Oracle BPEL Process Manager

Oracle® BPEL Process Manager
Quick Start Guide

10g Release 2 (10.1.2)
Part No. B15604-01
August 11, 2005

Oracle BPEL Process Manager Quick Start Guide, 10g Release 2 (10.1.2)
Part No. B15604-01
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Primary Author: Mark Kennedy
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Contents
Send Us Your Comments ........................................................................................................................ v
Preface ................................................................................................................................................................ vii

Intended Audience.................................................................................................................................... viii
Documentation Accessibility ................................................................................................................... viii
Structure ..................................................................................................................................................... viii
Conventions ............................................................................................................................................... viii
1 Getting Started with the Oracle BPEL Process Manager

BPEL: The Cornerstone of SOA............................................................................................................. 1-2
BPEL Concepts ................................................................................................................................... 1-2
Oracle BPEL Process Manager ............................................................................................................... 1-3
Introduction to Oracle BPEL Process Manager ............................................................................. 1-3
How Is Oracle BPEL Process Manager Different?......................................................................... 1-4
Oracle BPEL Process Manager Feature Summary......................................................................... 1-4
Installing Oracle BPEL Process Manager for Developers ................................................................ 1-5
Directory Structure ............................................................................................................................ 1-8
Starting Oracle BPEL Process Manager Components ...................................................................... 1-8
Connecting to Oracle BPEL Server .................................................................................................... 1-10
Setting the Hostname in Your Web Browser Preferences.............................................................. 1-10
Understanding Namespaces and Namespace URIs........................................................................ 1-11
Eclipse BPEL Designer on Eclipse Platform .................................................................................... 1-11
2 Credit Flow Tutorial

Introduction............................................................................................................................................... 2-2
Using the Tutorial..................................................................................................................................... 2-2
Starting Oracle BPEL Server and JDeveloper BPEL Designer..................................................... 2-2
Starting and Testing Your Service ................................................................................................... 2-2
Creating a Workspace and a Project................................................................................................ 2-3
Viewing the WSDL File Source Code.............................................................................................. 2-4
Editing the WSDL File Source Code................................................................................................ 2-5
Viewing the BPEL File Source Code................................................................................................ 2-6
Creating and Configuring a Partner Link for the Credit Rating Service ................................... 2-6
Creating a Credit Rating Service Partner Link ....................................................................... 2-7
Creating a Scope Activity .......................................................................................................... 2-8
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Creating an Invoke Activity Inside the Scope Activity ......................................................... 2-9
Creating an Initial Assign Activity Inside the Scope Activity........................................... 2-10
Creating a Second Assign Activity Inside the Scope Activity........................................... 2-11
Validating, Compiling, and Deploying the Credit Flow Process............................................. 2-12
Running the Credit Flow Process ................................................................................................. 2-12
3 Loan Process Tutorial

Loan Process Introduction ...................................................................................................................... 3-2
Using the Loan Process Tutorial ............................................................................................................ 3-2
Starting Oracle BPEL Server and JDeveloper BPEL Designer..................................................... 3-3
Starting and Testing Your Services.................................................................................................. 3-3
Creating a Loan Process Project ....................................................................................................... 3-4
Creating the Loan Process Schema File .......................................................................................... 3-5
Importing the Loan Process Schema File........................................................................................ 3-6
Creating and Configuring a Partner Link for the Credit Rating Service .................................. 3-6
Creating a Credit Rating Service Partner Link ....................................................................... 3-7
Creating a Scope Activity .......................................................................................................... 3-9
Creating an Invoke Activity Inside the Scope Activity ......................................................... 3-9
Creating an Initial Assign Activity Inside the Scope Activity........................................... 3-10
Creating a Second Assign Activity Inside the Scope Activity........................................... 3-11
Creating and Configuring Partner Links for the Asynchronous United Loan and Star
Loan Services ................................................................................................................................... 3-12
Creating Partner Links for the United Loan and Star Loan Services ............................... 3-12
Creating a Second Scope Activity.......................................................................................... 3-14
Adding a Flow Activity to the Second Scope ...................................................................... 3-15
Creating Invoke and Receive Activities for the Star Loan Service ................................... 3-15
Creating Invoke and Receive Activities for the United Loan Service .............................. 3-17
Creating an Assign Activity ................................................................................................... 3-19
Adding Offer Decision Making Logic to the Loan Process....................................................... 3-20
Validating, Compiling, and Deploying the Loan Process......................................................... 3-22
Running the Loan Process ............................................................................................................. 3-23
Adding Error Handling Capabilities to the Loan Process (Optional) ..................................... 3-25
Creating a Fault Handling Error Variable............................................................................ 3-26
Creating a Catch Branch in the GetCreditRating Scope Activity ..................................... 3-26
Creating an Assign Activity Inside the Catch Branch of the Scope Activity .................. 3-27
Creating an Invoke Activity Inside the Catch Branch of the Scope Activity .................. 3-29
Creating a Terminate Activity Inside the Catch Branch of the Scope Activity............... 3-30
Index
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Preface
This guide is the primary source of introduction and usage information for Oracle
BPEL Process Manager.
This preface contains these topics:
■ Intended Audience
■ Documentation Accessibility
■ Structure
■ Conventions
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Intended Audience
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Manager.
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Structure
This document contains:
Chapter 1, "Getting Started with the Oracle BPEL Process Manager"

The chapter provides an overview of the business process execution language (BPEL)
and Oracle BPEL Process Manager.
Chapter 2, "Credit Flow Tutorial"

This chapter describes how to use JDeveloper BPEL Designer to design, deploy, and
test your first BPEL process.
Chapter 3, "Loan Process Tutorial"

This tutorial describes how to design and execute a more sophisticated BPEL process
than the one you created in Chapter 2, "Credit Flow Tutorial".
Conventions
This section describes the conventions used in the text and code examples of this
documentation set. It describes:
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■ Conventions in Text
■ Conventions in Code Examples
■ Conventions for Windows Operating Systems
Conventions in Text
We use various conventions in text to help you more quickly identify special terms.
The following table describes those conventions and provides examples of their use.
Convention Meaning Example

Bold Bold typeface indicates terms that are When you specify this clause, you create an
defined in the text or terms that appear in a index-organized table.
glossary, or both.
Italics Italic typeface indicates book titles or Oracle Database Concepts
emphasis.
Ensure that the recovery catalog and target
database do not reside on the same disk.
UPPERCASE Uppercase monospace typeface indicates You can specify this clause only for a NUMBER
monospace elements supplied by the system. Such column.
(fixed-width) elements include parameters, privileges,
You can back up the database by using the
font datatypes, RMAN keywords, SQL
BACKUP command.
keywords, SQL*Plus or utility commands,
packages and methods, as well as Query the TABLE_NAME column in the USER_
system-supplied column names, database TABLES data dictionary view.
objects and structures, usernames, and
Use the DBMS_STATS.GENERATE_STATS
roles.
procedure.
lowercase Lowercase monospace typeface indicates Enter sqlplus to start SQL*Plus.
monospace executables, filenames, directory names,
The password is specified in the orapwd file.
(fixed-width) and sample user-supplied elements. Such
font elements include computer and database Back up the datafiles and control files in the
names, net service names, and connect /disk1/oracle/dbs directory.
identifiers, as well as user-supplied
The department_id, department_name, and
database objects and structures, column
location_id columns are in the
names, packages and classes, usernames
hr.departments table.
and roles, program units, and parameter
values. Set the QUERY_REWRITE_ENABLED initialization
parameter to true.
Note: Some programmatic elements use a
mixture of UPPERCASE and lowercase. Connect as oe user.
Enter these elements as shown.
The JRepUtil class implements these methods.
lowercase Lowercase italic monospace font represents You can specify the parallel_clause.
italic placeholders or variables.
Run old_release.SQL where old_release
monospace
refers to the release you installed prior to
(fixed-width)
upgrading.
font
Conventions in Code Examples

Code examples illustrate SQL, PL/SQL, SQL*Plus, or other command-line statements.
They are displayed in a monospace (fixed-width) font and separated from normal text
as shown in this example:
SELECT username FROM dba_users WHERE username = ’MIGRATE’;
The following table describes typographic conventions used in code examples and
provides examples of their use.
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[ ] Brackets enclose one or more optional DECIMAL (digits [ , precision ])
items. Do not enter the brackets.
{ } Braces enclose two or more items, one of {ENABLE | DISABLE}
which is required. Do not enter the braces.
| A vertical bar represents a choice of two or {ENABLE | DISABLE}
more options within brackets or braces. [COMPRESS | NOCOMPRESS]
Enter one of the options. Do not enter the
vertical bar.
... Horizontal ellipsis points indicate either:
■ That we have omitted parts of the CREATE TABLE ... AS subquery;
code that are not directly related to the
example SELECT col1, col2, ... , coln FROM
employees;
■ That you can repeat a portion of the
code
. Vertical ellipsis points indicate that we SQL> SELECT NAME FROM V$DATAFILE;
. have omitted several lines of code not NAME
. directly related to the example. ------------------------------------
/fsl/dbs/tbs_01.dbf
/fs1/dbs/tbs_02.dbf
.
.
.
/fsl/dbs/tbs_09.dbf
9 rows selected.
Other notation You must enter symbols other than acctbal NUMBER(11,2);
brackets, braces, vertical bars, and ellipsis acct CONSTANT NUMBER(4) := 3;
points as shown.
Italics Italicized text indicates placeholders or CONNECT SYSTEM/system_password
variables for which you must supply DB_NAME = database_name
particular values.
UPPERCASE Uppercase typeface indicates elements SELECT last_name, employee_id FROM
supplied by the system. We show these employees;
terms in uppercase in order to distinguish SELECT * FROM USER_TABLES;
them from terms you define. Unless terms DROP TABLE hr.employees;
appear in brackets, enter them in the order
and with the spelling shown. However,
because these terms are not case sensitive,
you can enter them in lowercase.
lowercase Lowercase typeface indicates SELECT last_name, employee_id FROM
programmatic elements that you supply. employees;
For example, lowercase indicates names of sqlplus hr/hr
tables, columns, or files. CREATE USER mjones IDENTIFIED BY ty3MU9;
Note: Some programmatic elements use a
mixture of UPPERCASE and lowercase.
Enter these elements as shown.
Conventions for Windows Operating Systems

