, using a standard plug-and-play model

  • Application design context: SOA is a principle by which the functionalities of the applications are...