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Discover the business logic of BPEL4WS

Frank Cohen (fcohen@pushtotest.com), Founder, PushToTest
Frank Cohen is the "go to" guy for enterprises needing to test and solve problems in complex interoperating information systems, especially Web services. Frank is founder of PushToTest, a test automation solutions business. Frank maintains TestMaker, a free open-source utility for building intelligent test agents to check Web services for scalability, performance and functionality. PushToTest Global Services customizes TestMaker to an enterprise's specific needs, conducts scalability and performance tests, and trains enterprise developers, QA analysts and IT managers on how to use the test environment for themselves. Details are at http://www.pushtotest.com. Contact Frank at fcohen@pushtotest.com.
David Nielsen (david@persistent.com), Technical Consultant, Persistent Web Technologies
David Nielsen is a technical consultant at Persistent Web Technologies in San Francisco. He is also the Chair of the Software Development Forums Web Services Special Interest Group in Silicon Valley. He received a bachelors degree in Business Administration from California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo. You can contact the author at david@persistent.com.

Summary:  This tutorial illustrates the function and benefits of the BPEL4WS specification. The tutorial then explores the application of BPEL4WS in a real-world business process.

Date:  20 Jun 2003
Level:  Intermediate
PDF:  A4 and Letter (85 KB | 27 pages)Get Adobe® Reader®

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In this tutorial we illustrated the function and benefits of the BPEL4WS specification. We considered the overall view of what BPEL4WS is about and then explained partners, faults, compensation, and lifecycle.

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