To support interoperability with heterogeneous end points, Oracle Service Bus lets service configurations control the content type, JMS type, and encoding used. It does not make assumptions about what the external client or service needs, but instead uses the service-DEFINITION information that has been configured for this purpose. Oracle Service Bus derives the content type for outbound messages from the service type and interface and uses the following SPECIFICATIONS:

• XML or SOAP (with or without a WSDL), the content type is text/XML
• Messaging and the interface is MFL or BINARY, the content type is binary/octet-stream
• Messaging and the interface is text, the content type is text/plain
• Messaging and the interface is XML, the content type is text/XML.

The content type can be overridden in the outbound context variable ($outbound) for proxy services invoking a service, and in the inbound context variable ($inbound) for a proxy service response. Additionally, there is a JMS type (byte or text) which can be configured when the service is DEFINED in the Administration Console. Encoding is ALSO explicitly configured in the service definition for all outbound messages.

To support interoperability with heterogeneous end points, Oracle Service Bus lets service configurations control the content type, JMS type, and encoding used. It does not make assumptions about what the external client or service needs, but instead uses the service-definition information that has been configured for this purpose. Oracle Service Bus derives the content type for outbound messages from the service type and interface and uses the following specifications:

The content type can be overridden in the outbound context variable ($outbound) for proxy services invoking a service, and in the inbound context variable ($inbound) for a proxy service response. Additionally, there is a JMS type (byte or text) which can be configured when the service is defined in the Administration Console. Encoding is also explicitly configured in the service definition for all outbound messages.