The following table describes conventions for Windows operating systems and
provides examples of their use.
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Choose Start > How to start a program. To start the Database Configuration Assistant,
choose Start > Programs > Oracle - HOME_
NAME > Configuration and Migration Tools >
Database Configuration Assistant.
File and directory File and directory names are not case c:\winnt"\"system32 is the same as
names sensitive. The following special characters C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32
are not allowed: left angle bracket (<), right
angle bracket (>), colon (:), double
quotation marks ("), slash (/), pipe (|), and
dash (-). The special character backslash (\)
is treated as an element separator, even
when it appears in quotes. If the file name
begins with \\, then Windows assumes it
uses the Universal Naming Convention.
C:\> Represents the Windows command C:\oracle\oradata>
prompt of the current hard disk drive. The
escape character in a command prompt is
the caret (^). Your prompt reflects the
subdirectory in which you are working.
Referred to as the command prompt in this
manual.
Special characters The backslash (\) special character is C:\>exp scott/tiger TABLES=emp
sometimes required as an escape character QUERY=\"WHERE job=’SALESMAN’ and
for the double quotation mark (") special sal<1600\"
character at the Windows command C:\>imp SYSTEM/password FROMUSER=scott
prompt. Parentheses and the single TABLES=(emp, dept)
quotation mark (’) do not require an escape
character. Refer to your Windows
operating system documentation for more
information on escape and special
characters.
HOME_NAME Represents the Oracle home name. The C:\> net start OracleHOME_NAMETNSListener
home name can be up to 16 alphanumeric
characters. The only special character
allowed in the home name is the
underscore.
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Getting Started with the Oracle BPEL
Process Manager
The chapter provides an overview of how the business process execution language
(BPEL) and Oracle BPEL Process Manager enable you to design service-oriented
architecture (SOA)-based applications by developing synchronous and asynchronous
services into end-to-end BPEL process flows. This chapter also describes how to install
and start the Oracle BPEL Process Manager, Oracle BPEL Server, and other key
components.
This chapter contains the following topics:
■ BPEL: The Cornerstone of SOA
■ Oracle BPEL Process Manager
■ Installing Oracle BPEL Process Manager for Developers
■ Starting Oracle BPEL Process Manager Components
■ Connecting to Oracle BPEL Server
■ Setting the Hostname in Your Web Browser Preferences
■ Understanding Namespaces and Namespace URIs
■ Eclipse BPEL Designer on Eclipse Platform
Getting Started with the Oracle BPEL Process Manager 1-1

BPEL: The Cornerstone of SOA
BPEL: The Cornerstone of SOA

Many companies are looking at Web services and SOA as a method for addressing the
integration requirements involved in building connected applications. While SOA has
existed for over a decade, there was confusion about which interfaces to adopt. BPEL
and Web service standards solve this dilemma by addressing common application
requirements in an open, portable, and standard way. SOA optimizes business
performance by using existing resources and minimizing the cost of deploying new
applications. Enterprises adopting these standards and architectural approaches
achieve a significant return on investment (ROI) from using the same standards-based
approach to building connected applications that they used for building Web
applications with Java/Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE).
Making Web services work is a two-step process:
1. Publish the services.
Publishing a service involves taking a function within an existing application or
system and making it available in a standard way.
2. Compose, or orchestrate, the services into business flows.
Orchestration involves composing multiple services into an end-to-end business
process.
Web services standards, including web services description language (WSDL),
extensible markup language (XML), and simple object access protocol (SOAP), have
emerged as an effective and highly interoperable platform for publishing services. In
addition, high performance binding frameworks enable enterprises to access legacy
systems and native Java code without having to wrap them in a SOAP interface.
BPEL Concepts
BPEL is emerging as the clear standard for composing multiple synchronous and
asynchronous services into collaborative and transactional process flows. BPEL
benefits from over 15 years of research that improves upon its predecessor languages
of XLANG and WSFL. BPEL provides the following features:
■ Web services/WSDL as component model
■ XML as data model (data loose-coupling)
■ Synchronous and asynchronous message exchange patterns
■ Deterministic and nondeterministic flow coordination
■ Hierarchical exception management
■ Long-running unit of work/compensation
Since the BPEL specification was submitted to the Organization for the Advancement
of Structured Information Standards (OASIS) in March 2003, it has gained the support
of nearly every major industry vendor. This provides a great benefit to enterprises that
can now implement their business processes in a standard and portable way, avoiding
vendor-specific rules to a degree not previously possible.
1-2 Oracle BPEL Process Manager Quick Start Guide

Oracle BPEL Process Manager

This section contains these topics:
■ Introduction to Oracle BPEL Process Manager
■ How Is Oracle BPEL Process Manager Different?
■ Oracle BPEL Process Manager Feature Summary
Introduction to Oracle BPEL Process Manager

Oracle BPEL Process Manager provides a user-friendly and reliable solution for
designing, deploying, and managing BPEL business processes. Oracle BPEL Process
Manager consists of the key components shown in Figure 1–1.
Figure 1–1 Oracle BPEL Process Manager
Developer
Design BPEL
BPEL Designer
BPEL Server Dehydrate
WSDL Binding Built in Integration Services Oracle

Database
Web Services Tech Human
Adapters XSLT Workflow Notification
JMS
Oracle BPEL
Console
JCA
Manage
Core BPEL Services
Email
J2EE Application Server
Oracle BPEL Process Manager includes JDeveloper BPEL Designer, which extends the
functionality of Oracle JDeveloper 10g to enable you to model, edit, and design
business processes using BPEL. JDeveloper BPEL Designer provides a graphical and
user-friendly way to build BPEL processes. What is unique about JDeveloper BPEL
Designer is that it uses BPEL as its native format. This means that processes built with
JDeveloper BPEL Designer are 100% portable. JDeveloper BPEL Designer also enables
you to view and modify the BPEL source without decreasing the usefulness of the tool.
The core BPEL engine provides the most mature, scalable, and robust implementation
of a BPEL server available today. Oracle BPEL Process Manager executes standard
BPEL processes. Oracle BPEL Process Manager also provides a dehydration capability
that enables the states of long-running flows to be automatically maintained in a
database, thus enabling clustering for both fail over and scalability. Oracle BPEL

Server uses an underlying J2EE application server, with support for most major
commercial application servers and a bundled version available.
The built-in integration services enable you to use advanced connectivity and
transformation capabilities of standard BPEL processes. These capabilities include
support for XSLT and XQuery transformation, and bindings to hundreds of legacy
systems through Java connector architecture (JCA) adapters and native protocols. A
user task service is provided as a built-in BPEL service to enable the integration of
people and manual tasks into BPEL flows.
The extensible WSDL binding framework enables connectivity to protocols and
message formats other than SOAP. Bindings are available for JMS, e-mail, JCA, HTTP
GET, HTTP POST, and many other protocols enabling simple connectivity to hundreds
of back-end systems.
Oracle BPEL Console provides a mature Web-based interface for management,
administration, and debugging of processes deployed to Oracle BPEL Server. Audit
trails and process history and reporting information are automatically maintained and
available through both Oracle BPEL Console and a Java API.
How Is Oracle BPEL Process Manager Different?

Oracle BPEL Process Manager provides the following key differences:
■ The power of an open standard
By capturing your business processes in BPEL, you protect your intellectual
property and investments while avoiding vendor lock-in. BPEL is to business
process management what SQL is to data management.
■ Unparalleled visibility and administration
Oracle BPEL Console reduces the cost and complexity of deploying and managing
your business processes. Visually monitor the execution of each BPEL process,
drill down into the audit trail and view the details of each conversation, or debug
a running flow against its BPEL implementation.
■ Open and flexible binding framework
You can orchestrate XML Web services, and also Java/J2EE components, portals,
JCA interfaces, and Java message service (JMS) destinations. You can tie into
back-end systems. You can use your Java skills and application server investments.
Oracle BPEL Process Manager Feature Summary

Oracle BPEL Process Manager includes the following features:
■ JDeveloper BPEL Designer
■ Native BPEL support
■ Drag-and-drop process modeler
■ Universal description, discover, and integration (UDDI) and Web services
inspection language (WSIL) service browser
■ Visual XPath editor
■ One-click build and deploy
■ Oracle BPEL Console
■ Visual monitoring

Installing Oracle BPEL Process Manager for Developers
■ Auditing
■ BPEL debugging
■ Process versioning
■ In-flight administration
■ Process performance monitoring statistics
■ Partitioning/domains
■ Built-in integration services
■ Java embedding
■ E-mail and JMS messaging services
■ Extensible style sheet language transformation (XSLT) and XQuery
transformation services
■ Workflow tasks and portal integration
■ Extensible WSIF binding framework
■ Oracle BPEL Server
■ Comprehensive BPEL version 1.1
■ Synchronous and asynchronous messaging
■ Context dehydration
■ Advanced exception management
■ Side-by-side versioning
■ Large XML documents

Follow these instructions to install Oracle BPEL Process Manager for Developers. After
completing installation, Oracle recommends that you also install Patch 1, which is
available at the following URL:
http://www.oracle.com/technology/bpel
1. Ensure that you meet the following requirements:
Element Requirement
Operating system Windows XP, Windows 2000 with Service Pack 3, Windows 2003
with Service Pack 1, Sun SPARC Solaris version 8 and 9, Red Hat
Enterprise Linux AS/ES 2.1 and 3.0, or SUSE Linux Enterprise
Server 8 and 9
Disk space 1 GB
Memory 512 MB RAM minimum (1 GB preferred)
Swap space 1535 MB minimum
Web browser Internet Explorer 6.0 only
Monitor Configured to display at least 256 colors

Element Requirement
Large display settings If you configure your Windows environment to use display
settings of large fonts and large size DPI settings (120 DPI), you
must configure JDeveloper BPEL Designer after installation. This
ensures that all BPEL elements correctly display in JDeveloper
BPEL Designer. Perform the following procedures:
1. Right-click in JDeveloper BPEL Designer.
2. Select Diagram Properties.
3. Disable Use Inline Editors.
2. If installing on Solaris or Linux, see the appropriate Oracle Application Server

Installation Guide for each operating system for instructions on:
■ Setting the mount point for the CD-ROM
■ Starting Oracle Universal Installer
3. Insert the CD-ROM.
4. Start Oracle Universal Installer from the bpel directory at the root of the
CD-ROM:
On... Do This...
Solaris or Linux Enter the following command at the operating system prompt:
./runInstaller
Windows Click setup.exe.
The Welcome screen appears.

5. Click Next.
The Specify File Locations screen appears.
6. Create a new Oracle home name and directory path in which to install Oracle
components in the Destination fields. Do not use an existing Oracle home name
and directory path. For example, enter the following:
Name: OraBPELPM
Path: c:\OraBPELPM
Do not change the directory path in the Source field. This is the location of
installation files.
7. Click Next.
The Select Installation Type screen appears.

