Introduction

Oracle SOA Suite 11gR1 (11.1.1.4.0) includes both bug fixes as well as new features listed below - click on the title of each feature for more details.

Downloads, documentation links and more information on the Oracle SOA Suite available on the SOA Suite OTN page and as always, we welcome your feedback on the SOA OTN forum.

New in Oracle SOA Suite in this release
 

Installation, Hot-Pluggability & Certifications

• Ability to run Oracle SOA Suite on IBM WebSphere Application Server
  Oracle SOA Suite can now be deployed on IBM WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment (ND) 7.0.11 and IBM WebSphere Application Server 7.0.11.
• Single JVM developer installation template
  Oracle SOA Suite can now be targeted to the WebLogic admin server - there is no requirement to also have a managed server. This topology is intended to minimize the memory foorprint of development environments.
• For a complete list of platforms supported as of this release please check the list of supported browsers, operating systems and databases.

BPEL Component

• BPEL 2.0 support in JDeveloper
  The BPEL editor in JDeveloper now generates BPEL 2.0 code and introduces several new activities.
• Augmented XML variables auto-initialization capabilities
  The XML variable auto-initialization capabilities have been enhanced to support two additional use cases: to initialize the to-spec node if it doesn't exist during the <copy> rule and to initialize array elements.
• New Assign Activity dialog
  The new Assign Activity supports the same drag & drop paradigm used for the XSLT mapper, greatly streamlining the task of assigning multiple variables.
• New dehydrate activity
  The dehydrate activity lets a user explicitly specify a dehydration point to automatically maintain long-running asynchronous processes and their current state information in a database while they wait for asynchronous callbacks.
• Purge script and documentation improvements
  Documentation has been massively improved to explain the partitioning of component database tables and How to Develop a Purging and Partitioning Methodology and Purge scripts have been completely restructured.

Mediator Component

• Time window parameter for the resequencer
  This new parameter lets users initiate a best-effort resequencing based on a time window rather than a number of messages.
• Support for attachments in the Mediator assign dialog
  The Mediator assign dialog now supports attachment, enabling usage of the Mediator to transmit attachments even if source and target schemas are different.

Adapters & Bindings

• ChunkSize property added to the File Adapter header properties The ChunkSize property of the File Adapter is now available as a header property, allowing in-process modification of the value for this property.
• Improved support for distributed WLS JMS topics though automatic rebalancing of listeners
  The JMS Adapter has been enhanced to subscribe to administrative events from WLS JMS. Based on these events, it dynamically rebalances listeners when there are changes to the members of a local or remote WLS JMS distributed destination.
• JDeveloper configuration wizard for custom JCA adapters
  A new wizard is available in JDeveloper to configure custom-built adapters

Administration & Enterprise Manager

• Enhanced purging capabilities to manage database growth
  Historical instance data can now be purged using three different strategies: batch script, scheduled batch script or data partitioning.
• Asynchronous bulk instance deletion in Enterprise Manager
  Bulk deletion of instances in Enterprise Manager now executes as an asynchronous operation in Enterprise Manager, returning control to the user as soon as the action has been submitted and acknowledged.

B2B

• Ability to schedule partner downtime
  This feature allows trading partners to notify each other about planned downtime and to delay delivery of messages during that period.
• Message sequencing
  B2B now supports both inbound and outbound message sequencing.
• Simplified BAM integration with B2B
  B2B ships with various pre-configured artifacts to simplify monitoring in BAM.
• Instance Message Java API for B2B
  The new instance message Java API supports programmatic access to B2B instance message data.

Oracle Service Bus (OSB)

• Certification of the File and FTP JCA Adapters
  The File and FTP JCA adapters are now certified for use with Oracle Service Bus (in addition to the native transports).
• Security enhancements
  Oracle Service Bus now supports SAML 2.0 as well as the OWSM authorization policies.
• Check the Oracle Service Bus 11.1.1.4 Release Notes for a complete list of new features.

Business Activity Monitoring (BAM)

• Multiple database support
  DB2 and SQL support for BAM database.
• Enhanced real-time alerting and action
  Send alerts to non-BAM users , automatically invoke webservices over HTTPS and more.
• Support for complex data level security filters
  Chain multiple security filters for a Dataobject for tighter data level access.
• Pre-configured B2B integration
  Out of the box BAM artifacts to enable BAM dashboards for B2B data.
• Credential mapping for ADF applications powered by real time data
  Maintain data level security by connecting to BAM using ADF credentials for applications using BAM Data control.
• Enhanced Monitor Express artifacts for BPM
  Automatic generation of BAM Data Objects for deployed BPM processes. Enhanced Custom Business Indicator Data Object to allow filter for latest updates for each process instance.

Complex Event Processing (CEP)

• IDE enhancements
  This release introduces several enhancements to the development IDE, such as adapter wizards and event-type repository.
• CQL enhancements
  CQL enhancements include JDBC data cartridges and parametrized queries.
• Tracing and injecting events in the Event Processing Network (EPN)
  In the development environment you can now trace and inject events.
• Check the Oracle CEP 11.1.1.4 Release Notes for a complete list of new features.

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