Oracle WebLogic Server is a

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currently developed by

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. Oracle acquired WebLogic Server when it purchased

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in 2008.

Application Server versions

* WebLogic Server 14c (14.1.1) - March 30, 2020 Announcing Oracle WebLogic Server 14.1.1
Oracle WebLogic Server * WebLogic Server 12cR2 (12.2.1.4) - September 27, 2019 * WebLogic Server 12cR2 (12.2.1.3) - August 30, 2017 * WebLogic Server 12cR2 (12.2.1.2) - October 19, 2016 * WebLogic Server 12cR2 (12.2.1.1) - June 21, 2016 * WebLogic Server 12cR2 (12.2.1.0) - October 23, 2015 * WebLogic Server 12cR1 (12.1.3) - June 26, 2014 * WebLogic Server 12cR1 (12.1.2) - July 11, 2013 * WebLogic Server 12cR1 (12.1.1) - Dec 1, 2011 * WebLogic Server 11gR1 (10.3.6) - February 26, 2012 * WebLogic Server 11gR1 (10.3.5) - May 16, 2011 * WebLogic Server 11gR1 (10.3.4) - January 15, 2011 * WebLogic Server 11gR1 (10.3.3) - April 2010 * WebLogic Server 11gR1 (10.3.2) - November 2009 * WebLogic Server 11gR1 (10.3.1) - July 2009 * WebLogic Server 10gR3 (10.3.0) - August 2008 * WebLogic Server 10.0 - March 2007 * WebLogic Server 9.2 * WebLogic Server 9.1 * WebLogic Server 9.0 - November 2006Page 23
/ref> * WebLogic Server 8.1 - 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

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, MySQL Enterprise and other

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-compliant databases. Oracle WebLogic Platform also includes: * Formerly, JRockit, a custom

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(discontinued with some components merged into HotSpot/OpenJDK following Sun acquisition) *

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that includes Commerce Server and Personalization Server * WebLogic Integration * WebLogic Workshop, an Eclipse IDE for

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, SOA and

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s WebLogic Server includes .NET

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and supports the following native integration capabilities: *

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connectivity *

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+ Connectivity * IBM

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connectivity *

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* Native enterprise-grade JMS messaging * WebLogic/

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Connector Oracle WebLogic Server Process Edition also includes

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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 *

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, in-memory caching of frequently used data across multiple servers * Oracle

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* Oracle WebLogic Server Web Services *

Supported open standards

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& BPEL-J *

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* JAAS *

1.3, 1.4, 5, 6, 7 * JPA 1.0, 2.0, 2.1 * JMX and

SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is an Internet Standard protocol for collecting and organizing information about managed devices on IP networks and for modifying that information to change device behaviour. Devices that typically ...

* Native support for: **

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UDDI Web Services Discovery provides access to software systems over the Internet using standard protocols. In the most basic scenario there is a ''Web Service Provider'' that publishes a service and a ''Web Service Consumer'' that uses this service. ...

** WSDL **

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and

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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.

References

Bibliography

External links

WebLogic Server at Oracle.com
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