Hi Amila,

On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 3:19 PM, Amila Suriarachchi <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> yes I do understand that. That is why in real case users have to write a
> .dbs file which is not shown here. What I am saying is that that may not be
> the best way to do that when thinking
> in a mediator perspective.
>

I see, the justification there is, you will get all the features of data
services, when you use the existing .dbs file. To mirror all that
functionality in-line in the mediator will be a bit tedious.

Cheers,
Anjana.


>
> thanks,
> Amila.
>
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Anjana.
>>
>>
>>>
>>> But I also see some use case here as you have mentioned. Where users do
>>> need to enrich some xml messages with additional data. (for an example if
>>> ESB receives a customer Id this can be used to add all the customer
>>> formation with his last orders etc.. which will be send to another
>>> service). In this example[1] instead of using a data service we should have
>>> used the data service mediator to do that.
>>>
>>> thanks,
>>> Amila.
>>>
>>> [1]
>>> http://wso2.org/library/articles/2012/01/integrating-different-systems-with-wso2-esb
>>>
>>>
>>>> So the proposal was actually, not to necessarily ship this mediator by
>>>> default with the ESB, but to make it a separate feature and to install it
>>>> on-demand for anyone interested.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Anjana.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Hiranya
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sat, Jan 21, 2012 at 11:52 AM, Amila Suriarachchi 
>>>>> <[email protected]>wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 3:00 PM, Dinusha Senanayaka <[email protected]
>>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi Amila,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks for the clarifications and feedbacks.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 5:16 PM, Amila Suriarachchi 
>>>>>>> <[email protected]>wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I had a chat with Dinush and suggested to have some thing like this
>>>>>>>> as in rule service. This is also similar to callout mediator
>>>>>>>> calling a data service. Difference is not using the soap/Axis2/tcp
>>>>>>>> layers.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> <dsMediator serviceName="" operation="">
>>>>>>>>     <source xpath="//" >soapBody|soapHeader|$foo|$bar</source>
>>>>>>>>     <target xpath="//"
>>>>>>>> resultXpath="">soapBody|soapHeader|$foo|$bar</target>
>>>>>>>>     <dbConfig type="inline|registry">
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>     </dbConfig>
>>>>>>>> </dsMediator>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> In this model data service is looked as some thing take an xml and
>>>>>>>> outputs an xml. source is the way mediator finds the xml to
>>>>>>>> invoke DS and target is the place it stores the result xml.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Earlier what we have suggested is to map the input parameters one by
>>>>>>> one using xpath or provide them as inline or map the whole set of
>>>>>>> parameters @ once using xpath. In new suggested way, we have only above
>>>>>>> last option and need to have the xml that can be directly used to call
>>>>>>> operation or do some xslt transformation and make the incoming soap 
>>>>>>> body to
>>>>>>> have that xml.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> When you say using xpath then we need to think against which
>>>>>> OMElement? that can be soapBody, soapHeader or an xml stored in a 
>>>>>> property.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> yes it is better to have parameter xpath support. I thought Data
>>>>>> Serivice support that at the .dbs level. If not it may be more meaning 
>>>>>> full
>>>>>> to add that the data service level.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Can you please send a sample mediator configuration with the .dbs
>>>>>> file for paramter xpath case?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> thanks,
>>>>>> Amila.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The source can be soapBody, soapHeader or a property and we can get
>>>>>>>> a portion of that using xpath.
>>>>>>>> Then again when the result came back it can be saved in any place
>>>>>>>> and a part of the result can be selected using resultXpath and can be
>>>>>>>> stored in a location given by xpath.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>> Dinusha.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> thanks,
>>>>>>>> Amila.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 7:25 PM, Amila Suriarachchi <[email protected]
>>>>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 5:03 PM, Dinusha Senanayaka <
>>>>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Hi All,
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> We are going to develop a ESB mediator which can be shipped as a
>>>>>>>>>> feature and once this feature is installed within ESB, the DS 
>>>>>>>>>> mediator can
>>>>>>>>>> be used to make data services calls in-line, without making actual 
>>>>>>>>>> SOAP
>>>>>>>>>> requests, but it will use in-memory calls to invoke data service 
>>>>>>>>>> operations.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I think first you need to think the features this mediator going
>>>>>>>>> provide for an ESB user and hence what type of interface expect from 
>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>> mediator configuration.
>>>>>>>>> For an example I am not seeing much relevance of service/operation
>>>>>>>>> resource here.
