Oracle WebLogic Server

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Oracle WebLogic Server
Developer(s) Oracle Corporation
Stable release
14c / 30 March 2020;2 years ago (2020-03-30) [1]
Written in Java
Operating system Cross-platform
Type Application server
License Proprietary
Website oracle.com

Oracle WebLogic Server is a Java EE application server currently developed by Oracle Corporation. Oracle acquired WebLogic Server when it purchased BEA Systems in 2008.

Contents

Application Server versions

Capabilities

Oracle WebLogic Server forms part of Oracle Fusion Middleware portfolio and supports Oracle, IBM 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: [26]

Supported open standards

Standards support by version

The table below lists major standards supported by WebLogic Server product version.

StandardWLS 6.1WLS 7.0WLS 8.1WLS 9.0WLS 10.0WLS 10gR3WLS 11gR1WLS 12cR1WLS 12cR2WLS 14c
Java1.31.31.45566 (7 only for 10.3.6)7 (8 only for 12.1.3)811 (and 8)
Java EE1.31.31.31.4555678
Servlet 2.2 & 2.32.2 & 2.32.32.42.52.52.53.03.14.0
JSF-----1.2 & 2.02.02.12.22.3
JSP1.21.21.22.02.12.12.12.22.32.3
EJB1.1 & 2.02.02.02.13.03.03.03.13.23.2
JDBC2.02.02.03.03.03.04.04.04.04.3
JPA? ? ? ? ? ?1.0 & 2.0 [28] 2.12.12.2

WebLogic Server 10.3 (10.3.4 /PS3 onwards) supports some Java EE 6 libraries.

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