Business Process Execution Language for Web Services 2nd Edition Table of Contents

Table of Contents

• Preface

• Chapter 1: Introduction to BPEL and SOA
• Why Business Processes Matter
• Automation of Business Processes
• Exposing and Accessing the Functionality of Applications as Services
• Enterprise Bus Infrastructure for Communication and Management of Services
• Integration between Services and Applications
• Composition of Exposed Services into Business Processes
• Web Services
• How Web Services Differ from their Predecessors
• Web Services Technology Stack
• Enterprise Service Bus
• ESB Features
• Service Oriented Architecture
• SOA Concepts
• Services
• Interfaces
• Messages
• Synchronicity
• Loose Coupling
• Registries
• Quality of Service
• Composition of Services into Business Processes
• Service Composition
• BPEL for Service Composition
• BPEL Features
• Orchestration and Choreography
• Executable and Abstract Processes
• Relation of BPEL to Other Languages
• ebXML BPSS
• BPML
• WSCI
• WS-CDL
• BPEL Servers Overview
• Oracle BPEL Process Manager
• Microsoft BizTalk
• IBM WebSphere Business Integration Server Foundation
• IBM BPWS4J
• ActiveBPEL Engine and ActiveWebflow
• OpenStorm Service Orchestrator
• The Future of BPEL
• Conclusion

• Chapter 2: Web Services Technology Stack
• E-Business Collaborations
• WS-Security
• Example
• Binary Security Token
• Referencing an External Security Token
• Faults
• Typical Business Transaction Scenario
• WS-Coordination
• The Framework
• Scenario
• CoordinationContext
• CreateCoordinationContext
• CreateCoordinationContextResponse
• Register
• RegisterResponse
• Faults
• Web Services Transaction Specifications
• Atomic Transaction
• Sharing Context Information
• Coordination Protocols
• Business Activity
• Sharing the Context Information
• Coordination Protocols
• OASIS BTP
• The BTP Stack
• The BTP Model
• Atomic Transactions
• Cohesive Transactions
• Reliable Messaging
• Messaging Model
• Example
• Requesting Acknowledgement
• Delivery Assurances
• Other Assertions
• Faults
• WS-Addressing
• Endpoint Reference
• Faults
• WS-Inspection
• Inspection Document Hierarchy
• WS-Policy
• Policy Outline
• The wsp:All Operator
• The wsp:ExactlyOne Operator
• The wsp:OneOrMore Operator
• The wsp:Policy Operator
• Policy Assertions
• Example
• Policy Inclusion
• WS-Eventing
• Event Subscription
• Response to Event Subscription
• Subscription Renewal
• Unsubscribing
• Subscription End Message
• Conclusion

• Chapter 3: Service Composition with BPEL
• Developing Business Processes with BPEL
• Core Concepts
• Invoking Web Services
• Invoking Asynchronous Web Services
• Synchronous/Asynchronous Business Processes
• Understanding Links to Partners
• Partner Link Types
• Defining Partner Links
• BPEL Process Tag
• Variables
• Providing the Interface to BPEL Processes: <invoke>, <receive>, and <reply>
• Assignments
• Conditions
• BPEL Business Process Example
• Involved Web Services
• Employee Travel Status Web Service
• Airline Web Service
• WSDL for the BPEL Process
• Partner Link Types
• Business Process Definition
• BPEL Process Outline
• Partner Links
• Variables
• BPEL Process Main Body
• Asynchronous BPEL Example
• Modify the BPEL Process WSDL
• Modify Partner Link Types
• Modify the BPEL Process Definition
• Conclusion

• Chapter 4: Advanced BPEL
• Advanced Activities
• Activity Names
• Loops
• Delays
• Deadline and Duration Expressions
• Empty Activities
• Process Termination
• Fault Handling and Signaling
• WSDL Faults
• Signaling Faults
• Signaling Faults to Clients in Synchronous Replies
• Signaling Faults to Clients in Asynchronous Scenarios
• Handling Faults
• Selection of a Fault Handler
• Synchronous Example
• Asynchronous Example
• Inline Fault Handling
• Scopes
• Example
• First Scope
• Second Scope
• Third Scope
• Serializable Scopes
• Compensation
• Compensation Handlers
• Example
• Invoking Compensation Handlers
• Managing Events
• Pick Activity
• Message Events
• Alarm Events
• Example
• Event Handlers
• Example
• Business Process Lifecycle
• Correlation and Message Properties
• Message Properties
• Mapping Properties to Messages
• Extracting Properties
• Properties and Assignments
• Correlation Sets
• Using Correlation Sets
• Concurrent Activities and Links
• Sources and Targets
• Example
• Transition Conditions
• Join Conditions and Link Status
• Join Failures
• Suppressing Join Failures
• Dynamic Partner Links
• Abstract Business Processes
• Model Driven Approach: Generating BPEL from UML Activity Diagrams
• Conclusion

