6.3 Creating Oracle Enterprise Service Bus Projects

To begin configuring an Oracle Enterprise Service Bus, you must create an ESB project in an application. An ESB project is a collection of related files, for example, all the ESB services and associated files within a single Oracle Enterprise Service Bus.

6.3.1 How to Create an ESB Project

After you have created an application, create the ESB project that will contain the ESB services using Oracle JDeveloper ESB Designer.

To create an ESB project:

In the Applications Navigator, right-click the application to which you want to add a project and then choose New Project.

The New Gallery opens.
Select ESB Project under General Projects, and then click OK.

The Create ESB Project dialog opens.
In the Project Name field, enter the name of the project.
In the Directory Name field, specify the directory where the project files will be stored.

Accept the default directory.
In the Diagram Name field, enter a name for the diagram that will schematically represent the project.
Click OK.

6.3.2 What Happens When You Create an ESB Project

When an ESB project is created, an entry appears in the Application navigator under the application when a project is created, in the form project_name.esb. You can double-click on the entry in the Application navigator or right-click on the entry and select Open from the menu to view the ESB project in the Design tab. The actual source of the project file is not visible in Oracle JDeveloper ESB Designer.

A design area is presented with a label of the name you specified for the ESB project. You use this design area to model the enterprise service bus system. It enables you to drag and drop ESB Services (adapter, routing service, SOAP service, and custom adapter) from the Component Palette (in the upper-right corner) into the design area.