Oracle WebLogic Server

Oracle WebLogic Server

Developer(s)	Oracle Corporation
Stable release	12c R2 (12.2.1) / 26 October 2015
Written in	Java
Operating system	Cross-platform
Type	Application server
License	Proprietary
Website	oracle.com

Oracle WebLogic Server is a Java EE application server currently developed by Oracle Corporation. Oracle acquired WebLogic Server when it purchased BEA Systems in 2008.

Application Server versions

• WebLogic Server 12c R2 (12.2.1) - October 26, 2015^[1]
• WebLogic Server 12c Release 3 (12.1.3) - June 26, 2014^[2]
• WebLogic Server 12c Release 2 (12.1.2) - July 11, 2013^[3]
• WebLogic Server 12c Release 1 (12.1.1) - Dec 1, 2012^[4]
• WebLogic Server 11gR1 PS5 (10.3.6) - February 26, 2012^[5]
• WebLogic Server 11gR1 PS4 (10.3.5) - May 16, 2011^[6]
• WebLogic Server 11gR1 PS3 (10.3.4) - January 15, 2011
• WebLogic Server 11gR1 PS2 (10.3.3) - April 2010^[7]
• WebLogic Server 11gR1 PS1 (10.3.2) - November 2009
• WebLogic Server 11g (10.3.1) - July 2009
• WebLogic Server 10.3 - August 2008^[8]
• WebLogic Server 10.0 - March 2007^[9]
• WebLogic Server 9.2
• WebLogic Server 9.1
• WebLogic Server 9.0 - November 2006^[10]
• WebLogic Server 8.1-bea - July 2003^[10]
• WebLogic Server 7.0 - June 2002^[11]
• WebLogic Server 6.1
• WebLogic Server 6.0 - file date March 2001 on an old CD^[12]
• WebLogic Server 5.1 (code name: Denali) First version supporting hot deployment for applications (via command line)
• WebLogic Server 4.0
• WebLogic Tengah 3.1 - June 1998^[13]
• WebLogic Tengah 3.0.1 - March 1998^[14]
• WebLogic Tengah 3.0 - January 1998^[15]
• WebLogic Tengah - November 1997^[16]

Capabilities

Oracle WebLogic Server forms part of Oracle Fusion Middleware portfolio and supports Oracle, DB2, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL Enterprise and other JDBC-compliant databases. Oracle WebLogic Platform also includes:

• JRockit, a custom JVM.
• Korthal that includes Commerce Server and Personalization Server
• WebLogic Integration
• WebLogic Workshop, an Eclipse IDE for Java, SOA and Rich Internet Applications

WebLogic Server includes .NET interoperability and supports the following native integration capabilities:

• CORBA connectivity
• COM+ Connectivity
• IBM WebSphere MQ connectivity
• Java EE Connector Architecture
• Native enterprise-grade JMS messaging
• WebLogic/Tuxedo Connector

Oracle WebLogic Server Process Edition also includes Business Process Management and Data Mapping functionality. WebLogic supports security policies managed by security administrators. The Oracle WebLogic Server Security Model includes:

• application business logic separated from security code
• complete scope of security coverage for all Java EE and non-Java EE components

Components

As of 2010, Oracle Corporation regards the following products as "core components" of Oracle WebLogic Server:^[17]

• Enterprise Grid Messaging
• JMS Messaging Standard
• JRockit
• Oracle Coherence, in-memory caching of frequently used data across multiple servers^[18]
• Oracle TopLink
• Oracle WebLogic Server Web Services
• Tuxedo

Supported open standards

• BPEL & BPEL-J
• ebXML
• JAAS
• Java EE 1.3, 1.4, 5, 6, 7
• JPA 1.0, 2.0, 2.1
• JMX and SNMP
• Native support for:
  • SOAP
  • UDDI
  • WSDL
  • WSRP
  • WS-Security
• XSLT and XQuery

Standards support by version

The table below lists major standards supported by WebLogic Server product version.

