Contents

Title and Copyright Information

Preface

• Audience
• Documentation Accessibility
• Related Documents
• Conventions

1 Introduction

• Features of Oracle Application Server Adapters
• Types of Oracle Application Server Adapters
• Technology Adapters
• Packaged-Application Adapters
• Legacy Adapters
• Types of Oracle Application Server Adapter Services
• Request-Response (Outbound Interaction) Service
• Event Notification (Inbound Interaction) Service
• Metadata Service

2 Technology Adapters

• Architecture
• Design-Time Components
• Run-Time Components
• Deployment

3 Packaged-Application Adapters

• Architecture
• Application Explorer
• BSE
• J2CA 1.5 Resource Adapter
• Design-Time Components
• Run-Time Components
• Deployment

4 Legacy Adapters

• Architecture
• Oracle Connect
• Oracle Studio
• J2CA Adapter
• Design-Time Components
• Run-Time Components
• Deployment

5 Adapter Integration with Oracle Application Server Components

• Adapter Integration with OC4J
• OC4J Overview
• OC4J Integration with Adapters
• Adapter Integration with BPEL Process Manager
• BPEL Process Manager Overview
• BPEL Process Manager Integration with Adapters
• Adapter Integration with OracleAS Integration InterConnect

6 Adapter Life-Cycle Management

• Installing Oracle Application Server Adapters
• Starting and Stopping an Adapter
• Physically Deploying an Adapter
• Logically Deploying an Adapter
• Viewing Adapter Logs
• Using Adapter Headers
• Setting the Trace Level of an Adapter
• Adapter Deployment Validation Within JDeveloper
• Turning on the XML Validation
• Describing XML Data Structure
• Encrypting Passwords in oc4j-ra.xml
• Managing Errors
• Handling Connection Errors
• Handling Adapter Data Errors
• Describing Message Ordering
• Describing Message Rejection Handlers
• Describing How Adapters Ensure no Message Loss
• Local transaction and Global (XA) transactions
• Inbound Transactions
• Outbound Transactions
• Load Balancing and BPEL Clustering Support Within Adapters
• Deploying Adapter Services
• Validating Adapter Deployment
• Batching and Debatching Support
• Migrating Repositories

Index