The following installation types are available:
Product Description
BPEL Process Installs an Oracle JDeveloper 10g-based environment for modeling,
Manager for editing, designing, and running business processes using BPEL. Oracle
Developers BPEL Server and Oracle BPEL Console are also installed.
BPEL Process Installs a BPEL server infrastructure for running BPEL processes that you
Manager for design. This type does not install JDeveloper BPEL Designer. This type
OracleAS Middle requires an Oracle Application Server 10g J2EE middle tier be installed in
Tier the chosen Oracle home directory.
See Also: Oracle Application Server Integration Installation Guide for
instructions on installing this type
8. Select BPEL Process Manager for Developers.

9. Click Next.
The Specify Outgoing HTTP Proxy Information window appears.
10. If your host is located behind a fire wall, you may need to route outgoing HTTP
connections through a proxy server. Enter the following information. If you are
directly connected to the Internet or do not want to configure proxy information
now, click Next.
Field Description Example

HTTP Proxy Host Enter the name of the proxy www-proxy.us.acme.com
server host.
HTTP Proxy Port Enter the port number of the 80
proxy server host.
Bypass proxy for Enter an address that bypasses *.us.acme.com;us.acme.co
addresses the proxy. m<local>
11. Review specific details, including the space requirements to ensure that you have
sufficient disk space.
12. Click Install.
13. Click Exit when installation completes and confirm when prompted.

Starting Oracle BPEL Process Manager Components
14. Install Patch 1. See the following URL for instructions on downloading and
applying Patch 1:
Directory Structure
After completing installation, the directory structure shown in Table 1–1 is created:
Table 1–1 Directory Structure

Directory Description
cfgtoollogs Contains postinstallation configuration tool log files.
diagnostics Contains an Oracle Universal Installer .xml file.
integration Contains the following subdirectories:
■ jdev ■ Contains JDeveloper BPEL Designer files and directories,
including the workspace and project directories (under
jdev\jdev\mywork) in which your BPEL processes are
created and designed.
■ orabpel ■ Contains Oracle BPEL Process Manager files and directories,
including the samples\demos and samples\utils
directories from which you start Web services for the
tutorials in this guide. The samples\tutorials directory
also provides additional tutorials.
inventory Contains Oracle Universal Installer installation inventory files.
jdk Contains the required Java Developer’s Kit version.
jre Contains the required Java Runtime environment files.
lib Contains library files.
Opatch Contains path files.
oui Contains Oracle Universal Installer files.
perl Contains required Perl script files.

Follow the instructions in Table 1–2 to start and stop Oracle BPEL Process Manager
components.

Table 1–2 Starting and Stopping Oracle BPEL Process Manager Components
To Access The... On Windows... On Unix...
Oracle BPEL Server To start Oracle BPEL Server: To start Oracle BPEL Server:
Select Start > All Programs > Oracle - From $ORACLE_
Oracle_Home > Oracle BPEL Process HOME/integration/orabpel/bin:
Manager 10.1.2 > Start BPEL PM Server
startorabpel.sh
To stop Oracle BPEL Server:
To stop Oracle BPEL Server:
Select Start > All Programs > Oracle -
From $ORACLE_
Oracle_Home > Oracle BPEL Process
HOME/integration/orabpel/bin:
Manager 10.1.2 > Stop BPEL PM Server
shutdownorabpel.sh
JDeveloper BPEL Select Start > All Programs > Oracle - $ORACLE_
Designer Oracle_Home > Oracle BPEL Process HOME/integration/jdev/jdev/bin/jde
Manager 10.1.2 > JDeveloper BPEL v
Designer to start JDeveloper BPEL Designer,
or use the shortcut icon that is placed on
your desktop.
Oracle BPEL You must first start Oracle BPEL Server. First start Oracle BPEL Server.
Console
To start Oracle BPEL Console: To start Oracle BPEL Console:
1. Select Start > All Programs > Oracle - ■ From Internet Explorer 6.0, log on to the
Oracle_Home > Oracle BPEL Process URL for your installation, which can
Manager 10.1.2 > BPEL Console found in bpelsetupinfo.txt.
You can also start Oracle BPEL Console from
Internet Explorer 6.0 using the URL for your
installation, which can found in
bpelsetupinfo.txt.
Developer Prompt Select Start > All Programs > Oracle - Setting Developer Prompt in Bourne shell:
$ ORACLE_
Manager 10.1.2 > Developer Prompt to open
HOME=/home/oracle/installs/midtier
up a command prompt at the Oracle_
Home\integration\orabpel\samples $ export ORACLE_HOME
directory. This enables you to easily access
$ PATH=$ORACLE_
demonstrations and start any required Web
HOME/integration/orabpel/bin:$PATH
services.
$ export PATH
Oracle BPEL For details about BPEL samples and Log into the following URL using Internet
Process Manager additional tutorials available for use: Explorer 6.0:
Samples and
Select Start > All Programs > Oracle - $ORACLE_
Tutorials
Oracle_Home > Oracle BPEL Process HOME/integration/orabpel/samples/s
Manager 10.1.2 > Getting Started with ampleshome.html
Samples
Sample Worklist To access the login window for Oracle BPEL First start Oracle BPEL Server.
Application Worklist Application:
To start Oracle BPEL Worklist Application:
Select Start > All Programs > Oracle -
■ From Internet Explorer 6.0, log on to the
URL for your installation, which is found
Manager 10.1.2 > Sample Worklist
in bpelsetupinfo.txt.
Application
You may also start Oracle BPEL Worklist
Application from Internet Explorer 6.0 using
the URL for your installation, which is found
in bpelsetupinfo.txt.
See Also: Oracle BPEL Process Manager Order Booking Tutorial for a
tutorial that uses Oracle BPEL Worklist Application

Connecting to Oracle BPEL Server
Connecting to Oracle BPEL Server

When you start JDeveloper BPEL Designer for the first time, a connection named
LocalBPELServer is automatically created. This connection enables you to deploy
your BPEL process from JDeveloper BPEL Designer to Oracle BPEL Server. The
LocalBPELServer connection is sufficient for completing all tutorials in this guide.
If you want to create additional connections, follow these instructions.
1. Select Connection Navigator from the View main menu in JDeveloper BPEL
Designer.
2. Right-click BPEL Process Manager Server.
3. Select New BPEL Process Manager Connection.
4. Click Next on the Welcome page.
5. Provide a meaningful name for connecting to the server.
6. Click Next.
7. Enter the following details:
Field Value
Host Name localhost (default value)
Port 9700 (default value)
8. Click Next.
9. Test the connection by clicking Test Connection. If the connection is successful, the
following message appears:
Success.
10. Click Finish.
Setting the Hostname in Your Web Browser Preferences

Add the hostname of your computer to the Oracle JDeveloper 10g preference settings.
If you do not do this, you can receive parsing errors when selecting a WSDL file on the
WSDL Chooser window while creating a partner link.
1. Select Preferences from the Tools main menu.
2. Click Web Browser and Proxy.
3. Enter your hostname in the Exceptions field. For example, if your hostname is
myhost-pc:
us.acme.com|*.us.acme.com|localhost|127.0.0.1|myhost-pc
4. Ensure also that localhost appears in the Exceptions field.

5. Click OK.
You are now ready to design your BPEL process.

Eclipse BPEL Designer on Eclipse Platform
Understanding Namespaces and Namespace URIs

As you use JDeveloper BPEL Designer, namespace values such as ns1:, ns2:, or client:
can display in an Expression field or Variables navigation tree when creating copy
rules in Assign activities, or in fields of other activities.
Oracle BPEL Process Manager attempts to reduce your interaction with namespaces.
When a namespace appears in an Expression field or Variables navigation tree, accept
the namespace prefixes that display when filling in the parts of your query or
expression.
XML namespaces provide a method for distinguishing between duplicate element
type and attribute names. Such duplication can occur, for example, in an XSLT style
sheet or document that contains element types and attributes from two different
DTDs. A <refuse> element means something entirely different for a sanitation
agency than a <refuse> element for a loan processing agency. For this reason, they
are distinguished by different namespace prefixes, such as ns1:, ns2:, or client:.
The URIs provide a system for creating unique identifiers.

A production version of Eclipse BPEL Designer is also available as a plug-in on the
Eclipse Platform version 3.0GA. The Eclipse Platform is designed for building
integrated development environments (IDEs). You can use IDEs to create applications
such as Web sites, embedded Java programs, C++ programs, and Enterprise
JavaBeans.
For additional details, including Eclipse BPEL Designer and Oracle BPEL Process
Manager software downloads, see the following URL:


2
Credit Flow Tutorial
This tutorial describes how to use JDeveloper BPEL Designer to design, deploy, and
test your first BPEL process.
This tutorial contains these topics:
■ Introduction
■ Using the Tutorial
Credit Flow Tutorial 2-1

Introduction
Introduction
This tutorial teaches you how to use JDeveloper BPEL Designer to build, deploy, and
test your first BPEL process. The process is a flow that you create to call a Credit
Rating service. When you run this process, you enter your social security number into
an HTML user interface. The Credit Rating service takes your number and returns a
credit rating. Creating this process is intended to be the first step toward building a
more sophisticated application (like that shown in Chapter 3, "Loan Process Tutorial").
Using the Tutorial

■ Starting Oracle BPEL Server and JDeveloper BPEL Designer
■ Starting and Testing Your Service
■ Creating a Workspace and a Project
■ Viewing the WSDL File Source Code
■ Editing the WSDL File Source Code
■ Viewing the BPEL File Source Code
■ Creating and Configuring a Partner Link for the Credit Rating Service
■ Validating, Compiling, and Deploying the Credit Flow Process
■ Running the Credit Flow Process
Starting Oracle BPEL Server and JDeveloper BPEL Designer

Ensure that JDeveloper BPEL Designer (which provides extensions to Oracle
JDeveloper 10g) and Oracle BPEL Server are started. See "Starting Oracle BPEL Process
Manager Components" on page 1-8 for instructions.
Starting and Testing Your Service

During this tutorial, the BPEL process that you design communicates with a Credit
Rating service described in "Introduction" on page 2-2. You must first start the service
and test that it is running.
1. Select Start > All Programs > Oracle - Oracle_Home > Oracle BPEL Process
Manager 10.1.2 > Developer Prompt to open up a command prompt at the
Oracle_Home\integration\orabpel\samples directory.
2. Change directories to the utils\CreditRatingService subdirectory:
cd utils\CreditRatingService
3. Enter the following command:

obant
This deploys and starts the Credit Rating service for using this tutorial. If
successful, a message similar to the following appears at the end:
BUILD SUCCESSFUL
Total time: 13 seconds
C:\oraBPEL\integration\orabpel\samples\utils\CreditRatingService>ENDLOCAL

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4. Log into Oracle BPEL Console using Internet Explorer by selecting Start > All
Programs > Oracle - Oracle_Home > Oracle BPEL Process Manager 10.1.2 > BPEL
Console.
5. Enter bpel as the password when prompted.
All services are running if the CreditFlow, TaskActionHandler, and TaskManager
services display in the Dashboard tab.
Creating a Workspace and a Project

You must create a workspace and a project to begin. The project automatically creates
the basics for your BPEL process, including:
■ BPEL process source (projectname.bpel)
■ Web services description language (WSDL) client interface (projectname.wsdl)
■ BPEL process deployment descriptor (bpel.xml)
Follow these instructions to create a new Credit Flow project.
Caution: Do not include any special characters in the project name

(such as periods). If you do include special characters, errors appear
when you attempt to compile your project.
1. Return to JDeveloper BPEL Designer.

