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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 5. Orchestrating Services with BPEL

BPEL expands to Business Process Execution Language. BPEL is an essential tool in the SOA world to achieve the Business Process Orchestration. It is a very thin and light-weight XML-based language that can be used to accomplish the Process Orchestration. BPEL uses Web Services exposed from different business applications and information systems (through technology adapters) to achieve the Process Orchestration.

OASIS drafted BPEL standards by working closely with various industry-leading companies such as IBM, Oracle, Amber Point, SAP, SOA Systems, iWay Software, and so on. It is predicted that BPEL will be the next widely used language in most Enterprises after Java. In Oracle SOA Suite 11g, Oracle BPEL Process Manager is integrated to Oracle SCA Runtime. This helps the Oracle SCA runtime to integrate the various Oracle SOA Components together to accomplish some very interesting tasks. Oracle BPEL Process Manager, introduced in 10g, is now integrated...