- Oracle WebLogic Server
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Oracle WebLogic Ram Developer(s) Oracle Corporation Stable release 11gR1 / Jan, 2011 Operating system Cross-platform Type Application server License Proprietary Website oracle.com Owned by Oracle Corporation, Oracle WebLogic consists of a Java EE platform product-family that includes:
- a Java EE application server, WebLogic Application Server
- an enterprise portal, WebLogic Portal
- an Enterprise Application Integration platform
- a transaction server and infrastructure, WebLogic Tuxedo
- a telecommunication platform, WebLogic Communication Platform
- an HTTP web server
Contents
History
- Main article WebLogic, Inc.
Prior to co-founding WebLogic, Inc., in September 1995, Paul Ambrose and Carl Resnikoff had developed (pre-JDBC) Oracle, Sybase, and Microsoft SQL Server database-drivers for Java under the name dbKona, as well as a "three-tier" server to permit applets to connect to these databases.[1]
This WebLogic 1.48 server had the name T3Server (a corruption of "3-Tier Server"[dubious ]). Concurrently, Laurie Pitman and Bob Pasker had worked on network-management tools written in Java. Pasker had written an SNMP stack in Java and a W32 native method for ICMP ping[2], while Pitman had worked on applets to display the management data.
The 1.48 server version had (among other hidden features) the ability to extend itself by modifying a dispatcher and adding a handler for different types of messages. Pasker talked Ambrose into sending him the source code for the server, and Pasker extended it so that applets could make SNMP and PING requests on the network, and display the results.
At this point, the founders worked together to pursue what eventually became the "Application Server".
In 1998, WebLogic appointed board member and angel investor Ali Kutay as President and CEO. Shortly there after, BEA Systems acquired WebLogic, Inc. in 1998, following which it became BEA WebLogic. Oracle acquired BEA in 2008, following which it became Oracle WebLogic.
Application Server versions
- WebLogic Server 11gR1 (10.3.5) - 16 May 2011 [3]
- WebLogic Server 11gR1 PS3 (10.3.4) - 15 Jan 2011
- WebLogic Server 11gR1 PS2 (10.3.3) - April 2010 [4]
- WebLogic Server 11gR1 PS1 (10.3.2) - Nov 2009
- WebLogic Server 11g (10.3.1) - Jul 2009
- WebLogic Server 10.3 - Aug 2008 [5]
- WebLogic Server 10.0 - Mar 2007 [6]
- WebLogic Server 9.2
- WebLogic Server 9.1
- WebLogic Server 9.0 - Nov 2006 [7]
- WebLogic Server 8.1 - Jul 2003 [8]
- WebLogic Server 7.0 - Jun 2002 [9]
- WebLogic Server 6.1
- WebLogic Server 6.0 - file date March 2001 on an old CD [10]
- 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 - Jun 1998 [11]
- WebLogic Tengah 3.0.1 - Mar 1998 [12]
- WebLogic Tengah 3.0 - Jan 1998 [13]
- WebLogic Tengah - Nov 1997 [14]
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.
- Portal that includes Commerce Server and Personalization Server
- WebLogic Integration
- WebLogic Workshop, an Eclipse IDE for Java, SOA and Rich Intelications
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[15]:
- Enterprise Grid Messaging
- JMS Messaging Standard
- JRockit
- Oracle Coherence, in-memory caching of frequently-used data across multiple servers[16]
- Oracle TopLink
- Oracle WebLogic Server Web Services
- Tuxedo
Supported open standards
- BPEL & BPEL-J
- ebXML
- JAAS
- Java EE 1.3 & 1.4 & 5
- JPA 1.0 & 2.0
- JMX and SNMP
- Native support for:
- 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 Java 1.3 1.4 5 5 6 Java EE 1.3 1.3 1.4 5 5 See also
Other Java EE application servers:
References
- ^ http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.java/browse_frm/thread/5fdca8d6d7c775d9/3fcc8d7c887d9cea?lnk=st&q=weblogic+dbkona&rnum=87#3fcc8d7c887d9cea An old dbKona/An T3 Usenet posting
- ^ http://groups.google.com/group/comp.dcom.net-management/msg/3810193bb0296e7a?hl=en&
- ^ http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/middleware/weblogic/downloads/wls-main-097127.html
- ^ http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/products/ias/htdocs/wls_main.html
- ^ http://www.oracle.com/support/library/brochure/lifetime-support-middleware.pdf Page 5
- ^ http://www.oracle.com/support/library/brochure/lifetime-support-middleware.pdf Page 49
- ^ http://www.oracle.com/support/library/brochure/lifetime-support-middleware.pdf Page 23
- ^ http://www.oracle.com/support/library/brochure/lifetime-support-middleware.pdf Page 23
- ^ http://www.oracle.com/support/library/brochure/lifetime-support-middleware.pdf Page 22
- ^ Cavaness, Chuck; Keeton, Brian (2001). Special Edition Using Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB) 2.0. Pearson Education. pp. 628. ISBN 0-7897-2567-3.
- ^ http://web.archive.org/web/19980704234506/www4.weblogic.com/press/980615ejb.html
- ^ http://web.archive.org/web/19980623231648/www.weblogic.com/press/980310.html
- ^ http://web.archive.org/web/19980704235211/www4.weblogic.com/classdocs/release_notes.html
- ^ http://web.archive.org/web/19980705013850/www4.weblogic.com/press/110397.html
- ^ 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. http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E14571_01/core.1111/e10103/components.htm#insertedID1. Retrieved 2010-05-19.
- ^ Heiss, Kurt; et al. (2010). "Oracle Coherence". Oracle Fusion Middleware Concepts Guide 11g Release 1 (11.1.1). Redwood City, CA: Oracle Corporation. http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E14571_01/core.1111/e10103/components.htm#BABDHEFG. 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."
Bibliography
- Patrick, Robert; Nyberg, Gregory; Aston, Philip (October 26, 2009). Professional Oracle WebLogic Server (1st ed.). Wrox. pp. 816. ISBN 0470484306. http://eu.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0470484306.html.
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