2. Select File > New from the main menu.
3. Double-click Workspace in the Items window to display the Create Workspace
window.
4. Enter myBPELworkspace in the Workspace Name field and accept the default
path in the Directory Name field.
5. Deselect the Add a New Empty Project check box.
6. Click OK.
7. Right-click myBPELworkspace in the Applications Navigator section.
8. Select New Project to define a new BPEL process project.
9. Double-click BPEL Process Project in the Items window to display the BPEL
Process Project window.
10. Enter myCreditFlow in the BPEL Process Name field. All other fields default to
the correct values for creating an asynchronous BPEL process.
11. Click OK. The BPEL process files are created in the Oracle_
Home\integration\jdev\jdev\mywork\myBPELworkspace\myCreditFlo
w directory.
12. The following sections appear. If they do not appear, click Diagram View in
JDeveloper BPEL Designer and double-click myCreditFlow.bpel in the
Applications Navigator section. See the Oracle BPEL Process Manager Developer’s
Guide for a description of JDeveloper BPEL Designer sections.

Using the Tutorial
Viewing the WSDL File Source Code

You now review the sections of the WSDL file.
1. Double-click myCreditFlow.wsdl in the Applications Navigator section.
2. View the following section of code. A myCreditFlowProcessRequest element
is accepted as input. A myCreditFlowProcessResponse element is returned as
output.
<element name="myCreditFlowProcessRequest">
<complexType>
<sequence>
<element name="input" type="string"/>
</sequence>
</complexType>
</element>
<element name="myCreditFlowProcessResponse">
<complexType>
<sequence>
<element name="result" type="string"/>
</sequence>
</complexType>
</element>
3. View the following section of code. Two port types are defined, each with a
one-way operation. One operation initiates the asynchronous process. The other
operation calls back the client with the asynchronous response.

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<portType name="myCreditFlow">
<operation name="initiate">
<input message="client:myCreditFlowRequestMessage"/>
</operation>
</portType>

<portType name="myCreditFlowCallback">
<operation name="onResult">
<input message="client:myCreditFlowResponseMessage"/>
</operation>
</portType>
4. View the following section of code. The partnerLinkType for this asynchronous
process has two roles. One role is for the service provider, and the other is for the
requester.
<plnk:partnerLinkType name="myCreditFlow">
<plnk:role name="myCreditFlowProvider">
<plnk:portType name="client:myCreditFlow"/>
</plnk:role>
<plnk:role name="myCreditFlowRequester">
<plnk:portType name="client:myCreditFlowCallback"/>
</plnk:role>
</plnk:partnerLinkType>
Editing the WSDL File Source Code

You now edit the input and output messages of the WSDL file. This WSDL file
represents the user interface with which you interact when you run your BPEL process
and request a credit rating in "Running the Credit Flow Process" on page 2-12.
1. Change input to ssn.
2. Change result to creditRating and string to int as the output to be
returned.
<element name="CreditFlowProcessRequest">
<complexType>
<sequence>
<element name="ssn" type="string"/>
</sequence>
</complexType>
</element>
<element name="CreditFlowProcessResponse">
<complexType>
<sequence>
<element name="creditRating" type="int"/>
</sequence>
</complexType>
</element>
3. Select Save from the File main menu.

4. Close the WSDL window by clicking the x in myCreditFlow.wsdl at the top of the
designer window.
5. Double-click myCreditFlow.bpel in the Applications Navigator section.
6. Go to "Viewing the BPEL File Source Code" on page 2-6.

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Viewing the BPEL File Source Code

You now review the sections of the BPEL file.
1. Click Source at the bottom of the designer window.
2. View the following section of code. The partnerLink created for the client
interface includes two roles, myRole and partnerRole. An asynchronous BPEL
process typically has two roles for the client interface: one for the flow itself, which
exposes an input operation, and one for the client, which gets called back
asynchronously.
<partnerLinks>
<partnerLink name="client" partnerLinkType="client:myCreditFlow"
myRole="myCreditFlowProvider" partnerRole="myCreditFlowRequester"/>
</partnerLinks>
3. View the following section of code. The <receive> activity in the main body of
the process is followed by an <invoke> activity to perform an asynchronous
callback to the requester. Note the difference between this and a synchronous
process, which uses a <reply> activity to respond synchronously to the caller.
<sequence name="main">

<receive name="receiveInput" partnerLink="client"
portType="client:myCreditFlow" operation="initiate" variable="inputVariable"
createInstance="yes"/>

<invoke name="callbackClient" partnerLink="client"
portType="client:myCreditFlowCallback" operation="onResult"
inputVariable="outputVariable"/>
</sequence>
</process>
4. Click Diagram View. You are now ready to design your BPEL process.
Creating and Configuring a Partner Link for the Credit Rating Service
You now create and configure a partner link for the synchronous Credit Rating service.
This section contains these tasks:
■ Creating a Credit Rating Service Partner Link
■ Creating a Scope Activity
■ Creating an Invoke Activity Inside the Scope Activity
■ Creating an Initial Assign Activity Inside the Scope Activity
■ Creating a Second Assign Activity Inside the Scope Activity

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Note: As you create and open activities such as Scope and Assign
for the first time, the message Invalid Settings can appear at the
top. This is because you have not yet entered details. You can ignore
this message. After you enter and apply your details, the message
disappears.
Creating a Credit Rating Service Partner Link
Summary: Partner links define the external services with which your
BPEL process interacts. You must create a partner link for the Credit
Rating service.
1. Ensure that Process Activities is selected in the drop-down list of the Component
Palette section in the upper right part of JDeveloper BPEL Designer.
2. Drag and drop a PartnerLink activity onto the right side of JDeveloper BPEL
Designer.
The Create Partner Link window appears.
3. Enter the following values to create a partner link for the Credit Rating service:
Note: For the WSDL File field below, click the flashlight (the second
icon from the left named WSIL Browser) to access the WSDL Chooser
window shown below for automatically selecting the Credit Rating
service deployed in "Starting and Testing Your Service" on page 2-2.
Field Value
Name creditRatingService

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Field Value
WSDL File Access this URL by clicking the WSIL Browser flashlight icon and
expanding and selecting LocalBPELServer > processes > default >
CreditRatingService.
http://localhost:9700/orabpel/default/CreditRatingService/CreditRatin
gService?wsdl
See Also: "Setting the Hostname in Your Web Browser Preferences" on
page 1-10 if you receive a parsing error when attempting to add a
WSDL file in the WSDL Chooser window.
Partner Link Type CreditRatingService
My Role Leave unspecified. Because this is a synchronous partner link, no role is
required.
Partner Role CreditRatingServiceProvider
4. Click OK.
The creditRatingService partner link appears on the right side of the design
window.
Creating a Scope Activity
Summary: You first create a Scope activity in this section. A Scope

activity consists of a collection of activities that can have their own
local variables, fault handlers, and so on. A Scope activity is
analogous to a { } block in a programming language.
Within this Scope activity, the client’s credit rating background is
identified.
1. Go to the Component Palette section.

2. Drag and drop a Scope activity between the receiveInput and callbackClient
activities.
3. Double-click the Scope activity to display the Scope window.
4. Enter GetCreditRating in the Name field of the General tab.

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5. Click OK.
Creating an Invoke Activity Inside the Scope Activity
Summary: You create an Invoke activity in this section. An Invoke

activity enables you to specify the operation you want to invoke for
the service (identified by its partner link).
This Invoke activity provides the initial interaction operation between
the client and the Credit Rating service.
1. Click the + sign to expand the GetCreditRating Scope activity.

2. Drag and drop an Invoke activity from the Component Palette section into the
GetCreditRating Scope activity.
3. Double-click the Invoke icon to display the Invoke window.
Field Value
Name invokeCRS
Partner Link creditRatingService
The Operation (process) field is automatically filled in.

5. Click the first icon to the right of the Input Variable field. This is the automatic
variable creation icon.
6. Click OK on the Create Variable window that appears.

A variable named invokeCRS_process_InputVariable is automatically created in
the Input Variable field. This variable is automatically assigned a message type of
CreditRatingServiceRequestMessage.
7. Click the first icon to the right of the Output Variable field.
A variable named invokeCRS_process_OutputVariable is automatically created
in the Output Variable field. This variable is automatically assigned a message
type of CreditRatingServiceResponseMessage.
9. Click OK.

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Creating an Initial Assign Activity Inside the Scope Activity
Summary: In this section you create the first of two Assign activities
in this tutorial. An Assign activity provides a method for simple data
manipulation, such as copying the contents of one variable to another.
This Assign activity takes the client’s social security number as input
and contacts the Credit Rating service to assign a credit rating.
1. Drag and drop an Assign activity from the Component Palette section to above
the invokeCRS Invoke activity.
2. Double-click the Assign icon to display the Assign window.

3. Enter assignSSN in the Name field of the General tab.
4. Click Apply.
5. Click the Copy Rules tab.
6. Click Create to display the Create Copy Rule window.
7. Enter the following values:
Field Value
From
■ Type Variable
■ Variables Expand and select Variables > inputVariable > payload >
client:myCreditFlowProcessRequest > client:ssn
Note: The namespace number values (for example, ns1, ns2) can vary.
Use the namespace values that automatically appear.
To
■ Type Variable
■ Variables Expand and select Variables > invokeCRS_process_InputVariable >
payload > ns1:ssn
8. Click OK to close the Create Copy Rule window and the Assign window.

