Introduction to BPEL 1.1 and 2.0 Activities

This section provides a brief overview of BPEL activities and provides references to other documentation that describes how to use these activities.

Oracle BPEL Designer includes BPEL 1.1 and BPEL 2.0 activities that can be added to a BPEL process. These activities enable you to perform specific tasks within a process. Some activities are available in both BPEL 1.1 and BPEL 2.0. Others are available in only BPEL 1.1 or BPEL 2.0.

To access these activities, go to the Components window of Oracle BPEL Designer. The activities display in the following categories:

BPEL Constructs: Displays core activities (also known as constructs) provided by standard BPEL 1.1 and 2.0 functionality. The activities in this category are displayed under additional subcategories of Web Service, Activities, and Structured Activities in BPEL 1.1 and Web Service, Basic Activities, and Structured Activities in BPEL 2.0.
Subprocesses: Displays any created subprocesses. If no subprocesses have been created, this category is empty. For more information about subprocesses, see Introduction to Standalone and Inline BPEL Subprocess Invocations.
Oracle Extensions: Displays extension activities that add value and ease of use to BPEL 1.1 and 2.0 functionality.
SOA Components: Displays the business rules, human tasks, and Oracle Mediator service components that can be added to a BPEL process.
BPEL Services: Displays the partner links that can be added to a BPEL process, including JCA adapters (AQ, file, FTP, database, JMS, MQ, Oracle User Messaging Service, socket, JDE World, SAP, LDAP server, Coherence cache, and third-party), Oracle BAM 11g binding component, Oracle Healthcare binding component, Oracle B2B binding component, EJB binding component, ADF-BC binding component, Oracle E-Business Suite adapter, direct binding component, HTTP binding component, and Oracle Managed File Transfer (MFT) adapter.
Custom Activity Templates: Displays any created custom scope activity templates. For more information about templates, see Introduction to Templates.

Table A-1 lists the available activities.

Table A-1 BPEL 1.1 and 2.0 Constructions and Extensions

Activity	Display Under...	Supported in BPEL 1.1	Supported in BPEL 2.0	For More Information
Assign	BPEL Constructs	Yes	Yes	Assign Activity
Assert	Oracle Extensions	Yes	Yes	Assert Activity
Bind Entity	Oracle Extensions	Yes	No	Bind Entity Activity
Call	Oracle Extensions	No	Yes	Call Activity
Compensate	BPEL Constructs	Yes	Yes	Compensate Activity
CompensateScope	BPEL Constructs	No	Yes	CompensateScope Activity
Create Entity	Oracle Extensions	Yes	No	Create Entity Activity
Dehydrate	Oracle Extensions	Yes	Yes	Dehydrate Activity
Dynamic Partner Link	BPEL Constructs	Yes	No	Dynamic Partner Link Activity
Email	Oracle Extensions	Yes	Yes	Email Activity
Empty	BPEL Constructs	Yes	Yes	Empty Activity
Exit	BPEL Constructs	No	Yes Note: Replaces the terminate activity in BPEL 2.0.	Exit Activity
Flow	BPEL Constructs	Yes	Yes	Flow Activity
FlowN	Oracle Extensions	Yes	No Note: Replaced by the forEach activity in BPEL 2.0	FlowN Activity
forEach	BPEL Constructs	No	Yes Note: Replaces the FlowN activity in BPEL 2.0.	forEach Activity
If	BPEL Constructs	No	Yes Note: Replaces the switch activity in BPEL 2.0.	If Activity
IM	Oracle Extensions	Yes	Yes	IM Activity
Invoke	BPEL Constructs	Yes	Yes	Invoke Activity
Java Embedding	Oracle Extensions	Yes	Yes	Java Embedding Activity
Partner Link	BPEL Constructs	Yes	Yes	Partner Link Activity
Phase	Oracle Extensions	Yes	Yes	Phase Activity
Pick	BPEL Constructs	Yes	Yes	Pick Activity
Receive	BPEL Constructs	Yes	Yes	Receive Activity
Receive Signal	Oracle Extensions	Yes	Yes	Receive Signal Activity
Remove Entity	Oracle Extensions	Yes	No	Remove Entity Activity
RepeatUntil	BPEL Constructs	No	Yes	RepeatUntil Activity
Replay	Oracle Extensions	Yes	Yes	Replay Activity
Reply	BPEL Constructs	Yes	Yes	Reply Activity
Rethrow	BPEL Constructs	No	Yes	Rethrow Activity
Schedule Job	Oracle Extensions	Yes	Yes	Schedule Job
Scope	BPEL Constructs	Yes	Yes	Scope Activity
Sequence	BPEL Constructs	Yes	Yes	Sequence Activity
Signal	Oracle Extensions	Yes	Yes	Signal Activity
SMS	Oracle Extensions	Yes	Yes	SMS Activity
Switch	BPEL Constructs	Yes	No Note: Replaced by the if activity in BPEL 2.0.	Switch Activity
Terminate	BPEL Constructs	Yes	No Note: Replaced by the exit activity in BPEL 2.0	Terminate Activity
Throw	BPEL Constructs	Yes	Yes	Throw Activity
Translate	Oracle Extensions	Yes	Yes	Translate Activity
User Notification	Oracle Extensions	Yes	Yes	User Notification Activity
Validate	Oracle Extensions (in BPEL 1.1) BPEL Constructs (in BPEL 2.0)	Yes	Yes	Validate Activity
Wait	BPEL Constructs	Yes	Yes	Wait Activity
While	BPEL Constructs	Yes	Yes	While Activity
XQuery Transform	Oracle Extensions	Yes	Yes	XQuery Transform Activity
XSLT Transform	Oracle Extensions	Yes	Yes	XSLT Transform Activity

For more information about activities, see the Business Process Execution Language for Web Services Specification or the Web Services Business Process Execution Language Specification Version 2.0 by visiting the following URL:

http://www.oasis-open.org