Introduction
BEA WebLogic Platform provides a standards-based, build-to-integrate
approach that enables companies to develop and deploy applications, rapidly
integrate with existing systems, automate business processes, and connect with
business partners.
To support its build-to-integrate approach and enable WebLogic Platform
feature interoperation, specific integration entry points are available to
facilitate process-level communication and data flow between front-end Web
applications and heterogeneous back-end systems. An integration entry point
defines a place at which interoperation can take place.
The WebLogic Platform sample application is designed to highlight a number
of these key integration points. It is also designed to be fun!
The sample includes a business-to-consumer (B2C) portal Web site for a
fictitious company named Avitek Digital Imaging. Customers who visit the Avitek
portal can purchase cameras and accessories. This Web site includes a product
catalog, the use of two Web services, inventory checks, a full shopping cart
and underlying processing, payment authorization, and order management.
The sample also shows a business-to-business (B2B) portal site. The Avitek
intranet allows its purchasing agents to get quotes for product parts from external
suppliers, select a quote, generate a purchase order for the part, and exchange
acknowledgements with the selected supplier.
To help you understand the technology behind each page and event, the B2C
and B2B samples also provide a built-in tour guide. The dynamic documentation
content that is shown in the tour guide is based on the last event that
occurred in the running Web application. This online book version of the tour
presents a static view of the application's pages, but contains much of the same
information. Read this online book if you prefer to read the explanations apart
from the running application.
This section presents the following topics:
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