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Creating a Second Assign Activity Inside the Scope Activity
Summary: This Assign activity returns details about the client’s

assigned credit rating.
1. Drag and drop a second Assign activity from the Component Palette section to
below the invokeCRS Invoke activity within the GetCreditRating Scope activity.
3. Enter assignCreditRating in the Name field of the General tab.
4. Click Apply.
Field Value
From
■ Type Variable
■ Variables Expand and select Variables > invokeCRS_process_OutputVariable >
payload > ns1:rating
To
■ Type Variable
■ Variables Expand and select Variables > outputVariable > payload >
client:myCreditFlowProcessResponse > client:creditRating
The Scope activity looks as follows:

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You have now completed the Credit Rating service design and are ready to
proceed to the validation, compilation, and deployment tasks described in the
following section.
Validating, Compiling, and Deploying the Credit Flow Process

You are now ready to deploy your BPEL process.
1. Go to the Applications Navigator section.
2. Right-click myCreditFlow.
3. Select Deploy > LocalBPELServer > Deploy to default domain.
4. Enter bpel when prompted for the domain password.
5. Click OK.
This compiles the BPEL process. Review the bottom of the window for any errors.
If there are no errors, the following message appears:
[3:43:31 PM] Successful compilation: 0 errors, 0 warnings.
Deploying to http://localhost:9700 domain: default. Please wait ...
bpel_myCreditFlow_1.0.jar deployed successfully.
6. If there are errors, click BPEL Validation Errors to display details about the type
and location of the error.
7. Make corrections and deploy again.
Running the Credit Flow Process

You are now ready to begin the process of applying for and receiving a loan offer.
Console.
2. Enter bpel when prompted for the password.
The Dashboard tab of Oracle BPEL Console appears.
3. Click myCreditFlow in the Deployed BPEL Processes list.
4. Enter a nine-digit integer value that does not begin with zero in the ssn field of the
HTML Form and click Post XML Message. Note that the name ssn that displays in
the user interface is the value you entered in "Editing the WSDL File Source Code"
on page 2-5.
The BPEL Processes tab displays a message similar to the following:
Test Instance Initiated
Instance ’39e706a46ad531be:858bf1:fcc240f310:-7ffc’ is being processed

asynchronously.
5. Click Visual Flow to view a visual audit trail of the current state of the process
instance.
An audit trail displaying the current state of the process appears. It indicates that
you have successfully invoked the Credit Rating service.
6. Click callbackClient in the audit trail to see the results of the loan offer, including
the credit rating returned (560) by the Credit Rating service to the client.

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7. Click the Audit link at the top to observe additional information.

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3
Loan Process Tutorial
This tutorial describes how to design and execute a more sophisticated BPEL process
than the one you created in Chapter 2, "Credit Flow Tutorial". Fault-handling,
interaction with asynchronous services, parallel flows of execution, and decision
making logic are all key requirements for many business flows. This tutorial enables
you to design, test, debug, and manage a BPEL process that implements all of these
requirements.
■ Loan Process Introduction
■ Using the Loan Process Tutorial
Loan Process Tutorial 3-1

Loan Process Introduction
Loan Process Introduction

In this tutorial, you design a process that takes a loan application document from a
client and returns a selected and approved loan offer. When you run this process, it
retrieves a social security number that you enter into an HTML user interface and
contacts the Credit Rating service to request a credit rating for the client. If a credit
rating is supplied, the process sends the completed loan application to two loan
providers (Star Loan and United Loan). Each provider can take some time before
returning loan offers. The flow waits for both loan offers to be received before selecting
the offer with the lowest interest rate to send to the client.
The process can also be designed to handle negative credit exceptions. These
exceptions are made known by the credit rating service if a negative credit event is
identified for the client (for example, a bankruptcy).
Figure 3–1 provides an overview of this communication:
Figure 3–1 Loan Process Tutorial Overview
initiate (loanApp)
Portal receive
getRating(SSN) Credit
Rating
Scope Service
!
invoke
Customer
manageFault(fault) Manual Representative
! Task
Loan
Flow Provider
Service
invoke invoke process(loanApp)

Loan United
Loan
Provider Loan
onResult(loanOffer)
Provider
Service
Service
receive receive
Star
Loan
Select
lowest switch
offer
Portal
Using the Loan Process Tutorial

■ Starting Oracle BPEL Server and JDeveloper BPEL Designer
■ Starting and Testing Your Services
■ Creating a Loan Process Project
■ Creating the Loan Process Schema File

■ Importing the Loan Process Schema File

■ Creating and Configuring a Partner Link for the Credit Rating Service
■ Creating and Configuring Partner Links for the Asynchronous United Loan and
Star Loan Services
■ Adding Offer Decision Making Logic to the Loan Process
■ Validating, Compiling, and Deploying the Loan Process
■ Running the Loan Process
■ Adding Error Handling Capabilities to the Loan Process (Optional)
Note: Save frequently to ensure that you do not lose any changes.
Starting Oracle BPEL Server and JDeveloper BPEL Designer

Ensure that Oracle BPEL Server and JDeveloper BPEL Designer are started. See
"Starting Oracle BPEL Server and JDeveloper BPEL Designer" on page 2-2 for
instructions.
Starting and Testing Your Services

During this tutorial, the BPEL process that you design communicates with the Credit
Rating service and the Star Loan and United Loan provider services described in
"Loan Process Introduction" on page 3-2. You must first start these services and test
that they are running.
1. Select Start > All Programs > Oracle - Oracle_Home > Oracle BPEL Process
Manager 10.1.2 > Developer Prompt to open up a command prompt at the
Oracle_Home\integration\orabpel\samples directory.
2. Change directories to the demos\LoanDemo subdirectory:
cd demos\LoanDemo
3. Enter the following command:

obant
This deploys and starts the required services for using this tutorial. If successful, a
message similar to the following appears at the end:
deployLoanFlowUI:
all:
BUILD SUCCESSFUL
Total time: 1 minute 25 seconds
C:\oranew\integration\orabpel\samples\demos\LoanDemo>ENDLOCAL
Console.
All services for this tutorial are running if the following names display in the
Dashboard tab.

■ CreditRatingService
■ LoanFlow
■ StarLoan
■ TaskActionHandler
■ TaskManager
■ UnitedLoan
See Also: "Connecting to Oracle BPEL Server" on page 1-10 for

instructions on creating a connection
Creating a Loan Process Project

You must create a project to begin. Follow these instructions to create a new Loan
Process project inside the same myBPELworkspace workspace you created in
"Creating a Workspace and a Project" on page 2-3. If you have not yet created a
workspace, see that section for instructions.
Caution: Do not include any special characters in the project name

(such as periods) or in any activity or element names. If you do
include special characters, errors appear when you attempt to compile
your project.
1. Right-click myBPELworkspace in the Applications Navigator section of

JDeveloper BPEL Designer.
2. Select New Project.
3. Double-click BPEL Process Project in the Items window to display the BPEL
Process Project window.
4. Enter myLoanProcess in the BPEL Process Name field. All other fields default to
the correct values for creating an asynchronous BPEL process.
5. Click OK.
6. The following sections appear. If these do not appear, click Diagram View and
double-click myLoanProcess.bpel in the Applications Navigator section. See the
Oracle BPEL Process Manager Developer’s Guide for a description of JDeveloper
BPEL Designer sections.

Creating the Loan Process Schema File

1. Use an ASCII text editor to copy and paste the following syntax into a file:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<schema attributeFormDefault="qualified" elementFormDefault="qualified"
targetNamespace="http://www.autoloan.com/ns/autoloan"
xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
xmlns:s1="http://www.autoloan.com/ns/autoloan">
<element name="loanApplication" type="s1:LoanApplicationType"/>
<element name="loanOffer" type="s1:LoanOfferType"/>
<complexType name="LoanOfferType">
<sequence>
<element name="providerName" type="string"/>
<element name="selected" type="boolean"/>
<element name="approved" type="boolean"/>
<element name="APR" type="double"/>
</sequence>
</complexType>
<complexType name="LoanApplicationType">
<sequence>
<element name="SSN" type="string"/>
<element name="email" type="string"/>
<element name="customerName" type="string"/>
<element name="loanAmount" type="double"/>
<element name="carModel" type="string"/>

<element name="carYear" type="string"/>

<element name="creditRating" type="int"/>
</sequence>
</complexType>
</schema>
2. Save the file to Oracle_

Home\integration\jdev\jdev\mywork\myBPELworkspace\myLoanProce
ss\Loanflow.xsd.
Importing the Loan Process Schema File

1. Go to the Structure section on the lower left side of JDeveloper BPEL Designer. If
this section does not appear, double-click myLoanProcess.bpel in the
Applications Navigator.
2. Right-click Project Schemas.
3. Select Import Schema to display the Import Schema window.
4. Click the flashlight icon to access the Open window.
5. Select Loanflow.xsd from the directory in which you saved it in Step 2 on page 3-6
and click Open.
The file is added to the URL field of the Import Schema window.
6. Click OK.
The Loanflow.xsd file now displays in both the Applications Navigator section
(under myLoanProcess > Web Content > Miscellaneous Files) and the Structure
section (under Project Schemas).
7. Select and right-click Message Types in the Structure tree.
8. Select Expand All Child Nodes.
9. Select myLoanProcessRequestMessage > payload.
10. Right-click payload and select Edit Message Part.
11. Click Element and click the flashlight icon to display the Type Chooser window.
12. Select Project Schema Files > Loanflow.xsd > loanApplication.
13. Click OK to close the Type Chooser window and Edit Message Part window.
14. Select myLoanProcessResponseMessage > payload.
15. Right-click payload and select Edit Message Part.
16. Click Element and click the flashlight icon to display the Type Chooser window.
17. Select Project Schema Files > Loanflow.xsd > loanOffer.
18. Click OK to close the Type Chooser window and Edit Message Part window.
Creating and Configuring a Partner Link for the Credit Rating Service
You now create and configure a partner link for the synchronous Credit Rating service.
■ Creating a Credit Rating Service Partner Link

■ Creating a Scope Activity

■ Creating an Invoke Activity Inside the Scope Activity
■ Creating an Initial Assign Activity Inside the Scope Activity
■ Creating a Second Assign Activity Inside the Scope Activity
Note: As you create and open activities such as Scope and Assign
for the first time, the message Invalid Settings can appear at the
top. This is because you have not yet entered details. You can ignore
this message. After you enter and apply your details, the message
disappears.
Note: As you drag and drop activities, create partner links, create
variables, and so on, the project files that display in the Applications
Navigator section are also updated. If you want, you can click Source
for the selected project file to view the syntax changes. However, do
not manually edit these files.
Creating a Credit Rating Service Partner Link
Summary: Partner links define the external services with which your
BPEL process interacts. You must create a partner link for the Credit
Rating service.
1. Ensure that Process Activities is selected in the drop-down list of the Component
Palette section.
2. Drag and drop a PartnerLink activity onto the right side of JDeveloper BPEL
Designer.
3. Enter the following values to create a partner link for the Credit Rating service:
window shown below for automatically selecting the Credit Rating
service deployed in "Starting and Testing Your Services" on page 3-3.

