SOA 12c - Get started with OSB 12c

In Oracle SOA 12c release, the major changes for Oracle Service Bus is that now OSB is integrated within Jdeveloper and the development and testing can be done from within Jdeveloper without the need to use Eclipse IDE.

Message flows which were part of proxy service in 11g are now added as separate resources - pipeline and split-join

Significant changes in the web console as well. All monitoring and run-time configurations can now be done in EM console itself. However the sbconsole can still be used to test the OSB services along with Jdeveloper.

In this post, we will go through the detailed steps in creating a sample Service Bus Application and testing. We will be invoking the HelloWorld BPEL process that we created in the previous post.

Follow these steps to create OSB application.

Create New Application as shown

Select service bus application with project as shown. Name the application and project 

The SBProject is created as shown

Create folder structure as per your requirement by right-clicking on the project folder -> from Gallery -> folder and Name your folder

Now drag and drop the HTTP Technology adapter from the component palette on to the external services tab in the composite.

New Dialog box pops up. Enter the service name and follow the below steps as shown. Select Transport http

Browse for the BPEL Process WSDL from the Application server 

Import the WSDL and XSD to the OSB Application

Select the port type from the WSDL imported and click next and finish

Once the Http adapter is created to invoke BPEL process. Lets add a pipeline and create proxy for invoking the OSB Service as shown

Name the pipeline and browse for the WSDL from the Application resources. 

Once WSDL is selected, Check the checkbox expose as a Proxy Service and finish. 

Now the SB Application will be as shown. Connect the HelloworldPipeline with the HelloWorldBS Http service

 Now Design is complete. We can test the Service from Jdeveloper by executing the proxy service as shown

 This will launch the Console asking for Input. Provide the Input in the request document and click Execute

The Output from the service will be shown in the Response document.

OSB service can also be executed from the OSB Console as shown. To access OSB Console login using your credentials in http://<hostname>:<port>/sbconsole