SOA12c - Project Template

Template is the new feature which is introduced in Oracle SOA 12c. There are different types of templates provided in SOA 12c which we listed in previous post and discuss about each template in brief. This post is specific to project template, project template contains full project along with all the references, artifacts etc. By using this project template we can build a new project which is derived from already existing project, this make developer task really easy. In this post we will see how to create a project template in Jdeveloper, how to add external project template in Jdeveloper so that we can use it to create new project and finally how to use project template to create new project.

Follow below steps to create project template.

We have built a one sample project which we will use as a project template. We created simple BPEL process which writes the file to local directory. This composite contains all the XSD and WSDL files so when we generate project from it, all the files get imported to new project. 

To create project template from it, right click on the project and choose “Create SOA Template”.

Above action will open one wizard, where we need to specify project template information. In the first step change the template name if you want to and provide project template description. Once done, click on next, in next step you see all the files which will get imported to new project which use this template. Select the files which you want to include in the template, in below pane, it shows all the files which are there in this template. Click on finish, this will create a project template for you.

Follow below steps to Import external project template to Jdeveloper

We can also use external built project template in Jdeveloper. Before we use external project templates in Jdeveloper we need to add template location in Jdeveloper preferences so that all the project templates are accessible. This will get added automatically when we create project template from Jdeveloper but if we are using external template then we have to add the template location manually.

To add template location go to Tools à Preferences à SOA à Templates, choose Project Template folder and add required project template location. Once you add, it will enlist the templates which are there under that folder.

Follow below steps to create project from project template

We already created project template in above step and saw how to add external project template in Jdeveloper. Now let’s create a new project using above created project template. Create a new SOA project, provide project name and choose SOA Suite project features. Provide composite name and choose “SOA Template” option as we built this composite from project template. Once you choose this option it will enlist all available project templates, choose project template which you want to use. Once done, click on finish, this will generate new project for you using project template.

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