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#361 SOA 12c FTP adapter example

Here is a very simple example of using the ftp adapter.

I begin by downloading FileZilla Server and Client.

I then create 2 groups of the ftp server - admins and users

Then come 2 users - niall and admin
Passwords: welcome1

I also set up the shared folders -

Here is my file structure - I added the folder SharedFolder with its two sub-directories.

Configure the FTP Adapter via the WLS console.

I create a new outbound connection eis/Ftp/ncFTPAdapter

Here I added/changed the following -

Here I set Password to welcome1 (The ftp user password)
Regarding ListParserKey - default in UNIX, I changed this to win.

Note: Port defaults to 21

Here I set
ServerType to win
Username to niall

I then update the FTP Adapter -

Now I create the composite in JDeveloper -

This will be a simple BPEL process that "puts" an input order to the ftp server.

The xsd -

I now add the ftp adapter -

Now Invoke from the BPEL process -

Deploy and Test

Check the ftp Server directory /SOAFTPOut

Next level - FTP in and FTP Out

I will read from the /SOAFTPIn directory and write to the /SOAFTPOut directory on my FTP Server.

I created the ftpService on the left and a new BPEL process ProcessFTPOrder.


The service is configured as follows -

All the BPEL process does is read in the file and then put it to the out directory on the FTP Server

I test by copying one of the output files from the /SOAFTPOut directory to the
/SOAFTPIn directory.

Kudos to whoever wrote the following - it was a great start.

#360 BPM 12c --> using the TaskService to initiate a human task

Task Service WDSL available at http://localhost:7101/integration/services/TaskService/TaskServicePort?WSDL

Here are the available operations -

Now I create a standalone human task in my composite -
ApproveSimpleOrder1 is its name.

I assign the following payload -

The task is assigned to user - weblogic.

I test the initiateTask() operation via JDev's HTTP Analyzer -

XML payload available here

I then log in to workspace as weblogic and see the task -

Notice, the task title includes the custNr.

#359 BPM 12c --> using the TaskQueryService

Business as usual here - essentially the same as 11g -

URL for TaskQueryService wsdl is -
http://localhost:7101/integration/services/TaskQueryService/TaskQueryService?WSDL

Here is a list of the available operations -

Let's try out the basic - queryTasks
I want to retrieve all the assigned tasks for our good old friend jcooper.

XML file available here

Here is an execution example using JDev's HTTP Analyzer -

Same modus operandi for SOAP-UI

Check out Edwin's excellent post for more examples, just click here

#358 SOA 12c demo system on Oracle Cloud

For ORCL partners, check it out here

#357 Configuring email server on Service Bus 12c

Here is my simple scenario -

Service Bus proxy accepts in an order.
The only pipeline logic is to raise an Alert.

I am using James as my email server.
The server is running as localhost.com.
I have created a couple of demo users - niallc and admin

The process -

The pipeline -

The Alert Definition -

The SMTP Definition -

The AlertDestination definition

Test result -

Simple, isn't it?

#356 Oracle Business Rules 12c --> Verbal Rules and testing

Here is a concise lab that shows you how to create verbal rules and also how to leverage the
new rules test functionality that comes with 12c.

Lab available here 

#355 Install files for BPM 12c install

Here we are not referring to quickstart...


You need an Oracle DB, with one of the following versions -

12.1.0.1+; 11.1.0.7+; 11.2.0.3+;

and the following from edelivery

and

You can also check out the certification matrix here

It would also do no harm to read the official install doc, available here

#354 R Statistics engine in the Oracle Database

Got some people asking about this...
here are some useful links -

R on OTN - Here and there

What the heck is R? - answer here

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