Oracle WebLogic Server explained

Oracle WebLogic Server
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Developer:	Oracle Corporation
Latest Release Version:	14c
Programming Language:	Java
Operating System:	Cross-platform
Genre:	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 14c (14.1.1) - March 30, 2020 ^[1]
• WebLogic Server 12cR2 (12.2.1.4) - September 27, 2019 ^{[2] [3]}
• WebLogic Server 12cR2 (12.2.1.3) - August 30, 2017 ^[4]
• WebLogic Server 12cR2 (12.2.1.2) - October 19, 2016 ^[5]
• WebLogic Server 12cR2 (12.2.1.1) - June 21, 2016 ^[6]
• WebLogic Server 12cR2 (12.2.1.0) - October 23, 2015^[7]
• WebLogic Server 12cR1 (12.1.3) - June 26, 2014^[8]
• WebLogic Server 12cR1 (12.1.2) - July 11, 2013^[9]
• WebLogic Server 12cR1 (12.1.1) - Dec 1, 2011^[10]
• WebLogic Server 11gR1 (10.3.6) - February 26, 2012^[11]
• WebLogic Server 11gR1 (10.3.5) - May 16, 2011^[12]
• WebLogic Server 11gR1 (10.3.4) - January 15, 2011
• WebLogic Server 11gR1 (10.3.3) - April 2010^[13]
• WebLogic Server 11gR1 (10.3.2) - November 2009
• WebLogic Server 11gR1 (10.3.1) - July 2009
• WebLogic Server 10gR3 (10.3.0) - August 2008^{[14] [15]}
• WebLogic Server 10.0 - March 2007^[16]
• WebLogic Server 9.2
• WebLogic Server 9.1
• WebLogic Server 9.0 - November 2006^[17]
• WebLogic Server 8.1 - July 2003^[17]
• WebLogic Server 7.0 - June 2002^[18]
• WebLogic Server 6.1
• WebLogic Server 6.0 - file date March 2001 on an old CD^[19]
• WebLogic Server 5.1 (code name: Denali) First version supporting hot deployment for applications (via command line)
• WebLogic Server 4.0 - May 1999^[20]
• WebLogic Tengah 3.1 - June 1998^[21]
• WebLogic Tengah 3.0.1 - March 1998^[22]
• WebLogic Tengah 3.0 - January 1998^[23]
• WebLogic Tengah - November 1997^[24]

Capabilities

Oracle WebLogic Server forms part of Oracle Fusion Middleware portfolio and supports Oracle, IBM Db2, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL Enterprise and other JDBC-compliant databases. Oracle WebLogic Platform also includes:

• Formerly, JRockit, a custom JVM (discontinued with some components merged into HotSpot/OpenJDK following Sun acquisition)^[25]
• Portal 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:^[26]

• Enterprise Grid Messaging
• JMS Messaging Standard
• JRockit
• Oracle Coherence, in-memory caching of frequently used data across multiple servers^[27]
• 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 6.1	WLS 7.0	WLS 8.1	WLS 9.0	WLS 10.0	WLS 10gR3	WLS 11gR1	WLS 12cR1	WLS 12cR2	WLS 14c
Java	1.3	1.3	1.4	5	5	6	6 (7 only for 10.3.6)	7 (8 only for 12.1.3)	8	11 (and 8)
Java EE	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.4	5	5	5	6	7	8
Servlet	2.2 & 2.3	2.2 & 2.3	2.3	2.4	2.5	2.5	2.5	3.0	3.1	4.0
JSF	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 & 2.0	2.0	2.1	2.2	2.3
JSP	1.2	1.2	1.2	2.0	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.2	2.3	2.3
EJB	1.1 & 2.0	2.0	2.0	2.1	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.1	3.2	3.2
JDBC	2.0	2.0	2.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.3
JPA	?	?	?	?	?	?	1.0 & 2.0^[28]	2.1	2.1	2.2

WebLogic Server 10.3 (10.3.4 /PS3 onwards) supports some Java EE 6 libraries.

See also

• List of application servers

Bibliography

• Book: Robert . Patrick . Gregory . Nyberg . Philip . Aston . October 26, 2009 . Professional Oracle WebLogic Server . . 1st . 816 . 978-0-470-48430-2 . January 31, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111202091516/http://eu.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0470484306.html . December 2, 2011 . dead.

