1. Developing SOA Applications with Oracle SOA Suite
  2. XPath Extension Functions
  3. Building XPath Expressions in the Expression Builder in Oracle JDeveloper
  4. Creating Expressions with Free Form Text and XPath Expressions

Creating Expressions with Free Form Text and XPath Expressions

You can mix free form text with XPath expressions in some dialogs.

  1. Place your cursor over the field to display a popup message that describes this functionality. Figure B-14 provides details.

    Figure B-14 Functionality Description Menu

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    Description of "Figure B-14 Functionality Description Menu"
  2. Enter free form text (in this example, 'Hello, your telephone number'). Figure B-15 provides details.
  3. Enter <% when you are ready to invoke the XPath Building Assistant. Figure B-16 provides details.

    Figure B-16 XPath Building Assistant Invocation Preparation

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    A red underline appears, which indicates that you are being prompted to add information.

  4. Press Ctrl and then the space bar to invoke the XPath Building Assistant. Figure B-17 provides details.

    Figure B-17 XPath Building Assistant Invocation

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    Description of "Figure B-17 XPath Building Assistant Invocation"
  5. Scroll down the list and double-click the value you want.
  6. Continue this process to build the remaining parts of the expression.