Accessing the fields within Element-based variables

This recipe explains the method for accessing Element-based variables. We will show you how to access the fields in variables that are Element-based.

Getting ready

We define two Versions (BPEL 1.1 and BPEL 2.0) of synchronous BPEL processes and name them Manipulate1_1 and Manipulate2_0. In both the BPEL processes, we define the Element-based global variable ResponseElement as follows:

<variable name = "ResponseElement" element = "client:process"/>

The structure of the process element can be found in Manipulate1_1.xsd and Manipulate2_0.xsd as follows:

<element name = "process">
  <complexType>
    <sequence>
      <element name = "input" type = "string"/>
    </sequence>
  </complexType>
</element>

How to do it…

In the following steps, we will show you how to access the fields defined in the Element-based variables in a BPEL process:

1. Open the Manipulate1_1 BPEL process and add the AssignElement assign...