37 Introduction

This chapter describes the purpose of this guide, its intended audience, and general organization. The chapter includes these topics:

Section 37.1, "Purpose of this Guide"
Section 37.2, "Audience for this Guide"
Section 37.3, "Overview of this Guide"

37.1 Purpose of this Guide

This guide provides developers with the information needed to design, create, and deploy a new custom transport provider.

37.2 Audience for this Guide

This guide is written for experienced Java developers who want to add a new custom transport provider to Oracle Service Bus. It is assumed that you have solid knowledge of Web services technologies, Oracle Service Bus, the transport protocol that you want to use with Oracle Service Bus and Oracle WebLogic Server.

37.3 Overview of this Guide

This guide provides developers with the information needed to design, create, and deploy a new custom transport provider.