Oracle8i Application Developer's Guide - XML Release 3 (8.1.7) Part Number A86030-01 |
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Phone Number Portability Using XML Messaging, 7 of 7
Internet Message Studio (iMessage) utility is used to define the message set of the Number Portability application or enterprise. It provides for an easy way to develop a message based application and generates all the necessary code to construct, publish, validate and process application messages.
It also enables sharing of messages between applications and prevents redefining the same message in various applications across the enterprise. The application can execute the generated procedures at run time for all its messaging needs. It also provides the necessary hooks or customization points for including business specific logic. Messages are generated using standard XML.
For every message defined, the iMessage creates a package with the name of the message and the following procedures as part of the package.
Figure 12-1, "Using iMessage's Data Source Window to Define the Data Source for XML Message Elements (in Oracle Developer Forms)" shows how you can use iMessage to define an XML message. This screenshot also illustrates the XML message elements and structure as well as the associated source SQL query.
A number of steps are involved when using iMessage to define your XML message sets. These include the following:
Events defined using the Internet Message Studio are published to both external and internal application systems. "Internal applications" can register a PL/SQL callback procedure via the "event Publisher" screens or the above defined API and will get executed when an event is published. "External Applications" by definition do not register callback procedures but will have an adapter running to relay the published event to the remote system. External applications can register for an event using the default subscribers screen. A good example for internal applications is Oracle's SDP and Installed Base running on a single Oracle instance.
Supported datatypes include
Other data types are SDP Order Parameters, SADP Work Item Parameters, and SDP Fulfilment Action Parameters.
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