Siebel Web Services

March,29 2007
Siebel Web
Services

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Agenda


- Introduction
Basic Evolution
Web Service Components
SOAP
WSDL
UDDI
- Siebel - WebServices
Inbound Web Service (Exposing BS/WF as a WS)
Outbound Web Service (Publish external
.wsdl in Siebel e.g.. Google.wsdl)
- SOA
What is SOA?
Difference between OOP & SOA
Relation between SOA & Web Services
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Introduction
Web Services evolved from previous
technologies that served the same purpose such
as DCOM , CORBA,JAVA RMI
Web Services were intended to solve these
problems:
Interoperability
Firewall traversal & Proprietary protocols
Complexity
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Evolution Reasons.
Interoperability
DCOM applications - Windows operating System
RMI - Java Programming language
Firewall and Proprietary protocols
Distributed systems such as CORBA and DCOM used non-
standard ports
CORBA uses IIOP which is not practical for Inter-enterprise
Integration
Web services use HTTP as a transport protocol and most of the
firewalls allow access through port 80(HTTP)
Complexity
we can implement web service with our existing language and
existing operating system.

What is a Web Service?
Web Services is a software system designed to support
interoperable Machine to Machine interaction over a network.
Web services are frequently just Web APIs that can be accessed
over a network, such as the Internet, and executed on a remote
system hosting the requested services.


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Definition

Web Service Components.
SOAP: An XML-based, extensible message envelope format, with
"bindings" to underlying protocols (e.g., HTTP, SMTP and XMPP).
WSDL: An XML format that allows service interfaces to be described,
along with the details of their bindings to specific protocols. Typically
used to generate server and client code, and for configuration.
UDDI: A protocol for publishing and discovering metadata about Web
services, to enable applications to find Web services, either at design
time or runtime.
WS-Security: Defines how to use XML Encryption and XML Signature
in SOAP to secure message exchanges.
WS-ReliableMessaging: A protocol for reliable messaging between two
Web services.
WS-Reliability: An OASIS standard protocol for reliable messaging
between two Web services.


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Components

SOAP.
SOAP - Simple Object Access Protocol
An XML envelope for XML messaging , Header + Body
SOAP is an XML Vocabulary standard to enable programs on separate
computers to interact across the network.
SOAP is not bound to any particular protocol such as HTTP , SMTP or even
TCP/IP.
Structure of SOAP.
A required envelope element that identifies the XML document as a SOAP
message.
An optional Header element that contains Header Information.
A request Body element that contains call and response information.
An optional Fault element that provides information about errors that occurred
while processing the message.
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SOAP
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SOAP Request

Example of SOAP request.
<xml? Version=1.0?>
<soap:Envelope
xmlns:soap=http://www.w3.org/2001/12/soap-envelope
soap:encodingstyle=http://www.w3.org/2001/12/soap-encoding>
<soap:Body xmlns:m=http://www.weather.com/wr>
<m:GetWeather>
<m:postalcode>44087></m:postalcode>
</m:GetWeather>
</soap:Body>
</soap:Envelop>

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SOAP response

Example of SOAP response.

<xml? Version=1.0?>
<soap:Envelope
xmlns:soap=http://www.w3.org/2001/12/soap-envelope
soap:encodingstyle=http://www.w3.org/2001/12/soap-encoding>
<soap:Body xmlns:m=http://www.weather.com/wr>
<m:GetWeatherResponse>
<m:Degree>-5</m:Degree>
</m:GetWeatherResponse>
</soap:Body>
</soap:Envelop>





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WSDL
WSDL
WSDL stands for Web Service Description Language.
WSDL is an XML vocabulary to describe Web Service and their capabilities
, in a standard manner.
WSDL specifies what a request message must contain and what the
response message will look like in unambiguous notation.
In additional to describing message contains , WSDL defines where the
service is available and what communication protocol is used to talk to
service.
WSDL example
<message name=GetWeatherRequest>
<part name=postal code type =xs:string/>
<message>
<message name=GetWeatherResponse>
<part name=Degree type =xs:string/>
<message>
<portType name=Weather>
<operation name=GetWeather>
<input message=GetWeatherRequest/>
<output message=GetWeatherResponse/>
</opertion>
</portType>






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UDDI
UDDI

UDDI stands for Universal Description , Discovery &Integration.

A project to encourage interoperability and adoption of webservices.

Similar to a Universal phone book.

Specification to publish and discover web services in the web.

Shared Distributed registry on the web.

Enables three basic functions.

Publish function(how a web service registers)

Find Function (how a client finds a web service)

Bind Function (how the client connects and interacts with a web service)



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Defined As
Web Service
Now we come to our new definition to describe the
web service as

An application component that

Communicates via open protocols (HTTP,SMTP , etc)

Processes XML messages frames using SOAP.

Describe its messages using XML schema

Describe itself using WSDL.

Find and bound using UDDI.

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Architecture
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Inbound Web Service
Inbound: Enable an external system to access
Siebel data, business services, and workflow
processes
Siebel application as a service
(called by an external system)

Typical Siebel Inbound webservice works as follows.
Siebel
Application
External
System
WBI
WBI
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Inbound Web Service
Exposing a Siebel Business Service/WF
as a Web Service

Login to Client.
Click View -> Site Map -> Web Services Administration ->
Inbound Web Services.
In the Inbound Web Services list applet , Create an Inbound
web services record :
Enter the namespace for your organization's web services.
Enter the name of the web services in the name column.
Select the Active in the status field.
Create an Inbound service port record in the service port
list Applet.
Click New and enter the name of the port in the Name Column.
Pick the type of object published.
Enter the address appropriate for the transport chosen.
Select the protocol or transport that will publish the web service.
In the Operations List Applet ,create a new operation record
for the new service port you created
Enter the name of the web service operation.
Select the name of the business service method in the method
Display name column.
Select the authentication type from the drop-down list.
Generate .wsdl file.

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Outbound
Step For Siebel Web Services - Outbound communication
Import the WSDL file in Siebel tools.
Start Siebel tools.
Choose File > New Object to display the New Object Wizards.
Select the EAI tab, select the Web service icon, and click OK.
The WSDL import Wizard appears.
Setup the Outbound Webservice definition
you have to import the runtime information generated
in the .xml file though the WSDL Import Wizard.(OR)
In the Siebel client, navigate to the Web Services
Administration view via Site Map.
Select Outbound Web services from the Web Services
Administration view.
Click Import to display the EAI Web Service Import
dialog box and specify the export file (.xml) created
from the WSDL Import Wizard in step.Click Import.
Check that the Service Ports section in the Outbound Web Services view is populated from
the export file.
Make sure Web service status is Active
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What is SOA ?

Service - Oriented Architecture (SOA)

Agents (Software or human)
Emphasis on actions
Agents - to - agent interaction through message exchange.

A Service is a set of actions that form a coherent whole from the point of
view of service providers and service requesters.

Service-Oriented Architecture are more suitable for loosely coupled
distributed applications (Web service Architecture)

Object - Orientation encourages closely coupled distributed
applications( I.e., CORBA,DCOM,etc.)

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OOPS
SOA
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SOA
What is relation between SOA & Web
Services?

Service - Oriented Architecture are

Loosely coupled pieces of application functionality
published
consumed
can be combined with other applications over a network.

Web Services

Stack of emerging standards.
Define protocols.
Create a loosely coupled framework for programmatic communication
among disparate systems.


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Q & A
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