Siebel Web Services

Siebel Web Services

March,29 2007

From INFOKEYS INC

Siebel Web Services Agenda

Basic Evolution
Web Service Components

- Introduction
SOAP

- Siebel - WebServices Inbound Web Service (Exposing BS/WF as a WS) - SOA What is SOA?
Outbound Web Service (Publish external .wsdl in Siebel e.g.. Google.wsdl)

WSDL UDDI

Difference between OOP & SOA Relation between SOA & Web Services

Siebel Web Service Introduction

Web Services evolved from previous technologies that served the same purpose such as DCOM , CORBA,JAVA RMI Web Services were intended to solve these problems:
Interoperability Firewall traversal & Proprietary protocols Complexity

Siebel Web Service Evolution Reasons.

Interoperability
DCOM applications - Windows operating System RMI - Java Programming language

Firewall and Proprietary protocols

Distributed systems such as CORBA and DCOM used nonstandard ports CORBA uses IIOP which is not practical for Inter-enterprise Integration Web services use HTTP as a transport protocol and most of the firewalls allow access through port 80(HTTP)

Complexity
we can implement web service with our existing language and existing operating system.

Siebel Web Service Definition

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

Siebel Web Service Components

Web Service Components.

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

Siebel Web Service SOAP

SOAP.
SOAP - Simple Object Access Protocol An XML envelope for XML messaging , Header + Body SOAP is an XML Vocabulary standard to enable programs on separate computers to interact across the network.

SOAP is not bound to any particular protocol such as HTTP , SMTP or even TCP/IP.

Structure of SOAP.
A required envelope element that identifies the XML document as a SOAP message. An optional Header element that contains Header Information. A request Body element that contains call and response information. An optional Fault element that provides information about errors that occurred while processing the message.

Siebel Web Service SOAP Request

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

Siebel Web Service SOAP response

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

 WSDL

Siebel Web Service WSDL

WSDL stands for Web Service Description Language. WSDL is an XML vocabulary to describe Web Service and their capabilities , in a standard manner. WSDL specifies what a request message must contain and what the response message will look like in unambiguous notation. In additional to describing message contains , WSDL defines where the service is available and what communication protocol is used to talk to service.

WSDL example
<message name=GetWeatherRequest> <part name=postal code type =xs:string/> <message> <message name=GetWeatherResponse> <part name=Degree type =xs:string/> <message> <portType name=Weather> <operation name=GetWeather> <input message=GetWeatherRequest/>

Siebel Web Service UDDI

UDDI
UDDI stands for Universal Description , Discovery &Integration. A project to encourage interoperability and adoption of webservices.

Similar to a Universal phone book.

Specification to publish and discover web services in the web. Shared Distributed registry on the web. Enables three basic functions. Publish function(how a web service registers) Find Function (how a client finds a web service) Bind Function (how the client connects and interacts with a web service)

Siebel Web Service Defined As

Web Service
Now we come to our new definition to describe the web service as
An application component that Communicates via open protocols (HTTP,SMTP , etc) Processes XML messages frames using SOAP. Describe its messages using XML schema

Describe itself using WSDL.

Find and bound using UDDI.

Siebel Web Service Architecture

Siebel Web Services Inbound Web Service

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

Typical Siebel Inbound webservice works as follows.

WBI
WBI

Siebel Web Services Inbound Web Service

Exposing a Siebel Business Service/WF as a Web Service
Login to Client. Click View -> Site Map -> Web Services Administration -> Inbound Web Services In the Inbound Web Services list applet , Create an Inbound web services record :
Enter the namespace for your organization's web services. Enter the name of the web services in the name column. Select the Active in the status field.

Create an Inbound service port record in the service port list Applet.
Click New and enter the name of the port in the Name Column. Pick the type of object published. Enter the address appropriate for the transport chosen. Select the protocol or transport that will publish the web service.

In the Operations List Applet ,create a new operation record for the new service port you created
Enter the name of the web service operation. Select the name of the business service method in the method Display name column.

Siebel Web Service Outbound

Step For Siebel Web Services - Outbound communication
Import the WSDL file in Siebel tools.
Start Siebel tools. Choose File > New Object to display the New Object Wizards.

Select the EAI tab, select the Web service icon, and click OK. The WSDL import Wizard appears.

Setup the Outbound Webservice definition

you have to import the runtime information generated in the .xml file though the WSDL Import Wizard.(OR)

In the Siebel client, navigate to the Web Services Administration view via Site Map.
Select Outbound Web services from the Web Services Administration view. Click Import to display the EAI Web Service Import dialog box and specify the export file (.xml) created from the WSDL Import Wizard in step.Click Import. Check that the Service Ports section in the Outbound Web Services view is populated from

Siebel Web Service - SOA

What is SOA ?
Service - Oriented Architecture (SOA)
Agents (Software or human) Emphasis on actions Agents - to - agent interaction through message exchange.

A Service is a set of actions that form a coherent whole from the point of view of service providers and service requesters. Service-Oriented Architecture are more suitable for loosely coupled distributed applications (Web service Architecture) Object - Orientation encourages closely coupled distributed applications( I.e., CORBA,DCOM,etc.)

Siebel Web Service - SOA

OOPS

SOA

Siebel Web Service SOA

What is relation between SOA & Web Services?
Service - Oriented Architecture are
Loosely coupled pieces of application functionality
can be combined with other applications over a network.
published consumed

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

Siebel Web Service Q&A

Q?& A

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