Recent Posts by Juergen Kress

For connecting to Oracle Human Workflow Engine via the provided client API, username and password of an admin user are needed. These credentials could also be useful during task processing, when actions on a task has to be performed on behalf of a user, for example in case of holidays or illness. But how can to manage the admin users credentials in secure way, independent from the target environment? A first approach is to use a mechanism where the credentials were provided as...

There is more to developing applications with Oracle Application Development Framework (ADF) than just the page building and coding. In this video Oracle ACE Director and ADF expert Sten Vesterli teaches you all the other things you need to know to make your enterprise ADF project a success. Topics covered include: The component catalog; Expectation management, Proof of Concept; Structuring workspaces, projects and code; Using templates and framework extension classes;...

Dear SOA & BPM Partner Community member, Did you miss the Oracle Fusion Middleware Partner Community Forum in Malta? Most of the presentations are available at our SOA & BPM Community Workspace ( SOA Community membership required). Key announcements include free implementation assessment vouchers, SOA 12c launch events and the SOA Suite 11g On-Demand Course. During the conference, attendees also had the opportunity to learn more about Internet of Things (IoT) a great...

A good performance is the key to the success of a web application. Oracle ADF applications are no exception to this rule. ADF performance tuning can be time intensive, costly and quite a challenge when performance issues require developers to delve deep into the inner workings of the ADF framework. The ADF Performance Monitor is a tool specifically designed for measuring, analyzing, tuning, and checking the performance of Oracle ADF applications. The tool can track and collect...

Direct Binding Invocation - A common way to invoke a composite is to use SOAP over HTTP. This is enabled by creating a SOAP service for your composite using web service binding. You can also use direct binding, which provides a tighter integration alternative.  Direct binding enables Java clients to directly invoke composite services,  bypassing the intermediate conversion to XML required with web service binding.  Direct Binding Invocation API - Here we leverage...

Schedule & Features Java SE 8 is scheduled for release in March, 2014. The full schedule and feature list is available here. Technical Articles Java SE 8 Date and Time by Ben Evans and Richard Warburton Why do we need a new date and time library? Oracle Nashorn: A Next-Generation JavaScript Engine for the JVM by Julien Ponge Scenarios for using Oracle Nashorn as a command-line tool and as an embedded interpreter in Java applications State of the Lambda by Brian Goetz Lambdas,...

Just wanted to let you know that AVIO has come out with a completely new online self-paced version of the Oracle BPM 11g Designer Workshop. This is a unique Oracle BPM training offering specifically designed for business analysts and managers, and it is the result of our experience from dozens of successful Oracle BPM engagements. For the last 14 years, I’ve conducted this business oriented workshop in a variety of forms - training hundreds of business people on this version...

WebLogic has become the strategic application server infrastructure for Oracle Fusion Middleware and Applications. It is designed to provide a standards-based, mission critical and secure platform for organizations developing and deploying large-scale, cloud environments. Oracle iAS capabilities like Oracle TopLink and Oracle Coherence along with layered products such as Oracle Forms, Oracle Reports, Oracle Discoverer and Oracle Portal and others have been certified with the...

Short Film: Retiring in the Spirit of Alaska – Alaska Department of Retirement and Benefits: Webcast: Adaptive Case Management – Delivering Right Customer ExperienceCustomers today demand an experience that is both contextual and personalized. They do not want to be forced to follow a one-size-fits-all process and instead expect processes to adapt to their needs. This video, hosted by Integration Developer News at BPM-CON, describes the challenges that rigid or...