• Chapter 5: Oracle BPEL Process Manager and BPEL Designer: Overview
• Overview and Architecture
• BPEL Server
• Core BPEL Engine
• WSDL Bindings
• Integration Services
• BPEL Console
• BPEL Designer
• Database
• Process Deployment Example
• Process Descriptor
• Configuration Properties
• Setting the Environment
• BPEL Compiler and Revision Numbers
• Deployment and Domains
• Ant Utility
• Process Management with the BPEL Console
• Visual Flow
• Instance Auditing
• Debugging
• Overview of Other BPEL Console Functions
• Deploying Processes
• Management
• Performance Tuning
• Domains and Administration
• Administration of Server-Related Parameters
• Managing BPEL Domains
• Graphical Development with BPEL Designer
• JDeveloper BPEL Designer
• Importing Existing BPEL Processes
• Partner Links and Web Services
• Variables
• Process Activities
• Copy Rule Editor
• XPath Expression Builder
• XSLT Mapper
• BPEL Validation Browser
• Building and Deploying
• Eclipse BPEL Designer
• Partner Links and Web Services
• Variables
• XML Type Browser
• Process Map
• Copy Rule Editor
• Function Wizard
• Building and Deploying
• Summary

• Chapter 6: Oracle BPEL Process Manager: Advanced Features
• Extension Functions and Activities
• Transformation and Query Support
• Data and Array Manipulation
• XML Manipulation
• Date and Time Expressions
• Process Identification
• LDAP Access and User Management
• Dynamic Parallel Flow
• Dynamic Flow Example
• Providing a List of Partner Links
• Dynamic Parallel Invocation of Airline Services
• Dynamic Partner Links
• Offer Selection Loop
• Deploying and Testing the Example
• Web Services Invocation Framework
• Advantages of WSIF
• Java to XML Bindings
• XML Façades
• Invoking a Java Class through WSIF
• Defining WSIF Bindings in WSDL
• WSIF Bindings for Java Classes
• Testing the Example
• Exception Handling
• User Exceptions in Java
• Defining Faults in WSDL
• Defining WSIF Binding for an Exception
• Custom Exception Serializers
• Invoking EJB through WSIF
• WSDL for Session Bean
• WSIF Binding for EJB
• Generating WSIF Bindings from JDeveloper
• Java Code Embedding
• Invoking a Java Class from Embedded Code
• Notification Service
• Email Example
• Notification Wizard
• Review of Code
• Testing the Example
• Mail and JMS Services
• Workflow Service
• Workflow Patterns
• Example
• Checking User Outcome
• Worklist Application to Approve Ticket
• Identity Service
• BPEL Server APIs
• Summary

• Chapter 7: MS BizTalk Server
• Overview
• Support for BPEL and XLANG/s
• Architecture
• Ports
• Receive Locations
• Adapters
• Receive Pipelines
• Message Contexts
• Promoted Properties
• Distinguished Fields
• The MessageBox
• How Publish-Subscribe works
• Orchestrations
• Maps
• Business Rules Engine
• Send Pipeline
• Building a Sample Orchestration in BizTalk
• Scenario
• Implementation
• Exporting Orchestration to BPEL
• Importing BPEL Processes into BizTalk
• Do's and Don'ts for BPEL Compliance in BizTalk
• Comparing BizTalk Orchestration Constructs with BPEL
• Receive and Send Shapes (<receive>, <invoke>, <reply>)
• Port and Role Link Shapes (<partnerLink>, <partnerLinkType>, <role>)
• Expression and Message Assignment Shapes (<assign>, <copy>, <from>, <to>)
• Decide Shape (<switch>, <case>, <otherwise>)
• Delay Shape (<wait>)
• Parallel Actions Shape (<flow>)
• Loop Shape (<while>)
• Suspend Shape
• Terminate Shape (<terminate>)
• Advanced BPEL Functions using BizTalk
• Listen Shape (<pick>, <onMessage>, <onAlarm>)
• Scope Shape (<scope>)
• Throw Exception Shape and Exception Handling (<throw>, <faultHandler>, <catch>, <catchAll>)
• Compensate Shape and Compensation Block (<compensate>, <compensationHandler>)
• Correlation (<correlations>, <correlationSets>)
• Other BizTalk-Specific Features
• Integration with other BizTalk Servers
• Integration with Web Services
• Integration with the .NET Framework
• Human Workflow Services (HWS)
• Business Activity Monitoring (BAM)
• Health and Activity Tracking (HAT)
• BizTalk Server 2006 and Beyond
• Summary

• Appendix A: BPEL Syntax Reference
• Important BPEL Activities and Elements
• <assign>, <copy>, <from>, <to>
• <catch>, <catchAll>
• <compensate>
• <compensationHandler>
• <correlations>, <correlation>
• <correlationSets>, <correlationSet>
• <empty>
• <eventHandlers>
• <faultHandlers>, <faultHandler>
• <flow>
• <invoke>
• <links>, <link>
• <onAlarm>
• <onMessage>
• <partnerLinks>, <partnerLink>
• <partnerLinkType>, <role>
• <partners>
• <pick>
• <process>
• <property>
• <propertyAlias>
• <receive>
• <reply>
• <scope>
• <sequence>
• <source>
• <switch>, <case>
• <target>
• <terminate>
• <throw>
• <variables>, <variable>
• <wait>
• <while>
• BPEL Functions
• getLinkStatus()
• getVariableData()
• getVariableProperty()
• Deadline and Duration Expressions
• Standard Elements
• Standard Attributes
• Default Values of Attributes
• Standard Faults
• Namespaces

• Index