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Strategies for Varying Service Behavior

vijaynarayanan — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:35:37 +0000

Services are meant to be building blocks for business processes and could provide functionality that is potentially relevant to multiple applications. In order to fully realize these benefits, it is critical that variations in service behavior are supported. Preview Text: Services are meant to be building blocks for business processes and could...

Running Mediator Instances Issue - Oracle SOA 11g

nitinaggarwalin — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 04:43:44 +0000

We encountered an issue with one of our clients when the SOA Purge wasn’t being very effective due to the running mediator instances even though the rest of the flow trace had completed, This wasn’t an issue for business as such however in most cases caused them to fall out of the criteria for Purge due to the state in which these mediator instances were in.This should not cause much of a...

SOA 11g SOA Infra DB states for SOA Composites and Components

nitinaggarwalin — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 04:36:23 +0000

I found this extremely useful list of states for SOA 11g composites and various components in the SOA INFRA DB which we have benefited greatly in various engagements, so I thought it was worth sharing with you all.COMPOSITE_INSTANCE StatesStateDescription0Running1Completed2Running with faults3Completed with faults4 Preview Text: I found this...

Track Service Reuse Metrics

vijaynarayanan — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 04:33:16 +0000

Service driven systematic reuse takes conscious design decisions, governance, and disciplined execution – project after project. In order to sustain long running efforts such as service orientation, it is critical to track, report, and get buy-in from senior management in the organization. So what metrics are useful? Here are a few: Preview Text: ...

Lightweight publish/subscribe with Mule and MQTT

rm8607 — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 04:54:16 +0000

Originally authored by David Dossot Preview Text: In this blog we will look at an example where Mule is used to integrate conference booth QR Code scanners with an MQTT broker. Legacy Sponsored: unsponsored

Swagger with WSO2 API Manager

cobiacomm — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 04:14:16 +0000

APIs are often described in JSON, and XML Schema or XML-based client tooling doesn’t work. Swagger enables developers to describe the API message, produce API schema documentations, and simplify connecting clients to APIs. The overarching goal of Swagger is to enable client and documentation systems to update at the same pace as the server. The documentation of methods, parameters and...

WSO2 ESB Cache Mediator Tutorial

madhuka — Sun, 09 Jun 2013 04:09:22 +0000

This tutorial is about Caching Responses Over Requests. It means when WSO2 ESB gets the same request then Cache Mediator will send out Caching Responses. In this example I am using my last service that I created from WSO2 DSS. 1. Start DSS (With my last Services/ or any service you wish to used – remote Services) and WSO2 ESB. 2. Create “Pass Through Proxy” Preview Text: ...

Managing Endpoints and WSDL from WSO2 Register

madhuka — Sat, 08 Jun 2013 04:39:22 +0000

Here I am going to use code from my previous post about the WSO2 proxy in which it was written without getting End Points and wsdl from URL. eg: <endpoint> <address uri="http://localhost:9763/services/BusServices"/> </endpoint> </target> <publishWSDL uri="http://localhost:9763/services/BusServices?wsdl"/> Now I will make those saved in...

DDD and SOA Pitfalls

mitchp — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 16:30:16 +0000

Advanced Distributed System Design Using SOA and DDDw with Udi Dahan from ohad.israeli@nservicebus.com on Vimeo. Preview Text: Developers building a Service Oriented Architecture commonly run into pitfalls such as using too many web services or using the wrong ESB. These are just some of the tips from this short video. Legacy ...

How to Setup Load Balancing on the Axway/Vordel API Server

markwoneill — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 04:14:16 +0000

Setting up load-balancing on the Vordel/Axway API Server is as simple as creating a "Remote Host" entry, then whenever you route to that host in a configuration, the load-balancing will apply. See below - you have the option of choosing simple Round-Robin or else Weighted Load-Balancing. Preview Text: Setting up load-balancing on the...

Exposing and Managing Links with Spring HATEOAS

gdhjones — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 05:56:16 +0000

As a follow up to the previous Spring HATEOAS post, this post will cover how to use the @ExposesResourceFor annotation as an alternative to using the resource's Controller to obtain links. It'll also cover how to find links based on a particular relation type in a hypermedia enabled representation. Preview Text: As a follow up to...

Implementing HTTPS with Mule ESB

paskal_alma@yahoo.com — Sat, 01 Jun 2013 05:24:16 +0000

At one of my clients we use the Mule ESB (3.1) to communicate with the outside world. A big difference compared with having Mule running inside the company network is the security. One of the steps to make the communication more secure is to use HTTPS instead of HTTP. Other measures we took (signing the outgoing and validating the incoming SOAP requests) will be handled in another post. ...

Some Basics on XSLT Transformation

madhuka — Thu, 30 May 2013 04:04:16 +0000

This post will elucidate some basic concerns for development of XSLT scripts. While I was writing some script for a wso2 ESB XSLT transformation I decided that this process would be a useful one to share. Firstly I will point out some XSLT Elements template Rules to apply when a specified node is matched and it is a top-level element. But I like to used as function and call it and reuse...

Book review: SOA Made Simple

benwilcock — Wed, 29 May 2013 16:46:16 +0000

Packt Publishing’s latest SOA book: ‘SOA Made Simple‘, claims to lay bare the fundamental strategies, goals, principals, benefits a Preview Text: Packt Publishing’s latest SOA book: ‘SOA Made Simple‘, claims to lay bare the fundamental strategies, goals, principals, benefits and impacts of service oriented architecture in a way that is...

Data encryption with Mule Enterprise Security

rm8607 — Tue, 28 May 2013 04:47:16 +0000

Originally authored by Fernando FedericoMule Enterprise Security is a set of capabilities that build on top of Mule Enterprise’s existing security capabilities, including: Preview Text: In this post we are going to look at how to use the data encryption capabilities in Mule Studio. We’re going to be using Mule Enterprise....