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Introduction
This document provides information about the WebLogic IntegrationTM 8.5 Service Pack 5 (SP5) release. For WebLogic PlatformTM release information, see Release Notes available at the following URL:
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E13196_01/platform/docs81/interm/relnotes.html
Topics Included in this Section
Describes features supported in the WebLogic Integration 8.5 SP5 release. WebLogic Integration 8.5 SP5 includes support for enhancements and problems fixed in WebLogic Integration 8.5 SP5.
What's New in BEA WebLogic Integration 8.5 Service Pack 5
The WebLogic Integration 8.5 SP5 release supports several performance and feature enhancements.
For information about features in the WebLogic Platform 8.1 SP5 release, see Release Notes available at the following URL:
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E13196_01/platform/docs81/interm/relnotes.html
For a list of problems fixed in the WebLogic Integration 8.5 SP5 release, see Problems Fixed in This Release.
The following sections describe the different features that are supported.
Enhancements to Event Generators and Integration Controls
- To recover the timer events that are missed because of a server shutdown, select the Is Recoverable check box when you define the channel rules for a Timer event generator. For more information, see "Defining Channel Rules for a Timer Event Generator" in Event Generators in Managing WebLogic Integration Solutions.
- You can now configure a secure port for an MQ Series event generator. The secure port details can be specified while defining the channel rules of the event generator. After configuration, the message data from the queue is sent via a secure port. One-way SSL is supported. For more information, see "Defining Channel Rules for an MQ Series Event Generator" in Event Generators in Managing WebLogic Integration Solutions.
- Deployment descriptor parameters for a JMS event generator can now be configured using a script. The default values of elements in the deployment descriptor file that is created for the JMS event generator can be configured by running a script, from the command line. Using this script, among other values, you can configure the
transaction-typevalue in theejb-jar.xmlfile, theinitial-beans-in-free-poolvalue and themax-beans-in-free-poolvalue in theweblogic-ejb.jar.xmlfile. - You can now use the
setTimeoutmethod in the Http control to set the socket level timeout value. This value, in milliseconds, sets the time-out until response data is received. A timeout value of zero means the process will wait forever to get a response. The default value is zero.
Performance Improvement on Cluster
Process Instance Beans are deployed only on the Administration server. To improve performance and ensure seamless failover, the beans are now cached on the client side. So, after instantiation, method calls to the bean can also be made from the Managed servers.
Process Configuration and Monitoring
You can configure a process to archive the variable values in the process. This can be done both at the system level or at the individual process level. So, it is possible to track the value that was assigned to the process variables while the process is running and track the variable values after the process completes, terminates, or aborts.
When a process is aborted, behavior of the variable tracking varies for stateless and stateful process. Latest variable values for an aborted stateless process are tracked, even if the transaction in which the variable changed might have rolled back. For a stateful process, if an exception is thrown in a transaction block, it is rolled back and the variable values are not preserved. However, variable values prior to the transaction roll back are preserved and can be viewed. For more information, see:
- System Configuration in Managing WebLogic Integration Solutions.
- Process Configuration in Managing WebLogic Integration Solutions.
- Process Instance Monitoring in Managing WebLogic Integration Solutions.
Enhancements to Worklist Task Information
When using the WorklistManager methods that accept a TaskSelector object, read-only access to the task information in the database has been provided. This allows groups of tasks to be selected without obtaining a lock on the task records in the database. The ability to retrieve task request data, task response data, and task properties as part of the TaskInfo object has also been provided. Task data is locked when the task is individually selected, such as by the getTaskInfo(String taskId) method (same behavior as previous releases).
Note: If a task is created in a transaction and one of the read-only selector methods is subsequently called in the same transaction (using criteria that would select the task) the task will not be returned. In such cases the taskId returned by the call to createTask should be used to obtain the task individually (using getTaskInfo, for example).
