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Oracle WebLogic Server

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Developer(s)
  
Oracle Corporation

Operating system
  
Cross-platform

License
  
Proprietary

Written in
  
Java

Type
  
Application server

Stable release
  
12c R2 (12.2.1) / 26 October 2015; 16 months ago (2015-10-26)

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.

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Application Server versions

  • WebLogic Server 12c R2 (12.2.1.2) - October 2016
  • WebLogic Server 12c R2 (12.2.1.1) - June 2016
  • WebLogic Server 12c R2 (12.2.1) - October 26, 2015
  • WebLogic Server 12c Release 3 (12.1.3) - June 26, 2014
  • WebLogic Server 12c Release 2 (12.1.2) - July 11, 2013
  • WebLogic Server 12c Release 1 (12.1.1) - Dec 1, 2012
  • WebLogic Server 11gR1 PS5 (10.3.6) - February 26, 2012
  • WebLogic Server 11gR1 PS4 (10.3.5) - May 16, 2011
  • WebLogic Server 11gR1 PS3 (10.3.4) - January 15, 2011
  • WebLogic Server 11gR1 PS2 (10.3.3) - April 2010
  • WebLogic Server 11gR1 PS1 (10.3.2) - November 2009
  • WebLogic Server 11g (10.3.1) - July 2009
  • WebLogic Server 10gR3 (10.3) - August 2008
  • WebLogic Server 10.0 - March 2007
  • WebLogic Server 9.2
  • WebLogic Server 9.1
  • WebLogic Server 9.0 - November 2006
  • WebLogic Server 8.1-bea - July 2003
  • WebLogic Server 7.0 - June 2002
  • WebLogic Server 6.1
  • WebLogic Server 6.0 - file date March 2001 on an old CD
  • WebLogic Server 5.1 (code name: Denali) First version supporting hot deployment for applications (via command line)
  • WebLogic Server 4.0 - May 1999
  • WebLogic Tengah 3.1 - June 1998
  • WebLogic Tengah 3.0.1 - March 1998
  • WebLogic Tengah 3.0 - January 1998
  • WebLogic Tengah - November 1997

    • 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:

  • Enterprise Grid Messaging
  • JMS Messaging Standard
  • JRockit
  • Oracle Coherence, in-memory caching of frequently used data across multiple servers
  • 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.

    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

    References

    Oracle WebLogic Server Wikipedia
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