Can Oracle BPEL Web Service output html to a browser

Question

In an Oracle BPEL service, is there a way to make it display HTML to a browser. I have figured out how to call it via HTTP/GET but the result always comes back as XML. I want to display the html and eliminate the need for a web page. In other words can my BPEL service act like a web page? I've tried XSL but may not be doing it right.

<binding name="HTTPGet" type="tns:HTTPGetService">
   <http:binding verb="GET"/>
     <operation name="process">
       <http:operation location="/process"/>
         <input>
            <http:urlEncoded/>
         </input>
         <output>
            <mime:content part="body" type="text/html" />
         </output>
    </operation>
</binding>

Could the problem be in the output type? If the output type is set to "string" and I plug some html into, should it work? Or does there need to be an output defined using the xhtml schema?

Thanks

Answer 1

You can use XSL Transformations (XSLT on W3C, wiki entry) to transform your output XML into a nice formatted HTML page. That's what XSLT was conceived for.