HTTP BC

The HTTP Binding Component provides external connectivity for HTTP and SOAP over HTTP in a JBI 1.0 compliant environment. The Component enables external components to invoke services, hosted by the JBI platform, using SOAP/XML messages over the HTTP/HTTPS protocol. It also allows JBI components to invoke external web services using the same SOAP/XML over HTTP/HTTPS protocol.

The HTTP BC has been tested, certified, and released as part of GlassFish ESB and Java CAPS.

Using the HTTP BC

The following documentation is available:

• Using the HTTP Binding Component (Guide)
• Processing an Order in a Purchase Order System (Tutorial)
• Quick Guide (5 mins) (Out of date)
• User Guide/Ref Guide (Status: to be determined)

Features

• Supports WSDL 1.1 and SOAP 1.1
• Interoperability: WS-I 1.0
• Metro(JAX-WS, Tango/WSIT) integration to support WS-* features (such as WS-Security, WS-Addressing, WS-Reliable Messaging, WS-Transaction, and so forth) for incoming and outgoing requests
• Document and Remote Procedure Call (RPC) style web services; supports literal and encoded use
• Supports the common convention of WSDL retrieval, such as?wsdl
• XML Catalogs
• Full JAX-WS integration for incoming and outgoing requests
• Supports GlassFish V2 cluster mode
• Systemic qualities

System requirement and dependencies

There are no special requirements.

Trouble?

Post questions on the users-group. Go to the Open JBI Components Issue Tracker to submit issues. Please choose HTTPBC as the subcomponent.

Evolution of the HTTP BC

Following is the list of features and enhancements for GlassFish ESB release

Feature	Estimated completion time	Notes
SOAP 1.2 support	08/31/2008	see details
Transport level authorization support, leveraging Access Manager	Available now	See details
Integrate with Access Manager 7.1, standard and legacy mode installations	Available now	See details
Provide the capability to propagate, get/set protocol headers (SOAP, HTTP headers)	09/15/2008	Completed
Provide the capability to allow custom properties to be set on the Binding context for outgoing requests	09/15/2008	Completed
Provide SOAP attachment support	09/30/2008	Completed
Provide the capability to configure 2-way (mutual) SSL on the default https port	09/15/2008	Completed

Future versions: see Road Map

Team

• Sherry Weng
• Sujit Biswas

Inside HTTPBC

Architectural documentation

• Design Document

Source access

• Runtime
• Tooling

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