Xpath query help

Question

Hey guys,
I am very new to BPEL and I've been struggling with this problem for 2 days now. I used the example at:
http://www.eclipse.org/bpel/users/howto/ode.php
I managed to get the example working. As an added difficulty, I decided to challenge myself to add a second input. I managed to do that after reading
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/webservices/library/ws-whichwsdl/
I realised that having two elements in the schema is better than having two parts in a message.
Anyway, with the two inputs declared in the wsdl file as:
<element name="HelloWorldRequest">
                <complexType>
                    <sequence>
                        <element name="input" type="string"/>
                        <element name="inputB" type="string"/>
                    </sequence>
                </complexType>
            </element>I get the following message in the log files when I run the service:
<message><payload><HelloWorldRequest xmlns="http://helloWorld" xmlns:q0="http://helloWorld" xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
      <input>fr asra3</input>
      <inputB> asfdasra 2</inputB>
    </HelloWorldRequest></payload></message>My difficulty is trying to extract only one of the inputs, either <input> or <inputB> (not both)
I managed to modify the assign function to
<bpel:assign validate="no" name="Assign">
                 <bpel:copy>
                     <bpel:from>
                         bpel:getVariableData('input', 'payload')
                     </bpel:from>
                     <bpel:to part="payload" variable="output">
                     </bpel:to>
                 </bpel:copy>
             </bpel:assign>But the entire payload is being printed, both <input> and <inputB>. I have tried
bpel:getVariableData('input', 'payload','/inputB')And other variations, but it doesn't seem to work. I'd like to output only inputB for now.
Thank you so much for the help.
I will include the wsdl file being used, as below:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<definitions name="HelloWorld"
        targetNamespace="http://helloWorld"
        xmlns:tns="http://helloWorld"
        xmlns:plnk="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wsbpel/2.0/plnktype"
        xmlns="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/"
        xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/soap/">
<!-- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
     TYPE DEFINITION - List of types participating in this BPEL process
     The BPEL Designer will generate default request and response types
     but you can define or import any XML Schema type and use them as part
     of the message types.
     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-->   
    <types>
        <schema attributeFormDefault="unqualified" elementFormDefault="qualified"
                targetNamespace="http://helloWorld"
                xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
            <element name="HelloWorldRequest">
                <complexType>
                    <sequence>
                        <element name="input" type="string"/>
                        <element name="inputB" type="string"/>
                    </sequence>
                </complexType>
            </element>
            <element name="HelloWorldResponse">
                <complexType>
                    <sequence>
                        <element name="result" type="string"/>
                    </sequence>
                </complexType>
            </element>
        </schema>
    </types>
<!-- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
     MESSAGE TYPE DEFINITION - Definition of the message types used as
     part of the port type defintions
     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-->   
    <message name="HelloWorldRequestMessage">
        <part name="payload" element="tns:HelloWorldRequest"/>
    </message>
    <message name="HelloWorldResponseMessage">
        <part name="payload" element="tns:HelloWorldResponse"/>
    </message>
<!-- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
     PORT TYPE DEFINITION - A port type groups a set of operations into
     a logical service unit.
     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-->   
    <!-- portType implemented by the HelloWorld BPEL process -->
    <portType name="HelloWorld">
        <operation name="process">
            <input  message="tns:HelloWorldRequestMessage" />
            <output message="tns:HelloWorldResponseMessage"/>
        </operation>
    </portType>
<!-- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
     PARTNER LINK TYPE DEFINITION
     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-->   
    <plnk:partnerLinkType name="HelloWorld">
        <plnk:role name="HelloWorldProvider" portType="tns:HelloWorld"/>
    </plnk:partnerLinkType>
    <binding name="HelloWorldSOAPBinding" type="tns:HelloWorld">
         <soap:binding style="document"
              transport="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/http" />
         <operation name="process">
              <soap:operation soapAction="http://helloWorld/process" />
              <input>
                   <soap:body use="literal" />
              </input>
              <output>
                   <soap:body use="literal" />
              </output>
         </operation>
    </binding>
    <service name="HelloWorldProcessService">
         <port name="HelloWorldProcessPort" binding="tns:HelloWorldSOAPBinding">
              <soap:address location="http://localhost:8080/ode/processes/HelloWorld" />
         </port>
    </service>
</definitions>

Answer 1

Yes, For Assign Activity, though you change a single element of the schema. It will display the whole schema in BPEL Flow. In Assign activity you have to assign only inputB variable from left side to output variable in right side.
which version of Oracle BPEL you are using? If you very new to BPEL, I strongly recommend that you study Orderbooking demo which contains step by step information and explains bpel. If you have soa suite installed, you can find lots of samples at <soa-suite_home>/bpel/samples directory. That will you to understand the technology better.