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core components for defining composite web services to perform com-
plex business functions.
BPEL syntax is based on XML. Therefore, it may not be a good idea to design
and develop BPEL code by using a text/XML editor. A visual BPEL editor under
JDeveloper IDE helps to develop and validate BPEL code easily without memorizing
the BPEL specifications line by line. The following figure shows the interaction
between a BPEL process and other services:
To deploy and execute BPEL processes, one needs Oracle Business Process Man-
ager Engine. Currently Business Process Manager is part of Oracle SOA Suite. This
topic covers Version 11.1.1.16 of Oracle SOA Suite.
The following figure shows details of the components that interact with a sample
BPEL service:
OASIS
Web Services Business Process Execution Language
(
WSBPEL
) is a
vendor-neutral specification.
BPEL process manager is one of the components of the Oracle SOA Suite. The
Oracle SOA Suite is a combination of multiple applications created by Oracle deve-
lopersanddeployed inaWebLogic container. For example, SOA Infra.ear, Adaptors,
B2B, and so on.
Four separate main components/engines are included in SOA Suite. Each of these
components has been created by Oracle developers using JSP, Servlets, EJB, JMS,
RDBMS, and other system components.
