For Oracle SOA Suite 12c (12.1.3), this guide has been updated to include the following new and changed development features:
Reorganization of SOA composite application directories and files in the Applications window. See What Happens When You Create a SOA Application and Project.
Support for adding SOA composite application descriptions that are displayed when you place your cursor over the TODO Tasks icon above the composite. See Adding Descriptions to SOA Composite Applications.
Support for renaming, deleting, and moving components and their artifacts in the SOA Composite Editor and Applications window. See Renaming_ Deleting_ and Moving Components and Artifacts.
Support for managing shared data with the design-time Oracle Metadata Services Repository (MDS Repository). See Managing Shared Data with the Design-Time .
Reorganization of BPEL process directories and files in the Applications window. See How to Add a BPEL Process Service Component.
Support for editing BPEL process activities in the Property Inspector. How to Edit BPEL Activities in the Property Inspector.
Support for adding BPEL process service component descriptions that are displayed when you place your cursor over the TODO Tasks icon above the BPEL process. See How to Add a Description of Actions to BPEL Process Activities.
Support for translating messages between native XSD format and XML format in a BPEL process translate activity. See Translating Between Native Data and XML.
Support for creating BPEL process correlations sets with the Correlation Wizard. How to Create a Correlation Set with the Correlation Wizard.
Support for designing a fault policy with the Fault Policy wizard. See How to Design a Fault Policy for Automated Fault Recovery with the Fault Policy Wizard.
Support for executing a business process without a transaction. See Executing a Business Process Without a Transaction.
Support for invoking an Oracle Enterprise Scheduler job in a BPEL process. Invoking an Oracle Enterprise Scheduler Job in a BPEL Process.
Support for BPEL process analytics (business indicators and measurements). See Configuring BPEL Process Analytics.
Support for integrating Representational State Transfer (REST) operations in SOA composite applications. See Integrating REST Operations in SOA Composite Applications.
Support for using Oracle SOA Suite templates in SOA composite applications, service components, and BPEL scope activities. See Oracle SOA Suite Templates and Reusable Subprocesses .
Support for creating and reusing standalone and inline BPEL subprocesses within other processes. See Oracle SOA Suite Templates and Reusable Subprocesses .
Support for a standard JMS-based messaging infrastructure in the Oracle SOA Suite event delivery network (EDN). See EDN Integration with .
Support for obfuscating certain fields (for example, SSNs) to prevent this data from appearing in clear text. See Encrypting and Decrypting Specific Fields of Messages.
Support for using the Maven plug-in to build and manage SOA composite application projects. See Using the Development Maven Plug-In.
Support debugging SOA composite applications with the SOA debugger in Oracle JDeveloper. See Debugging and Auditing SOA Composite Applications .
Support for creating test suites and their test cases with the Create SOA Composite Test wizard. See Creating Test Suites and Test Cases with the Create Composite Test Wizard.
Support for running test suites from Oracle JDeveloper. See Deploying and Running a Test Suite.
Support for creating, updating, and deleting composite sensors during runtime from Oracle SOA Composer. Creating and Managing Composite Sensors During Runtime from Oracle SOA Composer.
Support for running the Native Format Builder wizard outside of the Adapter Configuration wizard. See Using the Native Format Builder Wizard Outside of Adapter Configuration.