Field Value
Name CreditRatingService
CreditRatingService.
http://localhost:9700/orabpel/default/CreditRatingService/CreditRatin
gService?wsdl
See Also: "Setting the Hostname in Your Web Browser Preferences" on
page 1-10 if you receive a parsing error when attempting to add a
WSDL file in the WSDL Chooser window.
Partner Link Type CreditRatingService
My Role Leave unspecified.
Partner Role CreditRatingServiceProvider
4. Click OK.
The CreditRatingService partner link now appears on the right side of JDeveloper
BPEL Designer.

Creating a Scope Activity
Summary: You now create a Scope activity. A Scope activity consists

of a collection of activities that can have their own local variables,
fault handlers, and so on. A Scope activity is analogous to a { } block
in a programming language.
Within this Scope activity, the client’s credit rating background is
identified.
1. Go to the Component Palette section in the upper right part of JDeveloper BPEL
Designer.
2. Drag and drop a Scope activity between the receiveInput and callbackClient
activities that were automatically created with your BPEL project.
3. Double-click the Scope activity to display the Scope window.
4. Enter GetCreditRating in the Name field of the General tab.
5. Click OK.
Creating an Invoke Activity Inside the Scope Activity
Summary: You create an Invoke activity in this section. An Invoke

activity enables you to specify the operation you want to invoke for
the service (identified by its partner link). You can also create variables
in an Invoke activity.
This Invoke activity provides the initial interaction operation between
the client and the Credit Rating service.
1. Drag and drop an Invoke activity from the Component Palette section into the
GetCreditRating Scope activity.

Field Value
Name invokeCR
Partner Link CreditRatingService
The Operation (process) field is automatically filled in.


A variable named invokeCR_process_InputVariable is automatically created in
the Input Variable field. This variable is automatically assigned a message type of
CreditRatingServiceRequestMessage.
6. Click the first icon to the right of the Output Variable field.
A variable named invokeCR_process_OutputVariable is automatically created in
the Output Variable field. This variable is automatically assigned a message type
of CreditRatingServiceResponseMessage.
8. Click OK.
Creating an Initial Assign Activity Inside the Scope Activity
Summary: In this section you create the first of several Assign

activities in this tutorial. An Assign activity provides a method for
simple data manipulation, such as copying the contents of one
variable to another.
This Assign activity takes the client’s social security number as input
and contacts the Credit Rating service to assign a credit rating.
1. Drag and drop an Assign activity from the Component Palette section to above
the invokeCR Invoke activity and inside the Scope activity.
3. Enter assignSSN in the Name field of the General tab.
4. Click Apply.
Field Value
From

Field Value
■ Type Variable
ns1:loanApplication > ns1:SSN
To
■ Type Variable
■ Variables Expand and select Variables > invokeCR_process_InputVariable >
payload > ns2:ssn
Creating a Second Assign Activity Inside the Scope Activity
Summary: This Assign activity returns details about the client’s

assigned credit rating. If the credit rating query did not identify a bad
credit history (such as a bankruptcy), the client’s loan application
request document is ready to be sent to the Star Loan and United Loan
service providers.
1. Drag and drop a second Assign activity from the Component Palette section to
below the invokeCR Invoke activity and inside the Scope activity.
3. Enter assignCreditRating in the Name field of the General tab.
4. Click Apply.
Field Value
From
■ Type Variable
■ Variables Expand and select Variables > InvokeCR_process_OutputVariable >
payload > ns2:rating
To
■ Type Variable
ns1:loanApplication > ns1:creditRating
The Scope activity (when expanded) now displays the following details:

9. Click the - sign to close the GetCreditRating Scope activity.

Creating and Configuring Partner Links for the Asynchronous United Loan and Star
Loan Services
You now create and configure partner links for the asynchronous Star Loan and
United Loan Rating service loan providers.
■ Creating Partner Links for the United Loan and Star Loan Services
■ Creating a Second Scope Activity
■ Adding a Flow Activity to the Second Scope
■ Creating Invoke and Receive Activities for the Star Loan Service
■ Creating Invoke and Receive Activities for the United Loan Service
■ Creating an Assign Activity
Caution: Do not include any special characters in activity or element

names (such as periods). If you do include special characters, errors
appear when you attempt to compile your project.
Creating Partner Links for the United Loan and Star Loan Services
Summary: You now create partner links for the United Loan service
and Star Loan service loan providers. Star Loan and United Loan are
asynchronous services that support a one-way initiate operation and
an asynchronous onResult callback that is invoked when a loan offer
is available from each service. This can take anywhere from a few
seconds to a few days or more to process. Since the loan providers can
be long-running, they are implemented as asynchronous services. The
BPEL process invokes them in parallel.

1. Drag and drop a PartnerLink activity from the Component Palette section onto
the right side of JDeveloper BPEL Designer.
2. Enter the following values to create a partner link for the United Loan provider:
window for automatically selecting the United Loan service deployed
in "Starting and Testing Your Services" on page 3-3.
Field Value
Name UnitedLoanService
UnitedLoan.
http://localhost:9700/orabpel/default/UnitedLoan/UnitedLoan?wsdl
Partner Link Type LoanService
My Role LoanServiceRequester
Partner Role LoanServiceProvider
3. Click OK.
4. Drag another PartnerLink activity from the Component Palette section. However,
drop it onto the left side of JDeveloper BPEL Designer this time. This is not a
requirement. However, it makes it easier to view the BPEL process interaction with
the three partner links in JDeveloper BPEL Designer when you are done.
5. Enter the following values to create a partner link for the Star Loan provider:
Field Value
Name StarLoanService
StarLoan.
http://localhost:9700/orabpel/default/StarLoan/StarLoan?wsdl
Partner Link Type LoanService
My Role LoanServiceRequester
Partner Role LoanServiceProvider
6. Click OK.
The three partner links now appear as follows in JDeveloper BPEL Designer.

Summary: If you accidently created the Star Loan and United Loan
partner links on the same side of JDeveloper BPEL Designer,
right-click the StarLoanService partner link, and select Move To
Opposite Swim Lane.
Creating a Second Scope Activity
Summary: Within this Scope activity, the client’s loan application

document is submitted to the Star Loan and United Loan service
providers. Both loan providers submit offers, of which the best offer is
returned to the client.
1. Drag and drop a second Scope activity from the Component Palette section to
below the GetCreditRating Scope activity.
2. Double-click the Scope activity.
3. Enter GetLoanOffers in the Name field of the General tab.
4. Click OK.

Adding a Flow Activity to the Second Scope
Summary: You now create a Flow activity into which you place
Invoke and Receive activities for both the Star Loan and United Loan
providers. A Flow activity is required to invoke the two loan
providers in parallel. This is because they can each take an arbitrary
amount of time to complete their loan processes. A Flow activity
enables several actions to be taken in parallel. In this case, the Flow
activity contains two parallel activities – the sequence to invoke the
United Loan service and the sequence to invoke the Star Loan service.
1. Click the + sign to expand the GetLoanOffers Scope activity.

2. Drag and drop a Flow activity from the Component Palette section into the
GetLoanOffers Scope activity.
3. Double-click the diamond to display the Flow window.
4. Enter FlowInvokeProviders.
5. Click OK.
JDeveloper BPEL Designer now looks as follows:
Note that the FlowInvokeProviders name does not appear when the Flow activity
is expanded. You must click the - sign to display the FlowInvokeProviders name.
Creating Invoke and Receive Activities for the Star Loan Service
Summary: This Invoke activity invokes the operation between the

client’s loan application document and the Star Loan service loan
provider.
This Receive activity returns the loan offer results from the Star Loan
service loan provider.
1. Drag and drop an Invoke activity into the left side of the Flow activity.

Field Value
Name invokeStarLoan
Partner Link StarLoanService
The Operation (initiate) field is automatically filled in.
Note: The Output Variable field is disabled. This is because only a

single input variable is received.
A variable named invokeStarLoan_initiate_InputVariable is automatically
created in the Input Variable field. This variable is automatically assigned a
message type of LoanServiceRequestMessage.
6. Click the flashlight (the second icon) to the right of the Input Variable field to
display the Variable Chooser window.
7. Right-click invokeStarLoan_initiate_InputVariable.
8. Select Edit Variable.
9. Rename it to loanApplication. You perform this task because the loanApplication
variable is passed to Receive activities for both the Star Loan and United Loan
services. The best offer is determined and returned to the client.
10. Click OK to close the Edit Variable window, Variable Chooser window, and Invoke
window.
11. Drag and drop a Receive activity below the invokeStarLoan Invoke activity you
just created.
12. Double-click the Receive icon to display the Receive window.
Field Value
Name receiveStarOffer
Partner Link StarLoanService
Create Instance Leave this box unchecked.
The Operation (onResult) field is automatically filled in.

14. Click the first icon to the right of the Variable field.

A variable named receiveStarOffer_onResult_InputVariable is automatically
created in the Variable field. This variable is automatically assigned a message
type of LoanServiceResultMessage.
16. Click OK.

The Flow activity now looks as follows:
Creating Invoke and Receive Activities for the United Loan Service
Summary: This Invoke activity invokes the operation between the

client’s loan application document and the United Loan service loan
provider.
This Receive activity returns the loan offer results from the United
Loan service loan provider.
1. Drag and drop an Invoke activity into the right side of the Flow activity where it
says Drop Activity Here.
Field Value
Name invokeUnitedLoan
Partner Link UnitedLoanService
The Operation (initiate) field is automatically filled in.

single variable is received.
4. Click the flashlight icon (the second icon) to the right of the Input Variable field.
This displays the Variable Chooser window. We reuse the loanApplication
variable for this activity.
5. Select loanApplication.
6. Click OK to close the Variable Chooser window and Invoke window.

