What's New in Oracle WebLogic Server
New Features and Enhancements
- Web Services
Enhancements for building and hosting services for
Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) environments.
- Security
Support for new LDAP authentication providers:
Oracle Internet Directory Authentication Provider and Oracle Virtual Directory Authentication Provider.
- Oracle TopLink Support for JPA
Oracle TopLink is an advanced, object-persistence
and object-transformation framework that fully implements the JPA 1.0
specification and serves as the reference implementation for the JPA
expert group. It provides development tools and run-time capabilities
that reduce development and maintenance efforts, and increase enterprise
application functionality.
- Oracle RAC Support
Ability to connect data sources to Oracle RAC services.
- Spring
Enhancements for developing, configuring, and managing
Spring applications deployed to the WebLogic Server run-time environment.
- Performance
Performance improvements for usage scenarios that
span the application development and deployment life cycles.
- Standards and Technology Integration Updates
Updates to WebLogic Server standards support, and
integration with enterprise technologies.
For more detailed information on new features and enhancements, see the What's New in Oracle WebLogic Server.
Support for Multiple Programming Models
WebLogic Server now fully supports the Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE) 5 specification including support for the following Java EE APIs:
- Java EE 5, including:
- Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB) 3.0
- Java API for XML-Based Web Services (JAX-WS) 2.1
- Java Architecture for XML Binding (JAXB) 2.0
- Web Services Metadata for the Java Platform 2.0
- SOAP with Attachments API for Java (SAAJ) 1.3
- Servlet 2.5
- Java ServerPages (JSP) 2.1
- Struts
- Spring
See the What's New in Oracle WebLogic Server for more information.
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Learn About WebLogic Server
Resources Available with your WebLogic Server Installation
- Administration Console
A Web browser-based, graphical user interface that you use to manage WebLogic Server. Enter weblogic for the username and welcome1 for the password.
- Code Examples and Sample Applications
WebLogic Server provides a variety of code examples that show configuration and API use. Code examples and sample
applications are not installed by default. You must perform a custom installation.
- Fast Track Deployment and Administrator Guide
Learn how to quickly deploy Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE) applications and access system administration tools.
- Avitek Medical Records Sample Application
The Avitek Medical Records application is an educational tool for all levels of Java EE developers.
It showcases the use of each Java EE component, and illustrates best practice design patterns for component interaction and
client development. MedRec also illustrates best practices for developing and deploying applications with WebLogic Server.
Complete source code and documentation is available for this application.
To launch the Medical Records Application, first shut down the current
WebLogic Server instance using the Shut Down Server button
in the top right corner of this page. Then select Start Medical
Records Server from the Windows Start->All Programs->Oracle
WebLogic->WebLogic Server->Examples menu. On UNIX, run
the startWebLogic.sh
script from the MW_HOME/wlserver_10.3/samples/domains/medrec
directory, where MW_HOME
is the directory containing your Oracle WebLogic Server installation.
- Avitek Medical Records Sample Application (Spring Version)
A Spring version of the Avitek Medical Records application is now available!
To launch the Spring version of the Medical Records Application, first shut down the current
WebLogic Server instance using the Shut Down Server button
in the top right corner of this page. Then select Start Medical
Records Server (Spring version) from the Windows Start->All Programs->Oracle
WebLogic->WebLogic Server->Examples menu. On UNIX, run
the startWebLogic.sh
script from the MW_HOME/wlserver_10.3/samples/domains/medrec-spring
directory, where MW_HOME
is the directory containing your Oracle WebLogic Server installation.
Resources Available on the Internet
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