Oracle SOA Interview Questions and Answers

1. Explain About Web service?


Web service is type of software system which is used for exchange the data and use information from one machine to another machine through network. Generally Web services based on the standards such as TCP/IP, HTTP, Java, HTML and XML.

Web services are pure xml based which is used for exchange information through Internet to direct application to application interaction. These systems include programs, objects, messages or documents.

Many software applications written in various programming languages and running on various platforms can use web services to exchange data over computer network.

You can develop Java-based web services on Solaris and that is accessible from your V.B Program that runs on windows.

2. Difference Between Oracle SOA 10g and Oracle SOA 11g ?


There are so many changes in oracle soa 11g when compared to oracle soa 10g in business and technically and some new functionality added 


In Oracle SOA 11g contains Service Component Architecture where as Oracle SOA 10g having no Service Component Architecture.


ORACLE SOA Suite 10g is based on Oracle AS 10g

1. It uses Oracle Application Server 10.1.x
2. OC4J
3. Sun JVM
4. Repository tool irca to create the SOA 10g repository 
5. Managed with Application Server Console

Oralce SOA Suite 11g is based on Oracle FMW 11g

1. It uses the Oracle Weblogic server 10gR3
2. Sun or JRockit JVM
3. Repository Creation Utility ( RCU ) to create or delete the SOA 11g repository 
4. Weblogic server console used for managing. 

Oracle SOA 11g  all the SOA Components of Project deployed into into Single Server where as 10g each component is deployed into particular server.


In SOA 10g having ESB Console, BPEL Console, Application Server Control these are all individual and not well integrated.


In SOA 11g Provides service monitoring across all SOA Components Such as ESB, BPEL, Human Workflow


SOA suite 11g has the Enterprise Management Console the em console is used for Manage SOA Suite Services, Manage SOA Suite Deployment, Review Logs and Exceptions.


SOA Suite 11g Components 

1. Oracle Adapters
2. Oracle Mediator
3. Business Events and Events Delivery Network
4. Oracle Business Rules
5. Human Workflow
6. Oracle Business Activity Monitoring
7. Oracle Enterprise Manager