7. Drag and drop a Receive activity below the invokeUnitedLoan Invoke activity
you just created.
8. Double-click the Receive icon to display the Receive window.
Field Value
Name receiveUnitedOffer
Partner Link UnitedLoanService
Create Instance Leave this box unchecked.

10. Click the first icon to the right of the Variable field.

A variable named receiveUnitedOffer_onResult_InputVariable is automatically
created in the Variable field. This variable is automatically assigned a message
type of LoanServiceResultMessage.
12. Click OK.

The Flow activity now displays the following details. This activity passes the loan
application document as an input variable to the initiate operations for the United
Loan and Star Loan services. These initiate operations return immediately, but the
next activity, the Receive activity for the onResult callback, waits until the service
has called back with a loan offer.

Summary: A dehydration point is established between the Invoke

and Receive activities. Dehydration enables long-running,
asynchronous flows to be automatically maintained in a database
while they wait for asynchronous callbacks. This enables flows to be
reliably and persistently stored in a database, along with their current
state information, whenever they are waiting for asynchronous events.
BPEL also enables support for correlating asynchronous messages so
that asynchronous callbacks can locate the appropriate waiting
process instance. By default, WS-Addressing, which uses simple object
access protocol (SOAP) message headers for correlation of
asynchronous messages, is used for message content correlation with
the correct instance.
Creating an Assign Activity
Summary: This Assign activity takes the client’s loan application

document and sends it to the Star Loan and United Loan service loan
providers.
1. Drag and drop an Assign activity from the Component Palette section inside the
GetLoanOffers Scope activity and above the Flow activity (above the diamond).
2. Double-click the Assign activity.
3. Enter initializeLoanApplication in the Name field of the General tab.
4. Click Apply.
Field Value
From
■ Type Variable
■ Variables Expand and select Variables > inputVariable > payload
To
■ Type Variable
■ Variables Expand and select Variables > loanApplication > payload
9. Click all - signs to close the Flow activity and Scope activity. When all are closed,
your BPEL process flow displays the following details:

Adding Offer Decision Making Logic to the Loan Process

Summary: The Flow activity enables your flow to gather both loan
offers at the same time, but does not compare any of the offers. To
compare the two offers and make decisions based on that comparison,
the BPEL flow requires a Switch activity. A Switch activity includes
two branches: <case> and <otherwise>. The first branch is executed if
a defined condition (inside the <case> branch) is met. If it is not met,
the <otherwise> branch is executed.
You now add a Switch activity to the GetLoanOffers Scope activity.

1. Click the + sign to expand the GetLoanOffers Scope activity.
2. Drag and drop a Switch activity from the Component Palette section into the
GetLoanOffers Scope activity and below the FlowInvokeProviders Flow activity.
3. Double-click the question mark for the Switch activity to display the Switch
window.
4. Enter GetBestOffer in the Name field.
5. Click OK.
6. Double-click <case> to display the Switch Case window.
7. Press Ctrl and then the space bar in the Expression field to display a list for
selecting (double-clicking) the following syntax. Edit as necessary. As you enter
information, a trailing slash can appear. This means you are being prompted for
additional information. Either enter additional information, or press the Esc key
and delete the trailing slash to complete the input of information.
bpws:getVariableData('receiveStarOffer_onResult_
InputVariable','payload','/ns1:loanOffer/ns1:APR') >
bpws:getVariableData('receiveUnitedOffer_onResult_
InputVariable','payload','/ns1:loanOffer/ns1:APR')
8. Click OK.

Note that the syntax you added does not explicitly display when you view the
<case> icon in the flow. (See Step 24 on page 3-22.) If you want to view this syntax,
double-click <case>. The syntax you entered displays in the Expression field.
9. Drag and drop an Assign activity from the Component Palette section into the
<case> section of this Switch activity.
Summary: This Assign activity takes the United Loan offer and, if it
is the best offer, submits it to the client. The syntax you defined in the
Expression field in Step 7 on page 3-20 determines the best offer.
11. Enter PickUnited in the Name field of the General tab.
12. Click Apply.
Field Value
From
■ Type Variable
■ Variables Expand and select Variables > receiveUnitedOffer_onResult_
InputVariable > payload
To
■ Type Variable
■ Variables Expand and select Variables > outputVariable > payload
<otherwise> section of this Switch activity.
Summary: This Assign activity takes the Star Loan offer and, if it is
the best offer, submits it to the client. The syntax you defined in the
Expression field in Step 7 on page 3-20 determines the best offer.
19. Enter PickStar in the Name field of the General tab.
20. Click Apply.
Field Value
From
■ Type Variable

Field Value
■ Variables Expand and select Variables > receiveStarOffer_onResult_
InputVariable > payload
To
■ Type Variable
■ Variables Expand and select Variables > outputVariable > payload
The Switch activity displays the following details:

You have now completed the loan process design and are ready to proceed to the
validation, compilation, and deployment tasks described in the following section.
Validating, Compiling, and Deploying the Loan Process

You are now ready to deploy your BPEL process.
1. Go to the Applications Navigator section.
2. Right-click myLoanProcess.
3. Select Deploy > LocalBPELServer > Deploy to default domain.
4. Enter bpel when prompted for the domain password.
5. Click OK.
This compiles the BPEL process. Review the bottom of the window for any errors.
If there are no errors, the following message appears:
[3:43:31 PM] Successful compilation: 0 errors, 0 warnings.
Deploying to http://localhost:9700 domain: default. Please wait ...
bpel_myLoanProcess_1.0.jar deployed successfully.
6. If there are errors, click BPEL Validation Errors to display details about the type
and location of the error.
7. Make corrections and deploy again.

Running the Loan Process

You are now ready to begin the process of applying for and receiving a loan offer.
Console.
The Dashboard tab of Oracle BPEL Console appears. These are the services that
you started and verified in Step 5 of "Starting and Testing Your Services" on
page 3-3. Note that your BPEL process, myLoanProcess, now appears in the
Deployed BPEL Processes list.
3. Click myLoanProcess in the Deployed BPEL Processes list.

The loan application form appears. Note that the form includes a social security
number field. At the beginning of the execution of this process, the social security
number you enter is retrieved and the Credit Rating service is contacted to request
a credit rating for you.
4. Complete the loan application form. Ensure that you enter a social security
number that does not begin with zero in the SSN field of the HTML Form and
click Post XML Message.

5. Go to the following URL for the Star Loan service loan provider to enter an APR
value:
http://localhost:9700/StarLoanUI
The loan approval typically takes several minutes to display. Refresh as necessary.
6. Click Assign APR Task.

7. Enter an APR value that is more than 5.75% or less than 5.7% in the APR field.
8. Click Approve.
The following message appears:
Assign APR Task has been completed
9. Return to Oracle BPEL Console.

10. Click the Instances tab to access details about this running process instance.
11. Click the latest instance of myLoanProcess in the Instance column.
A message indicates that the state of the instance is completed.

12. Click the Flow link.
A visual representation of the history of this process instance flow appears. This
represents a view of the current state and history of the execution of this process
flow instance. You can select activities to view details.
13. Scroll through the flow.

14. Continue scrolling and click the callbackClient activity at the end of the flow to
see the results of the loan offer, including the best credit rating returned by the
Credit Rating service to the client.
You have now completed running the loan process. You can continue to explore the
features of Oracle BPEL Console.
Adding Error Handling Capabilities to the Loan Process (Optional)

Now that you have designed, validated, compiled, deployed, and run a process, you
can add optional error handling functionality to handle rejections (for example, due to
a bankruptcy).
■ Creating a Fault Handling Error Variable
■ Creating a Catch Branch in the GetCreditRating Scope Activity
■ Creating an Assign Activity Inside the Catch Branch of the Scope Activity
■ Creating an Invoke Activity Inside the Catch Branch of the Scope Activity
■ Creating a Terminate Activity Inside the Catch Branch of the Scope Activity

Creating a Fault Handling Error Variable
Summary: You create fault handling to catch and manage exceptions

identified by the credit rating service. Fault handlers are associated
with a particular Scope activity and faults encountered within a scope
are passed up to this enclosing Scope activity.
1. Go to the Structure section of JDeveloper BPEL Designer.

2. Select Variables > Process > Variables.
3. Right-click Variables and select Create Variable to display the Create Variable
window.
4. Enter crError in the Name field.
5. Select Message Type and click the flashlight to display the Type Chooser window.
6. Select Message Types > Partner Links > CreditRatingService >
CreditRatingService > Message Types > CreditRatingServiceFaultMessage.
7. Click OK to close the Type Chooser window and Create Variable window.
Creating a Catch Branch in the GetCreditRating Scope Activity

2. Click Add Catch Branch near the top of the icons (fourth icon) on the left side of
GetCreditRating.
A new box displays to the right with an exclamation point and the words Drop
Activity Here.

3. Double-click the exclamation point inside the new box to display the Catch
window.
4. Enter the following details. Note that you assign the crError variable that you
previously created.
Field Description
Namespace URI http://services.otn.com
Note: This URI is the Credit Rating service’s namespace. If you want to
see where this namespace URI comes from, perform the following
steps:
1. Copy the URI for the Credit Rating service WSDL File field
entered in Step 3 on page 3-7.
2. Paste this value into a Web browser.
3. View the targetnamespace element value in the URI that appears.
Local Part NegativeCredit
Note: This is the fault name element value that displays in the above
URI.
Fault Variable crError
5. Click OK.
Creating an Assign Activity Inside the Catch Branch of the Scope Activity
Summary: The client initially provided a social security number to

the Credit Rating service for a credit check to occur. If a bad credit
history is identified or the social security number is invalid, this
Assign Activity notifies the client of the loan offer rejection. The entire
loan application process is terminated, and the client’s loan
application document is never submitted to the Star Loan and United
Loan service loan providers.
ns2:NegativeCredit Catch branch you just created. Note that ns2: automatically
appears.
3. Enter RejectApplication in the Name field of the General tab.
4. Click Apply.
6. Click Create to display the Create Copy Rule window. You now create three fault
handling rules.

