XSLT:Examples of Date and Time Formatting-Part-2

Example: Non-Gregorian Calendars

The above example image is for calendars other than the Gregorian calendar.These examples use non-Latin characters which might not display correctly in all browsers, depending on the system configuration.(Source: w3c xslt doc)

XSLT:Examples of Date and Time Formatting

Example: Gregorian Calendar

The following image above shows a selection of dates and times and the way they might be formatted (Source: w3c transformation doc)

Installing the 10.1.3.3 or 10.1.3.3.1 patch

Problem: I came across this good article over forum and thought of sharing it. When installing the 10.1.3.3 or 10.1.3.3.1 patch, some people are getting an error when they go to the BPEL Console. The error is:

[java.lang.NoSuchMethodException]com.collaxa.cube.ejb.impl.FinderBean.tryLookupInstanceByReferenceId(java.lang.String, com.oracle.bpel.client.auth.DomainAuth)Exception Trace:java.lang.NoSuchMethodException: com.collaxa.cube.ejb.impl.FinderBean.tryLookupInstanceByReferenceId(java.lang.String, com.oracle.bpel.client.auth.DomainAuth) at java.lang.Class.getMethod(Class.jav[a:1581)

Solution:

Let me first clear this, I don't know what's causing the problem, except that sometimes the installer misses a step. A certain server-side JAR file was not updated during the installation of the patch. You can copy it from the client-side. Obviously you start these steps after you installed the patch.

1. Delete SOA_HOME\j2ee\home\applications\orabpel\ejb_ob_engine.jar (or move it if you want to keep a copy of it)

2. Copy SOA_HOME\bpel\system\j2ee\ejb\ejb_ob_engine_oc4j.jar to SOA_HOME\j2ee\home\applications\orabpel

3. Rename SOA_HOME\j2ee\home\applications\orabpel\ejb_ob_engine_oc4j.jar to ejb_ob_engine.jar

4. Restart your server

Hope it works fine...

BPEL: Getting File Name and directory name from File Adapter

Problem:
How to know the file name and the directory name at run time that we selected during configuring File adapter in our BPEL Process?

Solution:
I will give the answer for this in step wise manner.
1) Create an empty BPEL process.
2) Create a Read File Adapters. This will create fileAdapterInboundHeader.wsdl and .wsdl file.
3) Drag receive activity to the swim lane and link it to the read operation and create variable(choose in receive activity). Check the create instance check box.
4) Create a variable of type InboundHeader_msg, say Varaiable_1 ( this message is chosen from the fileAdapterInboundHeader.wsdl).
5) Create two more variables of simple type (String), say Test1 and Test2.
5) Drag the assign activity. In the assign activity create a copy operation you can see the Variable_1 having two elements i.e. FileName and DirectoryName. You can point these two elements to the variable Test1 and Test2 respectively.
6) Now double click on receive activity go to the "Adapter" tab and choose the above Variable_1 as the Input Header Variable.

Similarly you can do it for File Write Adapter. In this case the fileAdapterOutboundHeader.wsdl contains only one element i.e. file name.

And you are done....Now you can use that value for further operations, depending upon your needs.

Have a happy learning.....

AIA : Oracle Application Integration Architecture

AIA (Application Integration Architecture) is an integration architecture framework proposed by Oracle. It strongly recommends industry to start following this framework to build future integration packs for various business use cases. Oracle AIA is a set of products that enables companies to create greater alignment between IT and business strategy, so when business needs to react, IT can react with it.

Fusion middleware SOA products are the underlying products used in implementing AIA framework. AIA Framework is delivered as AIA Foundation Pack by Oracle. AIA Foundation Pack comprises of the following components

1. Enterprise Business Objects (EBO)
2. Enterprise Business Service (EBS)
3. SOA Governance Tools (BSR, CAVS and Error logging and resolution framework)
4. Reference Architecture

Process Integration Packs (PIPs) which are available with Application Integration Architecture are as under:

1.Siebel CRM On Demand Integration Pack for Oracle E-Business Suite.
2.Siebel CRM Integration Pack for Oracle E-Business Suite Order Management.
3.Oracle Application Integration Architecture for Communications.
4.Siebel Life Sciences Integration Pack for Oracle Adverse Event Reporting System.
5.Siebel CRM Integration Pack for Oracle Trade Promotion Management.
6.Siebel CRM Integration Pack for i-flex's FLEXCUBE Account Origination - Liability Products.

To know more on Oracle AIA, refer to the link mentioned below:

http://www.oracle.com/applications/oracle-application-integration-architecture.html

OAF vs ADF : Part - 2

OAF:- OAF is a MVC technology stack, fully oriented towards Oracle EBS application development. The OAF stack is comprised of underlying technologies like UIX and BC4J. It includes AOL that provides common EBS artifacts such as menus, functions, messages, profiles, flexfields and attachments, and common services like function and data security. MDS is used for metadata management.



ADF:- ADF is a comprehensive, model-view-controller technology stack that is oriented towards general-purpose application development. The ADF stack is primarily comprised of ADF Faces, ADFm and ADFbc. The ADF stack allows users to select among several choices of UI and business services technologies.