How to get Composite wsdls to the MDS

Question

Hello Guys,
I have been trying to upload the Composite wsdl created using AIA Service Constructor to the MDS. I been using AIAHarvester using Jdeveloper.
Did follow below mentioned steps from the Readme document
To install the AIAHarvester Ant tasks into SOA Suite 11g or JDeveloper 11g:
-Close any open Jdeveloper sessions.
-Unzip the AIAHarvester zip file. You should end up with a folder AIAHarvester containing the contents of this zip file.
-Edit tools11g.xml to match your JDeveloper installation.
Replace every occurance of "$harvester.location$" with the location of the extracted AIAHarvester folder.
-Merge the contents of tools11g.xml into your JDeveloper's product preferences XML file.
This is located in ${JDEV_USER_HOME}\system11.1.xxxxxx\o.jdeveloper\product-preferences.xml .
Insert it it after the lines:
If there is an existing entry "<hash n="oracle.ideimpl.externaltools.ExternalToolList">, replace with the contents of tools11g.xml.
If not, add it right after the initial <ide:preferences> element.
-Start JDeveloper. Under Tools | External Tools you should see two new entries:
-Submit this File to AIA LifeCycle and OER
-Submit this Project to AIA LifeCycle and OER
-Submit this Application to AIA LifeCycle and OER
-For each of these
-Select it
-Click "Edit"
-Click the "Properties" tab, and configure the missing properties to point to your OER server, SOA Server and LifeCycle DB .
-To point to an external "HarvesterSettings.xml file: add a property called "settings.file", and set the value to the URL of the settings file,
for example "c:\temp\MyHarvesterSettings.xml".
-To run one of the tools:
-Select a file in the "Applications Navigator".
-Right click and select "Submit this File to AIA LifeCycle and OER" or "Submit this Project to AIA LifeCycle and OER" or "Submit this Application to AIA LifeCycle and OER".
-"Submit this File to AIA LifeCycle and OER" will harvest just the selected file. (This works for zips and jars too).
-NOTE: JDeveloper 11 does not support multi-select correctly for external tools. Even if you multi-select, only one file will be harvested.
-"Submit this Project to AIA LifeCycle and OER" will harvest just the entire selected project .
-"Submit this Application to AIA LifeCycle and OER" will harvest all the projects under Application selected.
When trying to harvest composite wsdl using jdev. I get the following error saying the Harvest mode not set. But I have the set properties set to AIA as the Harvesting Mode.
C:\\Oracle\\JDev1112_HOME\\AIAHarvester\\Harvester\\HarvesterSettings.xml\par
Attempting to create object of type org.apache.tools.ant.helper.DefaultExecutor\par
Adding reference: ant.executor\par
Build sequence for target(s) `introspect-file' is [introspect-file]\par
Complete build sequence is [introspect-file, introspect-application, introspect-project, ]\par
\par
introspect-file:\par
Property "harvester.mode" has not been set\par
[repository.submit] 16:11:40,197 0 [main] DEBUG com.oracle.aia.oer.sync.framework.ant.AIAIntrospectTask - jndi.properties file created\par
[repository.submit] Using existing user key file...\par
[repository.submit] 16:11:40,869 672 [main] DEBUG com.oracle.aia.oer.sync.framework.ant.AIAIntrospectTask - Harvesting to both DB and OER\par
[repository.submit] 16:11:40,869 672 [main] DEBUG com.oracle.aia.oer.sync.framework.ant.AIAIntrospectTask - DB Harvesting Started\par
[repository.submit] root dir = C:\\JDeveloper\\mywork\\Jdev1112\\Hierarchical\\QueryCustomerPartyQCPProvABCSImpl\par
fileset: Setup scanner in dir C:\\JDeveloper\\mywork\\Jdev1112\\Hierarchical\\QueryCustomerPartyQCPProvABCSImpl with patternSet\{ includes: [composite.xml] excludes: [] \}\par
[repository.submit] file = composite.xml\par
[repository.submit] 16:11:41,401 1204 [main] DEBUG com.oracle.aia.oer.sync.framework.ant.AIAIntrospectTask - C:\\JDeveloper\\mywork\\Jdev1112\\Hierarchical\\QueryCustomerPartyQCPProvABCSImpl\par
[repository.submit] 16:11:41,401 1204 [main] DEBUG com.oracle.aia.oer.sync.framework.ant.AIAIntrospectTask - composite.xml\par
[repository.submit] 16:11:41,401 1204 [main] DEBUG com.oracle.aia.oer.sync.framework.ant.AIAIntrospectTask - Feeding file C:/JDeveloper/mywork/Jdev1112/Hierarchical/QueryCustomerPartyQCPProvABCSImpl/composite.xml from root directory C:\\JDeveloper\\mywork\\Jdev1112\\Hierarchical\\QueryCustomerPartyQCPProvABCSImpl into Composite Parser...\par
[repository.submit] 16:11:41,416 1219 [main] DEBUG com.oracle.aia.AIACompositeParser - Open application module\par
[repository.submit] Aug 19, 2010 4:11:42 PM oracle.adf.share.config.ADFConfigFactory getInstance\par
[repository.submit] INFO: ADF Config instance implementation in use is : oracle.adf.share.config.MDSConfigFactory\par
[repository.submit] 16:11:54,714 14517 [main] DEBUG com.oracle.aia.AIACompositeParser - Retrieving data source...\par
[repository.submit] 16:11:54,730 14533 [main] DEBUG com.oracle.aia.AIACompositeParser - Connect application module to jdbc connection...\par
[repository.submit] JBO-26061: Error while opening JDBC connection.\par
\par
BUILD SUCCESSFUL\par
Total time: 17 seconds\par
Process exited with exit code 0.\par
Any insight on this would be much appreciate. Or is it right way of harvesting content to the AIA MDS.
Regards
Sabir

Answer 1

Hi all,
As I read through this thread, I'd like to make some clarification.
AIAHarveter is NOT for publishing contents into MDS. It is to publishing metadata about your composites into Project Lifecycle Workbench and/or OER (pending upon your '-mode' parameter) as described by rwunder
As part of the AIA best-practice in 11g, the dependent artifacts (e.g., the ABCS.wsdl your composite uses) shall be in the MDS a priori. This is achieve via the 'UpdateMetaDataDP.xml' script as described by Rahul. Further, the ABCS.wsdl reference in your composite.xml shall be in the form of oramds://apps/AIAMetadata/...
If the jDev plug-in does not work, please use the AIAHarvester.sh command-line for now. Last question, where the readme of plug AIAHarvester in jDev come from? which AIA release?
Thanks!