August 2005
Intermediate to advanced
350 pages
10h 29m
English
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Oracle BPEL Process Manager
In 2004, Oracle joined the BPEL fray by acquiring Process Manager from Collaxa . The main pieces of Process Manager are a graphical design tool that plugs into the popular Open Source Java IDEs Eclipse (and also to Oracle’s own JDeveloper ), as well as an execution engine that runs on most major J2EE application servers, including JBoss, BEA’s Weblogic, IBM’s Websphere, and Oracle’s own Oracle Application Server (Oracle AS); a standalone lightweight version is also available. The solution also includes a web-based administration console (and a Java management API for custom management development) and a database to which process state is persisted (or dehydrated). Figure 10-3 illustrates the Process Manager stack.
Process Manager is a compelling choice for developing the example:
- It is free, easy to download, and easy to assemble
You can download a free evaluation copy of BPEL Process Manager from Oracle’s site to get a feel for the product. In this chapter’s example, we will use the standalone server, eliminating the need to set up a full-fledged application server. The only missing pieces are a recent Java Development Kit and Eclipse, both free and easy to download.
Figure 10-3. Oracle BPEL Process Manager architecture- It is BPEL-compliant
BPEL Process Manager appears to support most of BPEL 1.1.
- It facilitates rapid development, testing, and administration ...
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