Introduction If you want to build an application to run on the Fusion Middleware platform, you may find that you want to use some Oracle provided JAR files in...
Introduction If you want to build an application to run on the Fusion Middleware platform, you may find that you want to use some Oracle provided JAR files in your build process. These may be things like API’s (interfaces) that are needed to compile, or client libraries that need to be bundled into the deployable application, or perhaps tools that are needed during build time, e.g. WLST or appc. Main article If you are using Maven to manage your build, it would be ideal to...
Introduction If you want to build an application to run on the Fusion Middleware platform, you may find that you want to use some Oracle provided JAR files in your build process. These may be things...
Introduction In this post I just want to share a couple of thoughts on Maven Repository Managers – what they are, and why you would want to use one. Let’s...
Introduction In this post I just want to share a couple of thoughts on Maven Repository Managers – what they are, and why you would want to use one. Let’s start out with a couple of definitions: Main article A Maven Repository is a collection of artifacts and metadata stored in a defined hierarchy. It could be as simple as just a collection of files in a file system with a particular directory structure, or on a simple web server. This might work well for a single...
Introduction In this post I just want to share a couple of thoughts on Maven Repository Managers – what they are, and why you would want to use one. Let’s start out with a couple of definitions: Main...
Introduction A small number of people have been seeing an error when using the BPMN process editor in JDeveloper 11.1.1.6 (PS5). The symptom is a...
Introduction A small number of people have been seeing an error when using the BPMN process editor in JDeveloper 11.1.1.6 (PS5). The symptom is a NullPointerException, as seen in the log, an example below, and a dialog box telling you an unexpected error has occurred (see image below). Main article If you hit this issue, you should log a service request with Oracle Support and ask for a patch for bug number 13088538. You will need to provide details about your JDeveloper...
Introduction A small number of people have been seeing an error when using the BPMN process editor in JDeveloper 11.1.1.6 (PS5). The symptom is a NullPointerException, as seen in the log, an example...
Note: The information in this article while accurate is dated. For the latest information on installing and managing SOA Suite and OSB please refer to the...
Note: The information in this article while accurate is dated. For the latest information on installing and managing SOA Suite and OSB please refer to the following 12c documents: Oracle Fusion Middleware 12c Enterprise Deployment Guide Oracle 12c SOA and OSB Admin Guide Introduction Recently, I have been involved in a number of discussions with people who are setting up clusters of various Fusion Middleware products, often on an Exalogic machine. These discussions have...
Note: The information in this article while accurate is dated. For the latest information on installing and managing SOA Suite and OSB please refer to the following 12c documents: Oracle...
Introduction That’s a provocative title! Let’s start by talking about why you might want to disable B2B! Main article If you are using BPM (or SOA) and you are...
Introduction That’s a provocative title! Let’s start by talking about why you might want to disable B2B! Main article If you are using BPM (or SOA) and you are not using any of the B2B functionality, then you might want to consider disabling B2B on your SOA managed servers. There are a few good reasons for doing this: You will save some memory, You will reduce your managed server start (and restart) time, and You avoid any potential problems that may be introduced by...
Introduction That’s a provocative title! Let’s start by talking about why you might want to disable B2B! Main article If you are using BPM (or SOA) and you are not using any of the B2B functionality,...
Introduction Today I learned about a really neat utility that was developed by my colleague, Olivier Lediouris, which allows you to test Business Rules in a...
Introduction Today I learned about a really neat utility that was developed by my colleague, Olivier Lediouris, which allows you to test Business Rules in a standalone/offline fashion – without the need to deploy them to a SOA/BPM server and build a whole composite around them. Main article Olivier describes it as: A graphical user interface to test OBR without having to deploy anything anywhere. You can find details and download the tool here. If you are using Business...
Introduction Today I learned about a really neat utility that was developed by my colleague, Olivier Lediouris, which allows you to test Business Rules in a standalone/offline fashion – without...
Introduction In case you did not notice, you may be interested to know that most of the Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g platform is now supported on Java 7. This...
Introduction In case you did not notice, you may be interested to know that most of the Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g platform is now supported on Java 7. This is effective from WebLogic Server 10.3.6 and Oracle Fusion Middleware 11.1.1.6. Main article You can check the details for your particular product and operating system here.
Introduction In case you did not notice, you may be interested to know that most of the Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g platform is now supported on Java 7. This is effective from WebLogic Server 10.3.6...
Introduction Just came across this and wanted to share Main article Step by step video instructions on building a two node SOA (and AIA Foundation Pack)...
Introduction Just came across this and wanted to share Main article Step by step video instructions on building a two node SOA (and AIA Foundation Pack) cluster! Cool!
With Dave Shaffer Introduction Recently, I had a discussion with several colleagues and one of our large customers about when to use BPMN and when to use BPEL...
With Dave Shaffer Introduction Recently, I had a discussion with several colleagues and one of our large customers about when to use BPMN and when to use BPEL to model business processes. I have discussed this topic before in this post but this conversation opened up an interesting new angle on the topic, which I wanted to share with you all. Main Article First of all, let me be clear about the scenario here. This is a large customer who is going to make extensive use of...
With Dave Shaffer Introduction Recently, I had a discussion with several colleagues and one of our large customers about when to use BPMN and when to use BPEL to model business processes. I...
