SOA 12c - Any type xml data to XML parsing

Here we will see how to accept AnyType Data(xsd:anyType) and convert it into a valid xml data.

Data to be passed as Any type XML string data:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>

<HREmployeeData xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"

                xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.example.org SOA/Schemas/XMLFormat.xsd" xmlns="http://www.example.org">

  <First>testF</First>

  <Last>testL</Last>

  <Phone>phNo</Phone>

  <Income>in</Income>

  <Status>Employed</Status>

  <JobHistory>

    <JobTitle>JT</JobTitle>

    <Salary>Sal</Salary>

  </JobHistory>

</HREmployeeData>

Create a Input and Output schema for a sync BPEL service.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="windows-1252" ?>
<xsd:schema xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns="http://www.example.org"
targetNamespace="http://www.example.org" elementFormDefault="qualified">
<xsd:element name="HREmployeeDataIn">
<xsd:complexType>
<xsd:sequence>
<xsd:element name="AnyTypeXMLData" type="xsd:anyType"/>
</xsd:sequence>
</xsd:complexType>
</xsd:element>
<xsd:element name="HREmployeeDataOut">
<xsd:complexType>
<xsd:sequence>
<xsd:element name="First" type="xsd:string"/>
<xsd:element name="Last" type="xsd:string"/>
<xsd:element name="Phone" type="xsd:string"/>
<xsd:element name="Income" type="xsd:double"/>
<xsd:element name="Status" type="xsd:string"/>
<xsd:element name="JobHistory">
<xsd:complexType>
<xsd:sequence>
<xsd:element name="JobTitle" type="xsd:string"/>
<xsd:element name="Salary" type="xsd:double"/>
</xsd:sequence>
</xsd:complexType>
</xsd:element>
</xsd:sequence>
</xsd:complexType>
</xsd:element>
</xsd:schema>

Create the schema say "XMLFormat.xsd" which xml string data to be passed as input to the service.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="windows-1252" ?>
<xsd:schema xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns="http://www.example.org"
targetNamespace="http://www.example.org" elementFormDefault="qualified">
<xsd:element name="HREmployeeData">
<xsd:complexType>
<xsd:sequence>
<xsd:element name="First" type="xsd:string"/>
<xsd:element name="Last" type="xsd:string"/>
<xsd:element name="Phone" type="xsd:string"/>
<xsd:element name="Income" type="xsd:double"/>
<xsd:element name="Status" type="xsd:string"/>
<xsd:element name="JobHistory">
<xsd:complexType>
<xsd:sequence>
<xsd:element name="JobTitle" type="xsd:string"/>
<xsd:element name="Salary" type="xsd:double"/>
</xsd:sequence>
</xsd:complexType>
</xsd:element>
</xsd:sequence>
</xsd:complexType>
</xsd:element>
</xsd:schema>

Use the Input and Output schema and create a BPEL Service.

Open the BPLE Process and create a variable varXMLTypeData using XMLformat.xsd

Use parseXML() function to AnyTypeXMLDATA Input and store in varXMLTypeData variable

Please note that when you are selecting the anyType data, in Assign activity this will not get copied in the expression builder, hence you need to manually add this data.

oraext:parseXML($inputVariable.payload/ns1:AnyTypeXMLData)

Parsing done. Now assign the parsed elements to output elements

Deploy and test