Platform Support and System Requirements
For information about platform support, including hardware and software requirements, see the Supported Configurations page at the following URL:
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E13196_01/platform/suppconfigs/index.html
Tutorials
To get hands-on experience with WebLogic Integration 8.5 SP5, we recommend that you try out the tutorials listed in this section. In addition, you may want to try out the WebLogic Workshop® tutorials that are available at the following URL:
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E13226_01/workshop/docs81/doc/en/workshop/guide/navTutorials.html
Tutorials and Samples for WebLogic Integration
WebLogic Integration 8.5 SP5 provides the following tutorials and samples:
- Tutorial: Building Your First Business Process
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E13226_01/workshop/docs81/doc/en/integration/tutorial/tutWLIProcessIntro.html
- Tutorial: Building Your First Data Transformation
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E13226_01/workshop/docs81/doc/en/integration/dttutorial/tutWLIDataTransIntro.html
- Tutorial: Building a Worklist Application
- Tutorials for Trading Partner Integration, which includes:
- Tutorial: Building ebXML Solutions
- Tutorial: Building RosettaNet Solutions
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E13214_01/wli/docs85/tptutorial/rosettanet.htmlNote: The code for the Trading Partner Integration tutorials is available for download from the dev2dev Web site at the following URL: http://dev2dev.bea.com/codelibrary/code/tptutorial.jsp
- Example: ebXML Security Configuration
- Example: RosettaNet Security Configuration
Note: The following samples are provided on dev2dev for your convenience and are not supported by BEA.
- Non-XML data mapping sample
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E13226_01/workshop/docs81/doc/en/integration/samples/sampleMap.html- Using the Suppressible attribute for a static subscription sample
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E13226_01/workshop/docs81/doc/en/integration/samples/sampleSuppressible.html
- Async Binary Update Sample
This sample shows an asynchronous client sending binary non-XML data to be converted into XML for processing, and then receiving binary non-XML data in return.
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E13214_01/wli/docs85/sol_samples/async_binary.html
- Dynamic Transformation and Routing Sample
This sample shows how to approach the common issues of stateless message routing and transformation.
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E13214_01/wli/docs85/sol_samples/dynamicxform.html
- Large File Non-XML Sample
This sample shows the conversion of a large XML file into a series of records for storage in non-XML format.
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E13214_01/wli/docs85/sol_samples/largefilenonxml.html- Sync to Async Sample
This sample shows a synchronous (blocking) client that invokes an asynchronous business process and blocks waiting for the business process to return information.
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E13214_01/wli/docs85/sol_samples/sync_async.html
- Worklist Sample
This sample shows how to create and assign large numbers of worklist tasks.
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E13214_01/wli/docs85/sol_samples/worklistperf.html- TIBCO RV Control and Event Generator Sample
This sample application implements a simple loan processing application that uses request/reply, certified messaging and TIBCO event generator headers.
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E13214_01/wli/docs85/tibcorv/sample.html
- Solution Samples
These samples provide working code plus build and configuration scripts that demonstrate best practices in implementing various application scenarios. The samples provide generalized solution architectures that are tuned for performance and scalability. To learn more see "Solution Samples," available at the following URL:
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E13214_01/wli/docs85/sol_samples/index.html
Adapters
The application integration framework provides the following key features to enable the integration of diverse enterprise systems:
- Standards-based architecture for hosting J2EE Connector Architecture (J2EE-CA) based adapters that connect enterprise applications to WebLogic Server®.
- Application views for both event and service adapters.
For more information on adapters supported in this release, see:
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E13207_01/wladapters/docs81/index.html
To download the adapters, use the following URL:
http://commerce.bea.com/products/weblogicadapters/wl_adapter_home.jsp
Related Documents
The following sections provide a link to WebLogic Integration 8.5 documents.
WebLogic Integration 8.5 Documentation
The WebLogic Integration 8.5 documentation is available at the following URL:
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E13214_01/wli/docs85/index.html
