D93505 – Oracle Service Bus 12c: New Features

Overview

• Context of Service Bus within SOA Suite 12c
• Differences between 11g and 12c installation
• Overview of course lessons and topics
• Overview of Service Bus development and administration tools

Quick Start for Developers

• Leveraging the Quick Start Installer for 12c
• Starting JDeveloper
• Configuring Integrated and Stand-Alone domains
• Creating Application Server connections

Getting Familiar with SB 12c & JDeveloper

• Understanding the 12c topology and architecture
• Using JDeveloper to create SB Projects
• Using the Service Bus Test console
• Introduction to Pipeline Message Flow Component
• Leveraging the new Dependency Explorer
• Configuring and using the new File-based design-time MDS repository

Service Bus Administration & Management Tools

• Using the new Enterprise Manager Fusion Middleware Control for monitoring Service Bus projects and resources
• Understanding unique and overlapping capabilites between the Service Bus Console and the EM FMW Control
• Using the new Service Bus Console
• Understanding session management
• New Service Bus security roles for 12c

Shared Variables, Pipelines and Templates

• Creating and using Pipeline Message Flow components
• Creating and using user-defined shared context variable across multiple pipeline components
• Creating and using the new Pipeline Template
• Unlinking tempate-based Pipeline components

Monitoring, SLA Alerts and Reports

• Creating alert destinations
• Defining SLAs with EM FMW Control
• Viewing reports with EM FMW Control
• Monitoring service metrics with EM FMW Control

Testing and Debugging

• Configuring and leveraging the new Oracle Diagnostic Log for troubleshooting and debugging
• Enabling and disabling message flow stages and actions
• Exploring the Test console options in JDeveloper
• Using the new Service Bus 12c debugger tool in JDeveloper

Message Transformations

• Transforming messages with the new XSLT Mapper tool
• Creating XQuery transformations with JDeveloper
• Creating nXSD transformations with the Native Format Builder wizard
• Using the new nXSD Translate action in message flows

Adapters & Transports

• Understanding JCA adpaters and SB transports
• Using the SOA-DIRECT transport with SOA composite application services
• Creating REST-ful proxy services using the new REST binding wizard
• Virtulizing external REST-ful services using the new REST binding wizard

Additional Topics

• How to migrate OSB 11g projects and resources to Service Bus 12c
• Understanding OWSM policy support for Service Bus 12c
• Understanding MFT and Service Bus integration use cases
• Configuring and using the new SB Resequencer for 1-way pipeline components
• Leveraging the Service Bus Maven plugin for SB projects

Appendix A: Split-Join Message Flow Component

• Understanding split-join patterns
• Creating Split-Join Message Flow Components in JDeveloper

Appendix B: Production Installation of Service Bus 12c

• Supported configurations
• Using the Installation wizard
• Using the Repository Creation Utility (RCU)
• Creating Service Bus 12c production domains