WALTHAM, USA: Active Endpoints, Inc., the inventor of visual orchestration systems (VOS) has announced that it has made available a new learning tool for Java developers in the form of a complete, sophisticated and fully-documented services-oriented architecture (SOA) application, written in ActiveVOS.

The "Vintage Old Stock" application automates a fictional classic car restoration business and is an ideal scenario to show developers how to leverage web services to create SOA applications quickly and easily.

Developers can interact with the application online as well as download a fully-configured demonstration environment to try the application in their environments.

"We set out to create an application that would both be instructional and compelling," said Luc Clément, senior director of product management, Active Endpoints. "With the Vintage Old Stock application we think we have achieved these objectives and have created an app that Java developers will enjoy 'lifting the hood' on to learn the latest techniques for creating practical web-services based applications."

The Vintage Old Stock demonstration makes it easy for Java developers to learn how to implement SOA applications by demonstrating techniques for orchestrating web services, integrating with external systems, implementing complex event processing (CEP), integrating human tasks into an orchestration and many more capabilities.

Java developers can explore features online and are encouraged to adopt techniques for their own development projects.