Oracle SOA Suite 11g: Essential Concepts - Self-Study Course

This course covers the foundations of SOA-enabled applications and standards that enable SOA implementations. Using an order management business process as the scenario, participants learn how an SOA approach can be implemented, whether starting fresh with new services or reuse existing services provided by the business. Using Oracle SOA Suite 11g components participants explore, modify, execute, and monitor an order-processing composite application implemented using an SOA approach for managing the business process.

Learn To:

• Describe SOA concepts and related technology
• Explain standards and specifications that enable an SOA approach
• Explore an SOA approach for integrating business services by using Oracle SOA Suite 11g
• Create a SOA composite application by using JDeveloper 11g
• Describe when to use Mediator, BPEL, Business Rules, and Human Task components in a SOA composite application
• Test and monitor the SOA composite application

Audience

• Application Developers
• Business Analysts
• Project Manager
• SOA Architect
• Technical Consultant

Course Topics Service-Oriented Architecture Concepts

• Describe the challenges of enterprise application system integration
• Describe the solution for Enterprise Application Integration
• Describe Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA)
• Explain the role of the Oracle SOA Maturity Model
• Identify standards that enable SOA
• Identify basic design requirements for an SOA approach
• Explain the role of SOA governance

Implementing SOA with Oracle SOA Suite

• Discuss Oracle SOA Suite 11g components
• Describe the service components
• Define a composite application
• Explain the role of Enterprise Manager

SOA Governance and Service Life-Cycle Management

• Define service life-cycle management
• Define service management
• Identify the characteristics of service management
• Describe the need for managing services
• Define the need for and benefits of governance
• Describe the SOA governance solution

Designing Services for SOA Implementations

• Define a service and its artifacts
• Describe the various service layers and their responsibilities
• Explain the role of Extensible Markup Language (XML) schemas
• Design service interfaces with Web Services Definition Language (WSDL)
• Identify the role of adapter technology in implementing services

Creating a Composite Application

• Explain the Service Component Architecture (SCA) and its components
• Define a composite application
• Discuss components of the SCA
• Describe Service Data Objects (SDO)
• Create an SOA composite application in JDeveloper

Managing and Monitoring SOA Composite Applications

• Understand the basic administrative and monitoring tasks related to SOA composites
• Work with the Enterprise Manager (EM) Web interface
• Manage SOA composite applications from the Enterprise Manager Web interface
• Deploy and undeploy SOA composites
• Test an SOA composite application
• Track message flow through an SOA composite application

Working with Mediator Components

• Explain the Mediator component and its features
• Define business events and the Event Delivery Network (EDN)
• Create and configure a Mediator service component
• Create routing rules

Orchestrating Services with a BPEL Component

• Describe process orchestration concepts
• Define and describe Business Process Execution Language (BPEL) in relation to implementing process orchestration
• Develop a BPEL process by using the BPEL designer in JDeveloper 11g
• Describe activities, partner links, and service invocation in a BPEL process

Working with the Human Task Component

• Describe a Human Workflow task and the related concepts
• Describe a workflow as a service
• Create a Human Task component in an SOA composite and access it from a BPEL process
• Create a task form to enable users to interact with a task
• Use a Worklist application to perform actions (such as approve or reject) on an assigned task

Implementing a Business Rules Component

• Describe the needs for implementing business rules
• Define Oracle Business Rules and its features
• Create facts, rulesets, and a rule dictionary
• Develop a rule-based application by creating a Business Rule component and integrating it into a BPEL process

Securing Services and Composite Applications

• Describe Web services security
• Identify the need for security for services
• Describe Oracle Web Service Manager
• Describe the components of the Oracle Web Service Manager architecture
• Attach security policies to services

Course Objectives

• Explain when to use the Mediator, BPEL, Business Rules, and Human Task components
• Describe SOA concepts and related technology
• Explain standards and specifications that enable an SOA approach
• Explain the Oracle SOA Suite 11g product and related technologies
• Explain the Service design considerations
• Explore an SOA approach for integrating business services
• Create an SOA composite application by using JDeveloper
• Monitor and test composite applications and their components