This chapter provides an overview of Oracle User Messaging Service (UMS). This chapter includes the following sections:
Oracle User Messaging Service provides a common service responsible for sending out messages from applications to devices. It also routes incoming messages from devices to applications.
To learn more about the features of Oracle User Messaging Service and its features, see the "Introduction to Oracle User Messaging Service" chapter in Administering Oracle User Messaging Service.
The code samples for Oracle User Messaging Service are available on Oracle Technology Network at:
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/indexes/samplecode/sample-ums-1454424.html.
Note:
Unless explicitly identified as such, the sample codes are not certified or supported by Oracle; it is intended for educational or testing purposes only.
This document describes how to develop applications using User Messaging Service Java API (see Chapter 3, "Sending and Receiving Messages using the User Messaging Service Java API") and User Messaging Service Web Services API (see Chapter 4, "Sending and Receiving Messages using the User Messaging Service Web Service API"). You can build and deploy these sample applications using Oracle JDeveloper 12c, and also manage communication preferences through a web interface (see Chapter 6, "User Communication Preferences" ).