What's New in This Guide

This preface introduces the new and changed features of Oracle SOA Suite and other significant changes that are described in this guide, and provides pointers to additional information. This document is the new edition of the formerly titled Oracle Fusion Middleware Developer's Guide for Oracle SOA Suite.

For a list of known issues (release notes), see http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/middleware/docs/soa-aiafp-knownissuesindex-364630.html.

New and Changed Features for 12c (12.2.1.x)

For Oracle SOA Suite 12c (12.2.1), this guide has been updated to include the following new and changed development features:

Note:

Screens shown in this guide may differ slightly from your implementation. Any differences are cosmetic.

• Support for patching running composite instances. See Patching Running Instances of a SOA Composite

• Support for In-Memory SOA. See Using In-Memory SOA to Improve System Performance

• support for debugging XSLT maps and support for conditional debugging. See Debugging the XSLT Map

• Support for End-to-End JSON and JavaScript. See Integrating REST Operations in SOA Composite Applications

• Support for Cloud Adapters. See the following 12.2.1.2.0 guides for more information:

  • Using Oracle RightNow Cloud Adapter

  • Using Oracle Sales Cloud Adapter

  • Using Salesforce Adapter

  • Using the NetSuite Adapter

  • Using Oracle ERP Cloud Adapter

  • Using Oracle Eloqua Cloud Adapter