How to Initiate Inbound Messages

To initiate inbound messages:

You must first initiate the sending of inbound client messages to the SOA composite application.

Go to the SOA Composite application in test mode.
Double-click the service binding component shown in Figure 51-8.

Figure 51-8 Service Binding Component Access

Description of "Figure 51-8 Service Binding Component Access"

The Initiate Messages dialog appears.

Enter the details shown in Table 51-6:

Table 51-6 Initiate Messages Dialog Fields and Values

Field	Value
Service	Displays the name of the binding component service (client).
Operation	Displays the operation type of the service binding component (initiate).
Part	Select the type of inbound message to send (for example, payload).
Value	Create a simulated message to send from a client:
Enter Manually	Click to manually enter message data in the Enter Value field. A Generate Sample button enables you to automatically generate a sample file for testing. Click Save As to save the sample file.
Load From File	Click the Browse icon to load message data from a file. The file is added to the messages folder in the Applications window.

Figure 51-9 shows this dialog:

Figure 51-9 Initiate Messages Dialog

Description of "Figure 51-9 Initiate Messages Dialog"

The inbound process initiation message from a client looks as follows:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<!-- Generated by Oracle SCA Test Modeler version 1.0 at [7/12/07 8:36 AM]. -->
<compositeTest compositeDN="CompositeTest"
 xmlns="http://xmlns.oracle.com/sca/2006/test">
  <about/>
  <initiate serviceName="client" operation="initiate" isAsync="true">
    <message>
      <part partName="payload">
        <filePath>loanApplication.xml</filePath>
      </part>
    </message>
  </initiate>
. . .
. . .

The loanApplication.xml referenced in the process initiation file contains a loan application payload:

<loanApplication xmlns="http://www.autoloan.com/ns/autoloan">
  <SSN>111222333</SSN>
  <email>joe.smith@example.com</email>
  <customerName>Joe Smith</customerName>
  <loanAmount>20000</loanAmount>
  <carModel>Camry</carModel>
  <carYear>2007</carYear>
  <creditRating>800</creditRating>
</loanApplication>

Click OK.