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Preface

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1 Introduction to Syndication Services

1.1 Terminology and Concepts

1.2 Usage Flow Charts

1.2.1 Administrator Usage Flow Charts

1.2.2 Subscription Usage Flow Charts

2 Administration of Syndication Services

2.1 Completing a Postinstallation Configuration Task

2.2 Setting Syndication Services Properties

2.3 Understanding User Management

2.4 Registering and Managing Content Providers

2.4.1 Review Content Connector Information

2.4.1.1 Built-in Connectors

2.4.2 Register Content Providers

2.4.3 Edit Content Provider Information

2.4.4 Delete Content Providers

2.5 Creating and Managing Offers

2.5.1 View the List of Content Providers

2.5.2 View the Offers for a Content Provider

2.5.2.1 Edit the Properties of an Offer

2.5.2.2 Edit the Access List of Users and Groups Who Can Access the Offer

2.5.2.3 Delete an Offer

2.5.2.4 Create an Offer for a Content Provider

2.5.3 Create an Offer for a Content Provider

2.5.4 Manage Contracts and Business Terms

2.5.4.1 Edit a Contract

2.5.4.2 Edit the Contract Business Terms

2.5.4.3 Delete a Contract

2.5.4.4 Create a Contract

2.5.4.5 Create the Contract Business Terms

2.6 Managing Subscriptions

2.6.1 View or Edit a Subscription (General Information)

2.6.2 View or Edit Offer Information for This Subscription

2.6.3 Terminate a Subscription

2.6.4 Purge Expired or Terminated Subscriptions

2.7 Reviewing and Purging an Access Log

2.8 Monitoring Performance and Tuning

2.9 Performing Advanced Administration Tasks

2.9.1 How Syndication Services Administration Features Map to ICE in Terms of Modeling

2.9.1.1 Contracts and Business Terms

2.9.1.2 Offer Properties

2.9.1.3 Syndication Services Properties

2.9.2 Description of Confirmations

2.9.3 Negotiation

2.9.4 Scheduler Configuration

2.9.4.1 Assign New Scheduler Rules

2.9.4.2 Handle Scheduler Rules

2.9.4.3 Recover Scheduler After System Shutdown or Restart

2.9.4.4 Use of Syndication Services Scheduler in an Oracle Application Server Cluster

2.9.5 Syndication Services Advanced Properties

2.9.5.1 How to Set Advanced Properties for Syndication Services

3 Client Application Development

3.1 Opening a Syndication Services Connection

3.2 Acquiring a Catalog of Offers

3.3 Subscribing to an Offer

3.4 Delivering Content

3.4.1 Package Confirmation Requests

3.5 Verifying Subscription Expiration Status

3.6 Canceling a Subscription

3.7 Verifying Activity Associated with a Subscription

3.8 Client Library Reference Information

3.8.1 Offer Properties

3.8.2 Business Terms

3.8.3 Delivery Policy

3.8.4 Package Interfaces and Attributes

3.8.5 Attributes of the Item and ItemRef Interfaces

4 Content Connector Development

4.1 Developing a Content Connector (CPAdaptor)

4.1.1 Exposed Content Connector Properties

4.1.2 Initialized Content Connector

4.1.3 Exposed List of Resources

4.1.4 Content Packages Built

4.1.5 Incremental Updates

4.1.6 Content Provider Closed

4.1.7 Content Provider Event Push Support

4.1.7.1 Overview

4.1.7.2 Event Syntax

4.2 Managing Content Connectors

4.2.1 Installing a New Content Connector

4.2.2 Listing Installed Content Connectors

4.2.3 Uninstalling a Content Connector

A Error Messages

A.1 Server Error Messages and Their Descriptions

A.1.1 General Error Messages

A.1.2 Invalid Data Source Init Mode Error Messages

A.1.3 Database Error Messages

A.1.4 Negotiation Error Messages

A.1.5 Database Connection Manager Error Messages

A.1.6 Content Connector Error Messages

A.1.7 Offer Error Messages

A.1.8 Subscription Error Messages

A.1.9 Scheduler Error Messages

A.1.10 Server Message Related Error Messages

A.1.11 SQLException Error Messages

A.2 Client Error Messages and Their Descriptions

A.2.1 General Error Messages

A.2.2 XML Client State Handler Error Messages

A.2.3 FileSAXPackageHandler Error Messages

A.2.4 SyndicateClientServlet Error Messages

A.2.5 DAVSAXPackageHandler Error Messages

A.2.6 Syndicate Connection Implementation Error Messages

A.3 Provider Error Messages and Their Descriptions

A.3.1 General Error Messages

A.3.2 SyndicateClientServlet Error Messages

A.3.3 DAVSAXPackageHandler Error Messages

A.3.4 ProviderSyndRequestHandler Error Messages

A.4 ICE Error Messages and Their Descriptions

A.4.1 3nn: Payload-Level Status Messages

A.4.2 4nn: Request-Level Status Messages

A.4.3 5nn: Implementation Error and Operational Failure Messages

A.4.4 6nn: Pending State Status Messages

B Syndication Services Security

B.1 About Syndication Services Security

B.1.1 Protecting Syndication Services Resources

B.1.2 Managing and Enforcing Protected Syndication Services Resources

B.1.3 Using Oracle Application Server Security Services

B.2 Configuring Syndication Services Security

B.2.1 Syndication Services Repository

B.2.2 Syndication Services Client

C Sample Syndication Client

C.1 Listing of the SampleSyndicationClient.java Program

D RSS Content Connector (CPAdaptor)

D.1 Listing of the RSSCPAdaptor.java Program

Index