Oracle Dynamic Services User’s and Administrator’s Guide Release

Oracle Dynamic Services

User’s and Administrator’s Guide

Release 9.0.1

June 2001

Part No. A88783-01

Oracle Dynamic Services is a Java-based programmatic framework for

incorporating, managing, and deploying Internet services. Oracle Dynamic

Services makes it easy for application developers to rapidly incorporate existing

services residing in Web sites, local databases, or proprietary systems into their

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Audience................................................................................................................................................ xv

Organization.......................................................................................................................................... xv

Related Documents.............................................................................................................................. xvi

Conventions......................................................................................................................................... xvii

Documentation Accessibility ............................................................................................................ xvii

1.1 Application Scenarios........................................................................................................... 1-2

1.1.1 Business Problems or Technical Challenges .............................................................. 1-2

1.2.2 Service Registry............................................................................................................ 1-10

1.2.3 Application Profile Registry....................................................................................... 1-10

1.2.4 Service Administrator.................................................................................................. 1-10

1.2.5 Service Consumer Application .................................................................................. 1-10

1.2.6 Dynamic Services Engine............................................................................................ 1-11

1.2.7 Services as Application Components........................................................................ 1-11

1.2.8 Communication Between the Service Consumer Application and the Dynamic

Services Engine .................................................................................................. 1-12

1.2.9 Communication Between the Service Administrator and the Dynamic Services

Engine ................................................................................................................ 1-12

2.1 System Requirements............................................................................................................ 2-1

2.2 Dynamic Services Distribution............................................................................................ 2-2

2.3 Installing the DSSYS Schema............................................................................................... 2-3

2.4 Dynamic Services Configuration......................................................................................... 2-5

3.1 Configuring and Running the DSAdmin Utility .............................................................. 3-1

3.1.1 Configuring Dynamic Services Proxy Settings.......................................................... 3-2

3.1.2 Configuring the DSAdmin Utility ............................................................................... 3-2

3.1.3 Running the DSAdmin Utility...................................................................................... 3-4

4.1 Enabling PL/SQL Interfaces................................................................................................ 4-1

4.2 Enabling Persistent Auditing or Event Monitor Services................................................ 4-3

4.2.1 Configuring Oracle Advanced Queuing..................................................................... 4-3

4.2.2 Installing Monitor Services........................................................................................... 4-3

4.2.3 Using the Event Monitor Utility .................................................................................. 4-4

4.2.4 Enabling Persistent Auditing ....................................................................................... 4-5

4.2.5 Starting and Stopping the Event Monitor .................................................................. 4-5

4.2.6 Using the Logger Monitor Service (Case Study) ....................................................... 4-6

4.3 Enabling HTTP Communications....................................................................................... 4-8

4.3.1 Configuring the Apache/Jserv Servlet Engine.......................................................... 4-8

4.3.2 Configuring the DSAdmin Utility to Use the HTTP Driver.................................. 4-11

4.4 Enabling Java Messaging Services (JMS) Communications.......................................... 4-11

4.5.1.2 Dynamic Services LDAP Schema ....................................................................... 4-15

4.5.2 Configuring Dynamic Services Registry to Use LDAP .......................................... 4-16

4.6 Manual Fine-Tuning of Dynamic Services Properties................................................... 4-17

5.1.1 Setting the Classpath ..................................................................................................... 5-2

5.1.2 Registering a Service Consumer Application in the Application Profile Registry 5-2

5.1.3 Opening a Connection to the Dynamic Services Engine.......................................... 5-4

5.1.3.1 Available Connection Drivers............................................................................... 5-4

5.1.4 Example: Executing the YahooPortfolio Service ....................................................... 5-5

6.1.2 Service Provider -- Organization and Contacts XML Files...................................... 6-4

6.1.3 Service Classification XML File.................................................................................... 6-5

6.1.4 Service Interface Specification -- Request Definition................................................ 6-6