BEA WebLogic
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| BEA WebLogic | |
 BEA WebLogic |
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| Developer: | BEA Systems |
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| Latest release: | 9.2 / June, 2006 |
| OS: | Cross-platform |
| Use: | Application server |
| License: | Proprietary |
| Website: | www.bea.com |
Owned by BEA Systems, BEA WebLogic is a J2EE application server and also an HTTP web server for Unix, Linux, Microsoft Windows, and other platforms.
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[edit] History
WebLogic, Inc., was founded by Paul Ambrose, Bob Pasker, Laurie Pitman, and Carl Resnikoff, in September, 1995.
Up until then, Paul and Carl had been developing (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. An old dbKona/An T3 Usenet posting. This was the WebLogic 1.48 server, and was called T3Server (a bastardization of 3-Tier Server).
Concurrently, Laurie and Bob had been working on network management tools in Java. Bob had written a SNMP stack in Java and a W32 native method for ICMP ping, while Laurie worked on applets to display the management data.
One of the hidden features of the 1.48 server version was the ability to extend it by modifying a dispatcher and adding a handler for different types of messages. Bob talked Paul into sending him the source code for the server, and Bob 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 was eventually to be called the Application Server.
[edit] Capabilities
BEA WebLogic Server is part of the BEA WebLogic Platform and supports Oracle, DB2, Microsoft SQL Server, and other JDBC-compliant databases. The other parts of WebLogic Platform are:
- Portal which includes Commerce Server and Personalization Server
- WebLogic Integration
- WebLogic Workshop, an IDE for Java
- JRockit, a JVM for Intel CPUs.
WebLogic Server includes .NET interoperability and supports the following native integration capabilities:
- Native enterprise-grade JMS messaging
- Java EE Connector Architecture
- WebLogic/Tuxedo Connector
- COM+ Connectivity
- CORBA connectivity
- IBM WebSphere MQ connectivity
BEA WebLogic Server Process Edition also includes Business Process Management and Data Mapping functionality. WebLogic supports security policies managed by Security Administrators. The BEA WebLogic Server Security Model includes:
- Separate application business logic from security code
- Complete scope of security coverage for all J2EE and non-J2EE components
