Oracle International Corporation

Jorge Herreria

Thomas Hora

Venkatesh Mohanram

A pseudo language is provided for manipulating the complex variables associated with the orchestration flow. Verbs are specified in the pseudo language. The verbs cause operations to be performed on the complex variables during processing of the orchestration flow. A first verb of the verbs is specified with a first operation of the operations The first operation, when processed, transfers data from a first set of source elements in a source complex variable to new target elements in a target complex variable based on a description of a target schema of the target complex variable. The target complex variable does not include the first subset of source elements and the target schema includes the description of the first subset of the source elements.

Providing a pseudo language for manipulating complex variables of an orchestration flow

Implementations generally relate to extended schemas. In some implementations, a method includes displaying a first extensible markup language schema definition (XSD) schema, where the first XSD schema includes a plurality of XSD elements arranged in a tree structure. The method further includes receiving a selection of at least one XSD element of the plurality of XSD elements. The method further includes displaying one or more XSD extension selections associated with the at least one XSD element. The method further includes receiving at least one XSD extension selection of the one or more XSD extension selections. The method further includes appending in the tree structure at least one XSD extension element based on the at least one XSD extension selection.

User interface for managing extended schemas

A source complex variable including source elements is provided. The source complex variable includes a first subset of the source elements and a second subset of the source elements. A target complex variable that includes the first subset of the source elements and does not include the second subset of the source elements is provided. A target schema of the target complex variable is provided. The target schema includes a description of the second subset of the source elements. New target elements are created in the target complex variable that correspond with the second subset of the source elements in the source complex variable. Data is transferred from the second subset of the source elements in the source complex variable to the new target elements in the target complex variable based on the description of the target schema.

Transferring data from a source complex variable to a target complex variable

Managing extended schemas

An example embodiment provides a high level language (called a pseudo language herein) built on top of (or representing an abstraction layer on top of) Business Prosecution Execution Language (BPEL), which incorporates three new specialized functions, or 'verbs,' that facilitate developer friendly operations that are readily validated during design time using schema awareness, and that enable schema-aware implementations of complex variable modifications during runtime. The pseudo language and accompanying verbs (e.g., append, assign, remove), in combination with both design time and runtime awareness of the schema of the complex variables involved in a given operation, facilitate manipulation of data in complex variables at different steps of an orchestration flow; enable developers to selectively and efficiently update fields or elements of a complex variable without risking inadvertent loss of data in the complex variable during runtime; enable specific modification of leaf nodes of complex variables while leaving parent variables intact; and so on, while further removing or mitigating various design-time validation steps or responsibilities that developers currently have when implementing orchestration flows.

Manipulation of complex variables in orchestration applications

In accordance with an embodiment, described herein is a system and method for creating advanced mappings between a source application and a target application in a design time of a cloud-based integration service. The web interface application in the design time can display a source data object including one or more source elements, a target data object including one or more target elements, and a plurality of mapping components. A mapping area for a particular target element can include a mapping expression between a source element and the particular target element. When a mapping component is dragged and dropped onto the mapping area, an application programming interface defining one or more actions in accordance with a plurality of rules can be triggered, to generate one or more mapping statements to modify the mapping expression to create an advanced mapping between the source element and the target element.

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Jorge Herreria