The Oracle WebCenter Interaction Development Kit (IDK) allows you to create remote Federated Search services and related configuration pages without parsing SOAP or accessing the portal API. The Oracle WebCenter Interaction Development Kit (IDK) Search API provides an abstraction from the necessary SOAP calls; you simply implement an object interface.
The following best practices apply to every federated search service:
For details on implementing Federated Search Services using the Oracle WebCenter Interaction Development Kit (IDK) Search API, see Oracle WebCenter Development Kit (IDK) Interfaces for Federated Search Service Development.