Note: If you are entering an expression, you can press Ctrl and then
the space bar in the Expression field instead of manually entering
details. Scroll through the list of values that appears and double-click
the value you want. Edit the value as necessary. As you enter
information, a trailing slash can appear. This means you are being
prompted for additional information. Either enter additional
information, or press the Esc key and delete the trailing slash to
complete the input of information.
Field Value
From
■ Type Expression
■ Expression string('None - rejected because of bad credit')
To
■ Type Variable
ns1:loanOffer > ns1:providerName
8. Click OK.
9. Repeat Step 6 through Step 8 to add a second copy expression for the Assign
activity with the following values:
Field Value
From
■ Type Expression
■ Expression false()
To
■ Type Variable
ns1:loanOffer > ns1:selected
10. Click OK.
11. Repeat Step 6 through Step 8 to add a third copy expression to the Assign activity
with the following values:
Field Value
From
■ Type Expression
■ Expression false()
To

Field Value
■ Type Variable
■ Variables outputVariable > payload > ns1:loanOffer > ns1:approved
12. Click OK to close the window.

The Assign activity now displays the copy rules.
13. Click OK.
Creating an Invoke Activity Inside the Catch Branch of the Scope Activity
1. Drag and drop an Invoke activity from the Component Palette section to below
the RejectApplication Assign activity you just created.
Field Value
Name BadCreditInvokeClient
Partner Link client
Input Variable outputVariable
Note: Click the flashlight icon (the second icon to the right of this field)
to access the Variable Chooser window for selecting this variable. Then,
click OK.

single input variable is received.
4. Click OK.

Creating a Terminate Activity Inside the Catch Branch of the Scope Activity
Summary: A Terminate activity enables you to end the fault

handling tasks in the Catch branch. If a bad credit history is identified
or the social security number is invalid, the entire loan application
process is terminated, and the client’s loan application document is
never submitted to the Star Loan and United Loan service loan
providers. Entering a social security number that begins with zero in
the SSN field of the HTML Form executes this bad credit condition.
1. Drag and drop a Terminate activity from the Component Palette section to below
the BadCreditInvokeClient Invoke activity you just created.
2. Double-click the Terminate activity to display the Terminate window.
3. Name it terminateNegativeCredit.
4. Click OK.
The Catch branch now displays the following activities.
5. Click the - sign to close the ns2:NegativeCredit Catch branch.

7. See section "Validating, Compiling, and Deploying the Loan Process" on page 3-22
to run the loan process again with error handling functionality. Note that since you
are deploying myLoanProcess again, the Deploy Properties window appears.
Increment the version number to start a new version of myLoanProcess (for
example, enter 1.1). This means you have two myLoanProcess versions running:
the one you previous deployed and ran, and this new one that tests the fault
handling logic.
When you complete the loan application form, ensure that you enter a social
security number beginning with zero in the SSN field of the HTML Form and click
Post XML Message. This action activates the fault handling logic.

Index
A E
assign activity errors
creating, 2-10, 2-11, 3-10, 3-11, 3-19, 3-21 during validation, compilation, and
description, 2-10, 3-10 deployment, 2-12, 3-22
asynchronous services invalid settings, 2-7, 3-7
description, 3-12 parsing errors when creating a partner link, 2-8,
using dehydration to maintain asynchronous 3-8
flows, 3-19 Expression field
using keyboard shortcuts to enter
information, 3-20, 3-28
B
BPEL
cornerstone of SOA, 1-2 F
description, 1-2 flow activity
BPEL errors section creating, 3-15
errors during validation, compilation, and description, 3-15
deployment, 2-12, 3-22
BPEL files
I
viewing source code, 2-6
business process execution language installation
See BPEL directory structure, 1-8
disk space requirements, 1-5
memory requirements, 1-5
C monitor requirements, 1-5
catch branch of JDeveloper BPEL Designer and Oracle BPEL
creating, 3-26 Process Manager, 1-5
compiling operating system requirements, 1-5
processes, 2-12, 3-22 Patch 1, 1-5
connections prerequisites, 1-8
creating a connection from JDeveloper BPEL swap space requirements, 1-5
Designer to Oracle BPEL Server, 1-10 system requirements, 1-5
correlations Web browser requirements, 1-5
for asynchronous messages, 3-19 invalid settings error, 2-7, 3-7
invoke activity
creating, 2-9, 3-9, 3-15, 3-17
D
description, 2-9, 3-9
Dashboard tab
using, 2-12, 3-23
viewing started services, 3-3 J
dehydration JDeveloper BPEL Designer
description, 3-19 creating a connection to Oracle BPEL Server, 1-10
deploying description, 1-3
processes, 2-12, 3-22 installation, 1-5
developer prompt starting, 1-8
starting, 1-8
directory structure, 1-8
Index-1
K description, 3-15
running
keyboard shortcuts processes, 2-12
using to enter information in Expression and
XPath Query fields, 3-20, 3-28
S
L schema files
importing for the loan process tutorial, 3-6
Loanflow.xsd file
scope activity
creating, 3-5 creating, 2-8, 3-9, 3-14
importing, 3-6 description, 2-8, 3-9
service-oriented architecture
N See SOA
SOA
namespaces
description, 1-2
description, 1-11
special characters
using in the tutorials, 1-11
do not use in project or element names, 3-4
switch activity
O creating, 3-20
obant description, 3-20
running for the credit flow tutorial, 2-2 system requirements
running for the loan process tutorial, 3-3 for installation, 1-5
Oracle BPEL Console
accessing, 2-12, 3-23 T
description, 1-4
terminate activity
starting, 1-8
description, 3-30
summary of features, 1-4
tutorials
credit flow
description, 1-3
automatically creating variables, 2-9
installation, 1-5
creating a partner link, 2-6
key components of, 1-3
creating a scope activity, 2-8
starting, 1-8
creating a second assign activity inside the
scope activity, 2-11
Oracle BPEL Server
creating a workspace and a project, 2-3
starting, 1-8
creating an assign activity inside the scope
activity, 2-10
creating an invoke activity inside the scope
P activity, 2-9
parallel activities introduction, 2-2
using a flow activity, 3-15 running, 2-12
parsing errors when creating a partner link, 1-10 starting and testing your service, 2-2
partner links use of namespaces, 1-11
creating for the credit rating service, 2-6, 3-6 using, 2-2
creating for the united loan and star loan validating, compiling, and deploying, 2-12
services, 3-12 loan process
description, 2-7 adding decision making logic, 3-20
parsing errors when creating a partner link, 1-10 adding error handling capabilities, 3-25
Patch 1 automatically creating variables, 3-10, 3-16,
installing, 1-8 3-18
projects creating a catch branch, 3-26
creating for the credit flow tutorial, 2-3 creating a flow activity, 3-15
creating for the loan process tutorial, 3-4 creating a partner link, 3-6, 3-12
do not include special characters in project creating a project, 3-4
names, 3-4 creating a scope activity, 3-9
creating a second assign activity inside the
scope activity, 3-11
R creating a second scope activity, 3-14
receive activity creating a switch activity, 3-20
creating, 3-15, 3-17 creating a terminate activity inside the catch
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branch of the scope activity, 3-30
creating an assign activity, 3-19
creating an assign activity inside the catch
branch of the scope activity, 3-27
creating an assign activity inside the scope
activity, 3-10
creating an invoke activity inside the scope
activity, 3-9
creating fault handling error variables, 3-26
creating invoke and receive activities for the
star loan service, 3-15
creating invoke and receive activities for the
united loan service, 3-17
creating the schema file, 3-5
importing the schema file, 3-6
introduction, 3-2
running, 3-23
starting and testing your services, 3-3
use of namespaces, 1-11
using, 3-2
validating, compiling, and deploying, 3-22
V
validating
processes, 2-12, 3-22
variables
automatically creating, 2-9, 3-10, 3-16, 3-18
creating a fault handling error variable, 3-26
W
Web browser preferences
setting, 1-10
Web browsers
supported, 1-5
Web services
process for making them work, 1-2
workspaces
creating, 2-3
WS-Addressing
for correlating asynchronous messages, 3-19
WSDL files
editing, 2-5
viewing source code, 2-4
X
XPath Query field
using keyboard shortcuts to enter
information, 3-20, 3-28
Index-3
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Oracle® BPEL Process Manager

Quick Start Guide

August 11, 2005

Part No. B15604-01

Copyright © 2005, Oracle. All rights reserved.

Primary Author: Mark Kennedy

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Preface ................................................................................................................................................................ vii

1 Getting Started with the Oracle BPEL Process Manager

2 Credit Flow Tutorial

3 Loan Process Tutorial

Accessibility of Code Examples in Documentation Screen readers may not always

Accessibility of Links to External Web Sites in Documentation This documentation

Chapter 1, "Getting Started with the Oracle BPEL Process Manager"

Chapter 2, "Credit Flow Tutorial"

Chapter 3, "Loan Process Tutorial"

Convention Meaning Example

Conventions in Code Examples

Conventions for Windows Operating Systems

Getting Started with the Oracle BPEL Process Manager 1-1

BPEL: The Cornerstone of SOA

1-2 Oracle BPEL Process Manager Quick Start Guide

Introduction to Oracle BPEL Process Manager

Figure 1–1 Oracle BPEL Process Manager

BPEL Server Dehydrate

WSDL Binding Built in Integration Services Oracle

J2EE Application Server

Getting Started with the Oracle BPEL Process Manager 1-3

How Is Oracle BPEL Process Manager Different?

Oracle BPEL Process Manager Feature Summary

1-4 Oracle BPEL Process Manager Quick Start Guide

Installing Oracle BPEL Process Manager for Developers

1. Ensure that you meet the following requirements:

Getting Started with the Oracle BPEL Process Manager 1-5

2. If installing on Solaris or Linux, see the appropriate Oracle Application Server

The Welcome screen appears.

1-6 Oracle BPEL Process Manager Quick Start Guide

The following installation types are available:

8. Select BPEL Process Manager for Developers.

Field Description Example

Getting Started with the Oracle BPEL Process Manager 1-7

Table 1–1 Directory Structure

Starting Oracle BPEL Process Manager Components

1-8 Oracle BPEL Process Manager Quick Start Guide

Getting Started with the Oracle BPEL Process Manager 1-9

Connecting to Oracle BPEL Server

10. Click Finish.

Setting the Hostname in Your Web Browser Preferences

4. Ensure also that localhost appears in the Exceptions field.

1-10 Oracle BPEL Process Manager Quick Start Guide

Understanding Namespaces and Namespace URIs

Eclipse BPEL Designer on Eclipse Platform

Getting Started with the Oracle BPEL Process Manager 1-11

1-12 Oracle BPEL Process Manager Quick Start Guide

Credit Flow Tutorial 2-1

Using the Tutorial

Starting Oracle BPEL Server and JDeveloper BPEL Designer

Starting and Testing Your Service

3. Enter the following command:

2-2 Oracle BPEL Process Manager Quick Start Guide

Creating a Workspace and a Project

Caution: Do not include any special characters in the project name