1. Developing SOA Applications with Oracle SOA Suite
  2. Using Binding Components
  3. Integrating REST Operations in SOA Composite Applications
  4. Creating REST Support in Service and Reference Binding Components
  5. How to Set REST Header Properties
  6. Custom Header Support

Custom Header Support

REST services and references are capable of handling custom HTTP headers. Table 37-5 provides details.

Table 37-5 Custom Header Support

Direction Service Side Reference Side

Request

Any HTTP headers that come in the request are propagated as normalized message properties. The headers are appended with rest.binding.http.header-name. These headers are available in the service engine as part of normalized message properties. For example, any individual header can be obtained with the BPEL process in the receive and reply activity properties.

All normalized message properties prefixed with rest.binding.http.* are added as HTTP headers to the HTTP request. The REST service removes the prefix rest.binding.http. from the header name. before attaching the headers to the HTTP request.

Response

All normalized message properties prefixed with rest.binding.http.* are added as HTTP headers to the HTTP response. The REST service removes the prefix rest.binding.http. from the header name before attaching the headers to the HTTP response.

Any HTTP headers coming in the response are propagated as normalized message properties. The headers are appended with rest.binding.http.header-name. These headers are available in the service engine as part of normalized message properties. For example, any individual header can be obtained with the BPEL process in the receive and reply activity properties.