Oracle WebLogic Server

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:

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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" ). 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

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:

WebLogic Server includes .NET interoperability and supports the following native integration capabilities:

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:

Components

As of 2010, Oracle Corporation regards the following products as "core components" of Oracle WebLogic Server[16]:

Supported open standards

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 WLS 12c
Java 1.3 1.4 5 5 6 7
Java EE 1.3 1.3 1.4 5 5 6

See also

Other Java EE application servers:

References

  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ http://groups.google.com/group/comp.dcom.net-management/msg/3810193bb0296e7a?hl=en&
  3. ^ http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/press/1389773
  4. ^ http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/middleware/weblogic/downloads/wls-main-097127.html
  5. ^ http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/products/ias/htdocs/wls_main.html
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  15. ^ http://web.archive.org/web/19980705013850/www4.weblogic.com/press/110397.html
  16. ^ 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. 
  17. ^ 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." 

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