Using the utility functionality

Oracle SOA Suite defines a set of utility functions to perform various operations. However, there is no unified place where we find the utility functions. In this recipe, we will learn how to format a message with the ora:format utility function and then implement the same functionality inside the Java Embedding activity.

Getting ready

To start, we will use the BPEL_and_Java_1_1 process. We change the schema definition of the response message. Open the BPEL_and_Java_1_1.xsd file and change the response part of the element:

<element name="processResponse">
  <complexType>
    <sequence>
      <element name="resultFmtBPEL" type="string"/>
     <element name="resultFmtJava" type="string"/>
    </sequence>
  </complexType>
</element>

Open the BPEL_and_Java_1_1 process and place a new assign activity (FormatBPEL) into it. The code for the assign activity is as follows:

<assign name="FormatBPEL">
 <copy>
  ...