Preferences Dialog - SOA Page

Use to disable expression validation in the XPath expression builder and to add user-defined XPath functions.

By default, XPath expressions are validated as you create them with the XPath Building Assistant. You can disable validation to improve performance during XPath expression creation. Once expression validation is disabled, no underlines display to indicate possible errors or warnings for the XPath expression.

You can also add user-defined XPath extension functions for the following:

XSLT Mapper
Oracle Mediator
Oracle BPEL Process Manager
Human workflow
Common functions used by all components

Element	Description
Test Server Host	Specify the test server to use for debugging SOA composite applications or automating testing of SOA composite applications in Oracle JDeveloper.
Ask test server every time	Select if you want to be prompted for the test server every time you start to debug or test SOA composite applications in Oracle JDeveloper.
Test Timeout (seconds)	Specify the time in seconds for connecting to the server before timing out.
Validate Expression	Deselect this checkbox to disable XPath validation.
User Defined Function JAR Files (Need restart)	Select to add or remove a JAR file. The JAR file contains the XML extension function configuration file (with the user-defined XPath functions) and the compiled classes. Within the JAR file, the configuration file must be located in the `META-INF` directory. You must restart Oracle JDeveloper for these changes to take effect.
Add	Click to select the JAR file.
Remove	Click to remove a selected JAR file.