1. Developing SOA Applications with Oracle SOA Suite
  2. Using the BPEL Process Service Component
  3. Manipulating XML Data in a BPEL Process
  4. Delegating XML Data Operations to Data Provider Services
  5. How to Create an Entity Variable
  6. Understanding How SDO Works in the Outbound Direction

Understanding How SDO Works in the Outbound Direction

The SDO binding component reference enables messages to be sent from the composite application to Oracle ADF Business Component application external partners in the outside world, as shown in Figure 6-2.

Figure 6-2 Outbound Direction

Description of Figure 6-2 follows
Description of "Figure 6-2 Outbound Direction"

When the Oracle ADF Business Component application is the external partner link to the outside world, there is no SDO binding component reference in the SOA Composite Editor that you drag into the composite application to create outbound communication. Instead, communication between the composite application and the Oracle ADF Business Component application occurs as follows:

  • The Oracle ADF Business Component application is deployed and automatically registered as an SDO service in the Service Infrastructure

  • Oracle JDeveloper is used to browse for and discover this application as an ADF-BC service and create a partner link connection.

  • The composite.xml file is automatically updated with reference details (the binding.adf property) when the Oracle ADF Business Component application service is discovered.