>>>>>>>>> Then think about the mediator configuration according to that and
>>>>>>>>> implement.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> For an example Rules also has to support both as a web service and
>>>>>>>>> a mediator.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> The idea of rule mediator is to use it as
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 1. Transformer
>>>>>>>>> 2. Rule based content routing
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> If we take the mediation aspect there is not need to have the WS-
>>>>>>>>> aspects.
>>>>>>>>> For an example ws component only shift with BRS server and
>>>>>>>>> Mediation component only shift with ESB.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> For an instance in the transformation case it can either get the
>>>>>>>>> soapBody apply rules and send the result to soapBody (or some part 
>>>>>>>>> given as
>>>>>>>>> an Xpath)
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> thanks,
>>>>>>>>> Amila.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> So this will add the capability to have .dbs file in registry or
>>>>>>>>>> some other file location and invoke the data-service operations 
>>>>>>>>>> without
>>>>>>>>>> deploying the .dbs as a data-service and process the response within 
>>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>> ESB.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Possible mediator configuration will look as follows:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> <!-- normal request -->
>>>>>>>>>> <dsCall serviceName/servicePath="...">                      <!--
>>>>>>>>>> serviceName is used when calling to a actually deployed data-service 
>>>>>>>>>> within
>>>>>>>>>> current service configuration &
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> servicePath is used to invoke a operation from .dbs file which has 
>>>>>>>>>> not
>>>>>>>>>> deployed -->
>>>>>>>>>>   <operation/resource name/path=".." />
>>>>>>>>>> <!-- operation name or resource path to be invoke -->
>>>>>>>>>>   <params expression="xpath">
>>>>>>>>>> <!-- xpath expression is optional, which can be defined to take all 
>>>>>>>>>> input
>>>>>>>>>> parameters. -->
>>>>>>>>>>     <param name="name1" value="value1" />                <!-- if
>>>>>>>>>> the xpath expression in "params" is not provided then provide the
>>>>>>>>>> parameters in line -->
>>>>>>>>>>     <param name="arrayName1" value="arrayVal1" />
>>>>>>>>>>     <param name="arrayName1" value="arrayVal2" />
>>>>>>>>>>     <param name=".." expression="xpath" />                 <!--
>>>>>>>>>> inline parameter value can be provided through xpath -->
>>>>>>>>>>   <params>
>>>>>>>>>>   </operation>
>>>>>>>>>>   <target expression="xpath" />
>>>>>>>>>> <!-- If the xpath is not provided, response message after invoking 
>>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>> operation will added as fist child element of
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> the SOAP body. If an xpath expression is provided then it will set 
>>>>>>>>>> in the
>>>>>>>>>> given location.
>>>>>>>>>> </dsCall>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> <!-- batch request -->
>>>>>>>>>> <dsCall serviceName/servicePath="...">
>>>>>>>>>>   <operation/resource name/path=".."/>
>>>>>>>>>>   <params expression="xpath">
>>>>>>>>>>     <batch expression="xpath">
>>>>>>>>>> <!-- xpath expression can be used to define parameter set for a one 
>>>>>>>>>> batch
>>>>>>>>>> -->
>>>>>>>>>>       <param name="name1" value="value1" />
>>>>>>>>>>       <param name="arrayName1" value="arrayVal1" />
>>>>>>>>>>       <param name="arrayName1" value="arrayVal2" />
>>>>>>>>>>       <param name=".." expression="xpath" />
>>>>>>>>>>     <batch>
>>>>>>>>>>     <batch ..>...</batch>
>>>>>>>>>>   <params>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> </dsCall>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> <!-- boxcarring -->
>>>>>>>>>> <dsCall serviceName/servicePath="...">
>>>>>>>>>>   <boxcarring>
>>>>>>>>>>     <request>
>>>>>>>>>>       <operation/resource name/path=".." />
>>>>>>>>>>         <params expression="xpath">
>>>>>>>>>>           <param name="name1" value="value1" />
>>>>>>>>>>           <param name="arrayName1" value="arrayVal1" />
>>>>>>>>>>           <param name="arrayName1" value="arrayVal2" />
>>>>>>>>>>           <param name=".." expression="xpath" />
>>>>>>>>>>         <params>
>>>>>>>>>>       </operation>
>>>>>>>>>>     </request>
>>>>>>>>>>     <request ...></request>
>>>>>>>>>>   </boxcarring>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>   <target expression="xpath" />
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> </dsCall>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Appreciate any feedback and ideas.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>>>>> Dinusha.
>>>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>> *Amila Suriarachchi*
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Software Architect
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> WSO2 Inc. ; http://wso2.com
>>>>>>>>> lean . enterprise . middleware
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> phone : +94 71 3082805
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>> *Amila Suriarachchi*
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Software Architect
>>>>>>>> WSO2 Inc. ; http://wso2.com
>>>>>>>> lean . enterprise . middleware
>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>> --
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>>>>>>
>>>>>> Software Architect
>>>>>> WSO2 Inc. ; http://wso2.com
>>>>>> lean . enterprise . middleware
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