Changes to an XSL File Stored in MDS (oramds:/apps) does not get Reflected in a Process Composite Using the XSLT (Doc ID 1268478.1)

Last updated on NOVEMBER 13, 2023

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Symptoms

You have stored SOA XSL artifacts in MDS following this documentation:

Oracle Fusion Middleware Developer's Guide for Oracle SOA Suite 11g Release 1 (11.1.1)
Part Number E10224-05

Section 41.7.3 Deploying and Using Shared Metadata Across SOA Composite Applications in Oracle JDeveloper

This will place the XSL artifacts under the oramds:/apps structure in MDS.  For example into:

In SOA 11.1.1.3.0, changes to these XSL MDS artifacts are not picked up by the composite processes that reference them until the referencing process is re-deployed or the SOA Managed server is restarted or the composite state is changed from "Activate" to "Retire" and then back to "Activate".

The following example illustrates the problem:

1. Create a MDS Shared Metadata JAR file which contains a XSL with mapping:
   
   
2. Add the above archive as part of a SOA Bundle for a composite called XSLTestComposite
3. Change the transform in XSLTestComposite's .bpel file to oramds:/apps/TestXSLTransform.xsl  [a MDS location]
4. Change the transform in XSLRefererComposite's .bpel file to oramds:/apps/TestXSLTransform.xsl [a MDS location].  XSLRefererComposite is a separate (separate from the SOA Bundle) deployment that refers to the XSL stored in the MDS
5. Deploy the SOA Bundle
6. Deploy the XSLRefererComposite
7. Test both cases: Observe that the result is 1->5, 2->4, 3->3, 4->2, 5->1 (this is correct)
8. Change the XSL (of the MDS Shared Metadata) to 1->1, 2->2, 3->3, 4->4, 5->5 and redeploy the SOA Bundle
9. Test both cases: Observe that the result is:
   
   1->1, 2->2, 3->3, 4->4, 5->5 for XSLTestComposite (as it has been redeployed as part of SOA Bundle, it is correct)
   
   1->5, 2->4, 3->3 ,4->2, 5->1 for XSLRefererComposite. (this is not correct, it should be 1->1, 2->2, 3->3, 4->4, 5->5, i.e. the XSL mapping change was not picked up).

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