Standard	WLS 7.0	WLS 8.1	WLS 9.0	WLS 10.0	WLS 10.3	WLS 11g	WLS 12c	WLS 12cR2
Java	1.3	1.4	5	5	6	7	7 (8[19])	8
Java EE	1.3	1.3	1.4	5	5	5	6	7
Servlet	1.2	2.3	2.4	2.5	2.5	2.5	3.0	3.1
JSF	-	-	-	-	1.2/2.0	2.0	2.1	2.2
JSP	1.2	1.2	2.0	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.2	2.3
EJB	2.0	2.0	2.1	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.1	3.2
JDBC	2.0	2.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	4.0	4.0	4.0
JPA	?	?	?	?	?	?	2.1	2.1

WebLogic Server 10.3 (10.3.4 /PS3 onwards) supports some Java EE 6 libraries. More information here: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/middleware/weblogic/learnmore/weblogic-javaee6-webcasts-358613.html. For hands on exercises and tutorials, visit

See also

• Oracle Fusion Middleware
• Oracle HTTP Server
• Oracle iPlanet Web Server

Other Java EE application servers:

• JBoss AS
• WebSphere AS
• GlassFish
• Apache Geronimo
• Comparison of application servers

References

1. "Oracle WebLogic Server 12.2.1 is Released". blogs.oracle.com. 2015-10-26. Archived from the original on November 24, 2015. Retrieved 2015-10-26.
2. "Oracle WebLogic Server 12.1.3 is Released". blogs.oracle.com. 2014-06-26. Archived from the original on June 20, 2015. Retrieved 2014-06-30.
3. "Oracle WebLogic Server 12.1.2 is available". blogs.oracle.com. 2013-07-11. Retrieved 2013-07-21.
4. "Oracle Announces Availability of Oracle WebLogic Server 12c". www.oracle.com. 2011-12-01. Retrieved 2013-07-21.
5. "WebLogic Server Weekly for February 27th: WLS 10.3.6 Releases, RESTful Management Services, SSL Offloading, Using Arquillian with WebLogic Server, Feature Version Timeline (The WebLogic Server Blog)". Blogs.oracle.com. 2012-02-26. Retrieved 2013-07-21.
6. "Oracle WebLogic Server 11g Release 1 (10.3.5) Patch Set 4 seems to be out!". blog.eisele.net. 2011-05-06. Retrieved 2013-07-21.
7. "Oracle TopLink Software Downloads". Oracle.com. Retrieved 2013-07-21.
8. Page 5
9. Page 49
10. Page 23
11. Page 22
12. Cavaness, Chuck; Keeton, Brian (2001). Special Edition Using Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB) 2.0. Pearson Education. p. 628. ISBN 0-7897-2567-3.
13. "WebLogic News". Web.archive.org. Archived from the original on July 4, 1998. Retrieved 2013-07-21.
14. "WebLogic News". Web.archive.org. Archived from the original on June 23, 1998. Retrieved 2013-07-21.
15. "WebLogic Release Notes Release 3". Web.archive.org. 1998-07-04. Archived from the original on July 4, 1998. Retrieved 2013-07-21.
16. "WebLogic News". Web.archive.org. Archived from the original on February 25, 1999. Retrieved 2013-07-21.
17. Heiss, Kurt; et al. (2010). "3.1.2 Oracle WebLogic Server Core Components". Oracle Fusion Middleware Concepts Guide 11g Release 1 (11.1.1). Redwood City, CA: Oracle Corporation. Retrieved 2010-05-19.
18. Heiss, Kurt; et al. (2010). "Oracle Coherence". Oracle Fusion Middleware Concepts Guide 11g Release 1 (11.1.1). Redwood City, CA: Oracle Corporation. Retrieved 2010-05-19. Oracle Coherence is a component of Oracle Fusion Middleware [...] providing [...] access to frequently used data. By automatically and dynamically partitioning data in memory across multiple servers, Oracle Coherence enables continuous data availability and transactional integrity, even in the event of a server failure. As a shared infrastructure, Oracle Coherence combines data locality with local processing power to perform real-time data analysis, in-memory grid computations, and parallel transaction and event processing.
19. "WebLogic Server 12.1.3 on JDK 8". www.oracle.com. 2014-09-29. Retrieved 2015-02-05.

Bibliography

• Patrick, Robert; Nyberg, Gregory; Aston, Philip (October 26, 2009). Professional Oracle WebLogic Server (1st ed.). Wrox. p. 816. ISBN 0-470-48430-6.

External links

Product Documentation Links

• WLS 8.1
• WLS 9.0
• WLS 9.1
• WLS 9.2
• WLS 10.0
• WLS 10.3.0
• WLS 10.3.1
• WLS 10.3.4
• WLS 10.3.5
• WLS 10.3.6
• WLS 12.1.1
• WLS 12.1.2
• WLS 12.1.3
• WLS 12.2.1

General

• BEA acquires WebLogic, Inc.
• WebLogic Server at Oracle.com
• Weblogic server configurations and troubleshooting techniques