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The Definitive Guide to SOA: Oracle® Service Bus, SECOND EDITION

by Jeff Davies, David Schorow, Samrat Ray, David Rieber

September 2008

Intermediate to advanced

536 pages

15h 36m

English

Apress

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About the Oracle Service BusWhat's New in OSB 10.3?Who This Book Is ForHow This Book Is StructuredDownloading the CodeContacting the Authors
The Problems We Face TodayEarly ESBsModern SolutionsEnter Oracle Service BusWon't This Lock Me into Oracle Technologies?Why Buy an Enterprise Service Bus?Summary
Installing the SoftwareUsing a Single WorkSpace Studio IDEConfiguring WorkSpace StudioSummary

Service MediationCreating and Deploying a Web ServiceSummary
Message Flow OverviewGoodbye World!Summary
Why Learn About WSDL?WSDL BasicsWSDL Best PracticesVisualizing Documents from SchemasSummary
Scenario 1: User Requests a Product CatalogScenario 2: User Orders a ProductSummary
Synchronous InvocationAsynchronous InvocationParallel Calls with Split-JoinSummary
Service Type and Transport Protocol OverviewSOAP with WSDLSOAP Without WSDLXML with WSDLXML Without WSDLMessaging Service TypesTransport-Typed ServicePOJOsSummary
Web Services Reliable MessagingService ThrottlingService PoolingSOAP with AttachmentsSummary
MonitoringReportingSummary
An Overview of SOA SecurityHow OSB Fits into an SOA Security ArchitectureOSB End-to-End Security ConfigurationPerformance Trade-Offs Using SecuritySummary
Core ConceptsAdvanced ConceptsArchitectural TransformationNot Just an ESB!Summary
Standards, Standards, and More StandardsWhere Do We Begin?The First ProjectThe Second ProjectSummary
What Is a Service?Service OrientationWhat Is Versioning?Do We Version Services or Operations?Constrained by RealityIf Not Versions, Then What?The Service Life CycleThe Future of ITSummary
Factors That Affect OSB PerformanceTuning an OSB InstanceBest Practices for OSB Proxy DesignXQuery and XPath OptimizationsScalability Considerations for an ESBHandling Large Messages with Content StreamingFlow-Control Patterns Using OSBSummary
DeploymentOSB Domains and ClustersSummary
Introduction to Custom TransportsThe Sample Socket TransportBuilding a Custom TransportAdvanced Custom Transport TopicsSummary
SecurityAdministrationMessaging and ProtocolsXML, XQuery, and XSLTMiscellaneousSummary

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CHAPTER 7Asynchronous Messaging

Messages are at the heart of an ESB, and OSB is no exception. Therefore, it's worthwhile to ensure you have a solid understanding of the principles of messages and invocation models. Much of this chapter is more specific to WebLogic Server than it is to OSB. It's important to know both sides of the "services equation," and creating WebLogic web services will figure prominently in your OSB work.

Synchronous Invocation

Synchronous messaging is by far the most common messaging model in use today. A synchronous call is one where the caller waits for the called operation to complete before the caller can take another action. Synchronous calls are often the norm because they're easier to understand and easier to perform ...