17.15.13.Samples

Simple echo script

<process name="echo" targetNamespace="http://temp.uri" xmlns:tns="http://temp.uri"
    xmlns="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2003/03/business-process/">

    <partnerLinks>
        <partnerLink name="caller" partnerLinkType="tns:echoService"/>
    </partnerLinks>

    <variables>
        <variable name="request" messageType="tns:StringMessageType"/>
    </variables>

    <sequence name="EchoSequence">
        <receive partnerLink="caller" portType="tns:echoPort"
            operation="echo" variable="request"
            createInstance="yes" name="EchoReceive"/>
        <reply partnerLink="caller" portType="tns:echoPort"
            operation="echo" variable="request" name="EchoReply"/>
    </sequence>

</process>
        

... and corresponding WSDL

<definitions targetNamespace="http://temp.uri" xmlns:tns="http://temp.uri"
             xmlns:pl="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2003/05/partner-link/"
             xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
             xmlns="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/">

   <message name="StringMessageType">
      <part name="echoString" type="xsd:string"/>
   </message>

   <portType name="echoPort">
      <operation name="echo">
         <input message="tns:StringMessageType"/>
         <output message="tns:StringMessageType"/>
      </operation>
   </portType>

   <pl:partnerLinkType name="echoService">
     <pl:role name="svc">
       <pl:portType name="tns:echoPort"/>
     </pl:role>
   </pl:partnerLinkType>

</definitions>
        

Invoking Echo Service

    SQL>select xpath_eval ('/echoResponse/echoString/text()',
        xml_tree_doc (
                DB.DBA.soap_client (
                url=>sprintf ('http://example.com:%s/BPELGUI/bpel.vsp?script=file://echo/echo.bpel',server_http_port()),
                operation=>'echo',
                soap_action=>'echo',
                parameters=> vector ('par', xtree_doc (']]&gt;&lt;echoString>hello world&lt;/echoString>&lt;![CDATA[')))
                ));
        callret
        VARCHAR
         _______________________________________________________________________________

         hello world

         1 Rows. -- 330 msec.

BPEL Functions

getVariableData

      ...
      <assign name="assignResult">
        <copy>
          <from expression="concat( 'Hello ', bpws:getVariableData('input', 'payload', '/tns:echovirtRequest/tns:name'), ' ', bpws:getVariableData('input', 'payload', '/tns:echovirtRequest/tns:fname'))"/>
          <to variable="output" part="payload" query="/tns:echovirtResponse/tns:result"/>
        </copy>
      </assign>
      ...
      

count

      ...
      <assign name="assignResult">
        <copy>
          <from part="payload" variable="input" query="count(//lines/line)"/>
          <to variable="count"/>
        </copy>
      </assign>
      ...
      
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