Business Process Execution Language for Web Services 2nd Edition

Business Process Execution Language for Web Services 2nd Edition

An architect and developer's guide to orchestrating web services using BPEL.

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Paperback, 350 pages
Released: January 2006
ISBN: 1904811817
Authors: Matjaz Juric et al

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This book is a comprehensive and practical guide to the design, development, usage, and syntax of Business Process Execution Language (BPEL). BPEL is explained in detail, code snippets and complete examples are used to show how business processes are specified. Two major BPEL servers, the Oracle BPEL Process Manager and Microsoft BizTalk Server, are covered in detail, and an overview of other major BPEL servers is provided.

This book replaces the first edition, ISBN 1904811183

Changes from the previous edition:

New Ch1 overview BPEL and SOA

New Ch6 advanced features of Oracle BPEL Process Manager

Updated and extended coverage of standards, BizTalk 2006 issues, BPEL 1.1

We recommend that only those readers who have a particular interest in extended coverage of Oracle Process Manager should upgrade, however if you do own the original edition you are eligible for an eBook upgrade offer. Please contact us for details.

Detailed list of changes from first edition PDF

This book provides detailed coverage of BPEL4WS, its syntax, and where, and how, it is used. It begins with an overview of web services, showing both the foundation of, and need for, BPEL. The web services orchestration stack is explained, including standards such as WS-Security, WS-Coordination, WS-Transaction, WS-Addressing, and others. The BPEL language itself is explained in detail, with Code snippets and complete examples illustrating both its syntax and typical construction. Having covered BPEL itself, the book then goes on to show BPEL is used in context. by providing an overview of major BPEL4WS servers. It covers the Oracle BPEL Process Manager and Microsoft BizTalk Server 2004 in detail, and shows how to write BPEL4WS solutions using these servers.

FULL TABLE OF CONTENTS
The following links will take you to a full Table of Contents and chapter summary.

Intro
1. Introduction to BPEL and SOA
2. Web Services Technology Stack
3. Service Composition with BPEL
4. Advanced BPEL
5. Oracle BPEL Process Manager and BPEL Designer: Overview [ Free Chapter]
6. Oracle BPEL Process Manager: Advanced Features
7. MS BizTalk Server
Appendix A: BPEL Syntax Reference
Index

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ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Matjaz B. Juric holds a Ph.D. in computer and information science. He is Associate Professor at the University of Maribor. In addition to this book, he has coauthored Professional J2EE EAI, Professional EJB, J2EE Design Patterns Applied, and .NET Serialization Handbook, published by Wrox Press. He has published chapters in More Java Gems (Cambridge University Press) and in Technology Supporting Business Solutions (Nova Science Publishers). He has also published in journals and magazines, such as Java Developer's Journal, Java Report, Java World, Web Services Journal, eai Journal, theserverside.com, OTN, ACM journals, and presented at conferences such as OOPSLA, Java Development, XML Europe, OOW, SCI, and others. He is a reviewer, program committee member, and conference organizer. Matjaz has been involved in several large-scale object technology projects. In cooperation with IBM Java Technology Centre, he worked on performance analysis and optimization of RMI-IIOP, integral part of the Java platform.

Matjaz is author of courses and consultant for the BPEL and SOA consulting company BPELmentor.com. For more information, please visit http://www.bpelmentor.com/

Benny Mathew is a Senior Software Engineer at Hewlett-Packard (Global Delivery India Center). He holds a Masters degree in Computer Applications. His fascination for computers dates back to high school days and he has been programming with a passion for more than a decade and a half. He has also co-authored Visual Basic .NET Reflection Handbook published by Wrox press. During his free time, Benny likes to write technical articles and help people on the newsgroups relating to .NET technologies and has been awarded Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) for two consecutive years now. Before joining Hewlett Packard, he was with companies like Thomson Financials and Delphi Software in Bangalore India. You can reach him at benny@mvps.org.

Poornachandra Sarang, Ph.D., is CEO of ABCOM Information Systems. He has been a Visiting Professor of Computer Engineering at University of Notre Dame, USA and is currently a visiting professor for Post-Graduate Computer Science courses at University of Mumbai. Dr. Sarang provides consulting services to worldwide clients in architecting and designing IT solutions based on Java, CORBA, and Microsoft platforms. A well known and a highly sought-after trainer, Dr. Sarang has conducted several training programs on latest technologies for several top-notch IT companies. He conducts lectures/seminars on emerging technologies across the world and has made several presentations at international conferences. He has authored/co-authored several books on Java, C++, J2EE, e-Commerce, and .NET.

ABOUT BPEL

BPEL standardizes process automation between web services. This applies both within the enterprise, where BPEL is used to integrate previously isolated systems, and between enterprises, where BPEL enables easier and more effective integration with business partners.

In providing a standard descriptive structure BPEL enables enterprises to define their business processes during the design phase. Wider business benefits can flow from this through business process optimization, reengineering, and the selection of most appropriate processes .

Supported by major vendors — including BEA, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Microsoft, Novell, Oracle, SAP, Sun, and others — BPEL is becoming the accepted standard for business process management.

Visit http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/library/ws-bpel/ for more information.

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