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Setting up custom XPath
Developers use a multitude of XPath functions as they are developing their SOA
code. These functions are mostly used within transformation files (that is, xsl
files) or assignment activities.
There may be cases where developers create their own custom XPath functions
in Java, but they must be deployed to the server to be available to the composite
during runtime. Custom XPath functions are available under the User Defined
Extension Function palette. The validateSchematron() function, as de-
picted in the following screenshot, is a user created custom function that valid-
ates the input XML for business content. Though describing how to create cus-
tom XPath functions is beyond the scope of this topic, the deployment of them
is not.
To deploy a custom XPath function to Oracle SOA Suite 11g:
1.
Get a copy of the JAR file with the custom XPath function(s) (for example,
customXPathFunctions.jar) .
2.
Get the following information from the developer of the custom XPath func-
tion:
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