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Because of the large number of the Oracle E-Business Suite installations around the globe,
it's not that difficult to picture such an enterprise, and this time it will be the biggest
Scandinavian logistic operator, Reindeer Rudolph Delivery AS, the corporate moving all
kinds of goods around Northern Europe, from post and parcels to IKEA products (again,
the company is counterfeit).
Another reason for selecting this type of primer is Oracle's SOA products history, which
we have discussed in Chapter 2 , An Introduction to Oracle Fusion - a Solid Foundation
for Service Inventory . From the table in the The Oracle SOA development roadmap - past,
present, and future section in Chapter 2 , An Introduction to Oracle Fusion - a Solid
Foundation for Service Inventory , we can see that the first revolutionary step in Oracle
SOA adoption was in 1998-99 with the introduction of Oracle 8 i and a full-fledged XML
Developer Kit (XDK, latest version http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/developer-tools/
xmldevkit/index.html?ssSourceSiteId=opn ) . Together with other two (Collaxa and BEA
acquisitions), it was truly a cornerstone for all the SOA portfolios (acquisition of Sun/Java
was just logical continuation in this direction). Using this opportunity, we would like to
express our deep appreciation to Steve Muench for his efforts in composing one of the
best SOA topics of the earlier SOA days (2000).
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Many DB versions changed, lots of XDKs come and go, and some methods demonstrated
by Steve Muench are quite obsolete (starting from 9 i ) nowadays, but an elegant architec-
tural approach, clear vision of optimal solutions, and good balance in the tools selection
(Java, PL/SQL) could serve as a good illustration of the rational design and we will use it
in our following example. Surely, 11 g DB and modern XDK functionality will be pre-
ferred. After all, it doesn't matter if it is modern or not, all that matters is if it works ac-
cording to our principles or not. The color of the cat does not matter, as long as it catches
the mice.