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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>

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Kathiravan Udayakumar
May, 2012 | 372 pages
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Table of Contents (22 chapters)
Oracle SOA Infrastructure Implementation Certification Handbook (1Z0-451)
Oracle SOA Infrastructure Implementation Certification Handbook (1Z0-451)
Credits
Credits
About the Author
About the Author
About the Reviewers
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Preface
Free Chapter
1
Overview of Oracle SOA Certification
Overview of Oracle SOA Certification
Introduction to Oracle and the products
Oracle acquisition
Introducing Oracle SOA Suite 11g
New features in Oracle SOA Suite 11g
Oracle SOA certification objectives
Why get certified?
Exam details
Registration procedure
Summary
2
Service-Oriented Architecture Concepts
Service-Oriented Architecture Concepts
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?
Describing the SOA concepts
Identifying standards that enable SOA
Describing the Event Driven Architecture (EDA)
Reviewing the Service Component Architecture (SCA)
Summary
Self-review questions
3
SOA Composite Application
SOA Composite Application
Oracle SOA Suite 11g components
SOA Composite Editor
Defining an Oracle SOA Composite application
Summary
Self-review questions
4
Working with Adapters
Working with Adapters
Introduction to Java Connector architecture
Adapter concepts and framework
Technology adapters: File, Database, JMS, and so on
Applications adapters: E-Biz Suite, PeopleSoft, Siebel, and SAP
Adapter design-time configuration
Explain the runtime configuration
Summary
Self-review questions
5
Orchestrating Services with BPEL
Orchestrating Services with BPEL
What BPEL helps to accomplish
Is BPEL a game changing technology?
Synchronous and asynchronous BPEL processes
Synchronous
Asynchronous — one-way
Asynchronous — bi-directional
BPEL components activities and Partner Links
Parallel flow and conditional branching
BPEL integration with Java
Summary
Self-review questions
Additional reference
6
Advanced BPEL Concepts
Advanced BPEL Concepts
Exception handling in composite applications
The fault management framework
Compensation handling within a BPEL process
Correlation concepts
Summary
Self-review questions
7
Working with Mediator Concepts and Features
Working with Mediator Concepts and Features
What the Mediator is not?
The Mediator component and its features
Creating and configuring a Mediator service component and creating Mediator routing rules
Fault Management in a Mediator
Summary
Self-review questions
8
Human Workflow
Human Workflow
Oracle Human Workflow architecture
Oracle Human Workflow features
Oracle Human Workflow concepts
Designing human tasks and services
Invoking a human task from a BPEL process
Summary
Self-review questions
9
Business Rules
Business Rules
The Oracle Business Rules Architecture and Oracle Rule Engine details
The Rule Engine working model
Oracle Business Rules concepts
Creating rules in JDeveloper Rule Designer
Integrating simple Business Rules with the BPEL process
Testing Business Rules from JDeveloper
Editing Business Rules from SOA Composer
Summary
Self-review questions
10
Securing Services and Composite Applications
Securing Services and Composite Applications
Web Services and composite security
The Fusion Middleware Security architecture
Security policy management and identity propagation
OWSM Agents
Summary
Self-review questions
11
SOA Integration Points
SOA Integration Points
The Oracle Service Bus concepts and architecture
Oracle Business Activity Monitoring
Oracle B2B
Summary
Self-review questions
12
Monitoring and Managing SOA 11g Deployment
Monitoring and Managing SOA 11g Deployment
Deploying and undeploying the SOA composite application
Management of the SOA composite application using the Enterprise Manager
The Enterprise Manager Grid Control in the SOA Management Packs
Summary
Self-review questions
Additional references
Pre-assessment Test
Pre-assessment Test
Post-assessment Test
Post-assessment Test
Exam Reference
Exam Reference
SOA concepts
SOA composite applications
Working with adapters
Orchestrating services with BPEL
Advanced BPEL concepts
Mediator
Business Rules
Human workflow
Monitoring and managing SOA 11g deployment
SOA 11g integration points
Miscellaneous
Answers
Answers
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Appendix A
Appendix B

Asynchronous — bi-directional

The following image shows a sample asynchronous bi-directional BPEL process. Asynchronous communication is a complicated communication technique compared to synchronous communication. An asynchronous process keeps track of the caller and sends the response to the caller on completion of the requested task. Calling the appropriate caller for the requested message is done through a technique called correlation. We will discuss, in detail, the correlation techniques in the next chapter.

Key points to be noted about an asynchronous process are as follows:

  • Callback is a reply activity and it is not a special type of activity introduced for an asynchronous BPEL process. It is differentiated with a different name and representation to identify the asynchronous BPEL process.

  • Long-running BPEL processes are implemented as asynchronous BPEL processes.

  • The BPEL process manager dehydrates the BPEL process state when it encounters any of the following states in the BPEL...

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