External links

• WebLogic Server at Oracle.com

Notes and References

1. https://blogs.oracle.com/weblogicserver/announcing-oracle-weblogic-server-1411 Announcing Oracle WebLogic Server 14.1.1
2. Web site: Oracle WebLogic Server 12.2.1.4.0 .
3. Monica Riccelli. (October 1, 2019).Oracle WebLogic Server 12.2.1.4 is Released Oracle WebLogic Server. Retrieved November 17, 2022.
4. Web site: Fusion Middleware Understanding Oracle WebLogic Server .
5. Web site: Oracle Fusion Middleware 12c (12.2.1.2.0) Released (Proactive Support - Portals) . 2017-02-24. mdy-all. https://web.archive.org/web/20170225053741/https://blogs.oracle.com/PortalsProactive/entry/oracle_fusion_middleware_12c_122 . 2017-02-25 . dead .
6. http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/middleware/weblogic/downloads/index.html Oracle WebLogic Server 14c (14.1.1.0)
7. Web site: Oracle WebLogic Server 12.2.1 is Released . blogs.oracle.com . 2015-10-26 . 2015-10-26. mdy-all . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151124050654/https://blogs.oracle.com/WebLogicServer/entry/announcing_oracle_weblogic_server_12 . November 24, 2015 .
8. Web site: Oracle WebLogic Server 12.1.3 is Released . blogs.oracle.com . 2014-06-26. mdy-all . 2014-06-30 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150620163218/https://blogs.oracle.com/WebLogicServer/entry/oracle_weblogic_server_12_11 . June 20, 2015 .
9. Web site: Oracle WebLogic Server 12.1.2 is available . blogs.oracle.com . 2013-07-11 . 2013-07-21 . mdy-all . 2013-12-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131211211223/https://blogs.oracle.com/WebLogicServer/entry/oracle_weblogic_server_12_1 . dead .
10. Web site: Oracle Announces Availability of Oracle WebLogic Server 12c . www.oracle.com . 2011-12-01 . 2013-07-21. mdy-all.
11. Web site: 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 . 2013-07-21 . 2013-06-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130607063008/https://blogs.oracle.com/WebLogicServer/entry/weblogic_server_weekly_for_february . dead .
12. Web site: Oracle WebLogic Server 11g Release 1 (10.3.5) Patch Set 4 seems to be out! . blog.eisele.net . 2011-05-06 . 2013-07-21.
13. Web site: Oracle TopLink Software Downloads . Oracle.com . 2013-07-21.
14. http://www.oracle.com/support/library/brochure/lifetime-support-middleware.pdf Page 5
15. sdWeb site: Oracle® WebLogic Server 10g Release 3 (10.3) . docs.oracle.com . 2016-07-20.
16. http://www.oracle.com/support/library/brochure/lifetime-support-middleware.pdf Page 49
17. http://www.oracle.com/support/library/brochure/lifetime-support-middleware.pdf Page 23
18. http://www.oracle.com/support/library/brochure/lifetime-support-middleware.pdf Page 22
19. Book: Cavaness, Chuck . Keeton, Brian . Special Edition Using Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB) 2.0 . 2001 . Pearson Education . 0-7897-2567-3 . 628.
20. Web site: BEA Ships High-Performance WebLogic Server 4.0 to Meet Demand for Rock-Solid, Java-Based E-Business Applications . www.prnewswire.com. 2017-01-27.
21. Web site: WebLogic News . 2013-07-21 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/19980704234506/http://www4.weblogic.com/press/980615ejb.html . July 4, 1998 .
22. Web site: [//www.weblogic.com/press/980310.html WebLogic News ]. 2013-07-21 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/19980623231648/http://www.weblogic.com/press/980310.html . June 23, 1998 .
23. Web site: [//www4.weblogic.com/classdocs/release_notes.html WebLogic Release Notes Release 3 ]. 1998-07-04 . 2013-07-21 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/19980704235211/http://www4.weblogic.com/classdocs/release_notes.html . July 4, 1998 .
24. Web site: WebLogic News . 2013-07-21 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/19990225072613/http://www.weblogic.com/press/110397.html . February 25, 1999 .
25. Web site: Krill. Paul. 2010-11-08. Oracle moving to merge JRockit, HotSpot JVMs. 2020-11-27. InfoWorld. en.
26. Web site: 3.1.2 Oracle WebLogic Server Core Components. Kurt. Heiss. 2010. Oracle Fusion Middleware Concepts Guide 11g Release 1 (11.1.1). Oracle Corporation. Redwood City, CA . 2010-05-19. etal.
27. Web site: Oracle Coherence. Kurt. Heiss. 2012. Oracle Fusion Middleware Concepts Guide 11g Release 1 (11.1.1). Oracle Corporation. Redwood City, CA . 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. . etal.
28. Web site: Fusion Middleware What's New in Oracle WebLogic Server. docs.oracle.com.