SALT 12c Release 2 (12.2.2) introduces the following features:

• Custom SOAP Headers

  This feature enables use application specific headers in SOAP messages when accessing Tuxedo services using SOAP/http. This feature leverages the existing tpsetcallinfo() and tpgetcallinfo() APIs to place/retrieve data into/from the SOAP header for inbound/outbound directions.

  • Inbound (Oracle Tuxedo services exposed as web services, or native web services).
  • Outbound (invoking web services as Oracle Tuxedo services, or external web services).

  For more information, see tpsetcallinfo(3c), tpgetcallinfo(), Enabling the SALT Configuration Tool, Custom SOAP Headers in the SALT Configuration Guide

• RECORD Buffer Type Support

  RECORD buffer type is now supported in SALT. RECORD buffer type is a flexible way to correctly and completely represent COBOL copybook records.

  RECORD buffers are used in SALT to expose mainframe transactions and ART Transactions as Web services and to access Web services from these transactions.

For more information, see Using Oracle Tuxedo Service Metadata Repository for SALT , and Tuxedo-to-XML Data Type Mapping for Oracle Tuxedo Services

• Mainframe Transaction Publisher for SALT

  This release of SALT makes it easier for transactions running in IBM mainframe’s CICS/IMS environments to be exported as Web services (SOAP/http or RESTful Web services). In addition, such mainframe transactions can also access external Web services using SOAP/http or RESTful API. Such integration is completely configuration driven and no code development is needed.

  SALT includes tools, such as wscobolcvt, which allow to import COBOL copybook and create metadata repository artifacts, WSDL and other required configuration to expose mainframe transactions as Web services. Similarly, tools allow import of a WSDL for external Web service and create required artifacts for mainframe transactions to access external Web services.

  For more information see, wscobolcvt, SALT Mainframe Transaction Publisher , and XML-to-Tuxedo Data Type Mapping for External Web Services

New Tuxedo Services Console

• This release of SALT replaces existing SALT configuration tool with a new Tuxedo Services Console to export, import Tuxedo services. This new console provides following major functionality:
• Services Management: add/edit/delete Tuxedo service definitions in the Tuxedo metadata repository.
• Configure Web services (SOAP and REST): enables Oracle Tuxedo services to be accessed as SOAP or REST services and enables Tuxedo applications to access external SOAP/REST Web services.
• Integrate with mainframe transactions: enables mainframe transactions to be accessed as Web services (SOAP or REST), or enables mainframe transactions to access external Web services.

  For more information, see TMADMSVR and MTP

• Single-Sign-on with Oracle Access Manager

  This release of SALT integrates with Oracle Access Manager (OAM) seamlessly, with automatic detection of the OAM authentication server configuration and handling of OAM tokens. This achieves single sign-on at the HTTP level for support of secure SOAP and REST access.

For more information see Configuring Oracle Tuxedo Web Services, Configuring Security Features