Header manipulation and propagation are key business integration messaging requirements. You can set normalized message header properties during design time in the Properties tab of receive activities, invoke activities, OnMessage branches of pick and (for BPEL 1.1) scope activities, and reply activities. You can set properties for the following components:

• Oracle JCA adapters

• Oracle BPEL Process Manager

• Oracle Web Services Addressing

• Oracle B2B

• REST adapters

For more information, see Propagating Normalized Message Properties Through Message Headers.