ActiveBPEL® Designer User’s Guide

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BPEL Process Definition Elements

The main sections of a Business Process Execution Language (BPEL) definition are shown in the following code sample.

<process>

  <!-- Definition of roles of process participants -->

  <partnerLinks> ... </partnerLinks>

  <!-- Data and state variables used within the process -->

  <variables> ... </variables>

  <!-- Correlation comment -->

  <correlationSets> ... </correlationSets>

  <!-- Exception management -->

  <faultHandlers> ... </faultHandlers>

  <!-- Message and timeout event handler -->

  <eventHandlers> ... </eventHandlers>

  <!-- Processing steps -->

  activities*

</process>

For details on each BPEL section, see Understanding BPEL Process Structure and Properties.

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