WLI Http Control

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Note: The WLI Http control is available in WebLogic Workshop only if you are licensed to use WebLogic Integration.

Http, or Hyper Text Transfer Protocol, is used for the communication between a client and a server that allows the client to access resources on the server with a defined behavior for the communication. There are different commands that can be issued to the server for processing, and each command elicits a different behavior.

The Http Control is built using the features of the WebLogic Platform control architecture. The Http Control source file is a wrapper around the Jakarta Commons HttpClient package.

The Http control enables WebLogic Workshop and business processes to work with Http requests, and to send responses to a specific URL. The Http control supports two Http modes for data transfer, namely Http GET and Http POST. By using the Get mode, you can send your business data along with the URL. By using the Post mode, you can also send Binary, Xml and string documents. You can specify Http properties in an annotation, or pass dynamic properties via an XML variable.

The Http Control complements the other controls provided in WebLogic Integration, and can be used with WebLogic Integration business processes to send Http requests (GET and POST) and process responses. The Http control can be used to send attachments as well. Inbound Http requests can be processed with the Http Event Generator. For more information, see The Http Event Generator

The Http control comes with the following features and functions:

The Http Event Generator is a servlet which takes an Http request, checks for the content type and then publishes the message to the message broker. For more information on the Http Event Generator, see The Http Event Generator.

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