Chapter 6. Oracle BPEL Process Manager: Advanced Features

In this chapter, we will discuss the advanced features provided by the Oracle BPEL Process Manager 10g Release 2. We will overview the extension functions and activities provided by the BPEL Process Manager. We will take a detailed look at dynamic parallel flows and dynamic partner links. We will explain and demonstrate how BPEL processes can be integrated with resources other then web services using Web Services Invocation Framework. We will also look at Java embedding. Finally we will overview three important services provided by Oracle BPEL Process Manager: the Notification service for sending and receiving asynchronous notifications using email and other channels, the Workflow service for including human interaction into BPEL processes, and the Identity service for user authentication and authorization.

In this chapter, we will discuss the following:

• Extension functions and activities provided by BPEL Process Manager

• Dynamic parallel...