This document summarizes an integration project between an e-commerce site and training application using Oracle SOA. It describes the applications, integration architecture in two phases, and an example implementation. Phase I used Oracle Workflow for integration, while Phase II introduced a SOA approach using BPEL processes. The document concludes that while Phase I sufficed initially, SOA provides additional benefits like flexibility and reusability as seen in the Phase II+ approach.

1. Oracle SOA Integration
for
E-commerce and
Training Application
Dheeraj Bhushan
ACCO Brands Corp
Lincolnshire, IL

2. AGENDA
Applications Background
 iStore & .NET based E-Commerce Application
 Sun AJAX/JSF based Training Application
Applications Architecture

E-Commerce Use Case

Training Use Cases
Integration Architecture
 Phase I: Oracle Workflow
 Phase II : Oracle SOA Suite
Example
Phase II + and Conclusion

3. GBCCONNECT.COM
iStore Functionality
.NET Functionality

4. Catalog Page: Trimmers
.NET Products Catalog

5. Gbcconnect.com – Login Page
iStore Sign In Page

6. E-Commerce Site Use Case
Selling Training on ACCO Equipment which
would target
 Service Providers that might need better
performance from equipment or better equipment
(example: FedEx Kinkos)
 Organizations that have high staff turnaround hence
higher maintenance on equipment (FedEx Kinkos)
 Organizations that are cost conscious for supplies
usage and need to optimize usage (Schools)

7. Training Application Use Case
New User and Training Registration
User Authentication
Site Assistance
Account Assistance
Training Material

8. Customer Support
Sun JSF in JSP Page

9. Training Site – training.acco.com
Use Case 1 & 2

10. Training.acco.com
Use Case 3 & 4

11. Training.acco.com
Use Case 5

12. Visual JSF on NetBeans 6.7.1
HTML Table
Scope Context

13. Application Design – Entity Services

14. Application Design – Utility and
Business Services

15. Integration Choices
Direct Insert into Training Database using
Oracle Workflow (used in Phase I)
Using Queues
 Interface Table
 JMS Topic/Queue Table
Using Web Services
Using a smart SOA based Integration (Phase II
approach)

16. Integration Architecture
Phase I approach: Oracle Workflow
Phase II approach : SOA BPEL Process
Phase II + approach: Extend BPEL

17. Integration – Phase I
3
2
1

18. Phase I
Pros & Cons
1 Established technology Workflow is error prone
2 Fair Performance for due to code caching
large volume Performance based on
3 Well known interface Background Engine
Well known programming Minimalist interface
4 compared to IDEs
using PL/SQL
Programming is excellent
for a Database access
and challenging for the
Can we live rest
with this?
A: For a start
Yes!

19. Integration Phase II
1
2
3
4

20. Phase II
Pros & Cons
Manageable, Approach has
extensible, performance
independent Process bottleneck, instability
based approach with Large messages
SOA benefits (> 12 MB)
 Business Process
encapsulation possible
Convergence to a
Rule based approach

21. Example – GBCCONNECT.com

22. Store Site – GBCCONNECT.com

23. Purchase – Online Training

24. Shopping Cart 1 of 5

25. Shopping Cart 2 of 5

26. Shopping Cart 3 of 5

27. Shopping Cart 4 of 5

28. Shopping Cart 5

29. Order Line Workflow Integration 1

30. Order Line Workflow Integration 2

31. Event Message XML
The Oracle Applications
Business Event
 Acco.apps.online.training
.create
Event data Includes

Buyer information,
 Order Information and
 Registration Key
 Other Information

32. Event Invoked BPEL Process

33. Integration – Phase II +
Lookup Services
Create DB Record
Lookup ERP Handler
Verify Buyer from ERP
Check Business Rules
Add Admin Record

34. Conclusion
No one type of applications are a good
candidate for SOA Integration approach
SOA can be a beneficial approach even
when an integration exists as in Phase II
of the case presented
SOA services offers additional benefits
such as flexibility and reusability that are
latent benefits as in Phase II + approach.

35. Future Work
Potentially add Software AG or IBM to the
mix. Reviewing
 IBM WepSphere/Apache jUDDI
 Webmethods Centrasite

36. Questions ?
Email: dheeraj.bhushan@acco.com
LinkedIn:
http://www.linkedin.com/in/dheerajbhushan