Oracle WebLogic Server

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.

Oracle WebLogic Server
Developer(s)	Oracle Corporation
Stable release	14c / 30 March 2020; 5 years ago (2020-03-30)[1]
Written in	Java
Operating system	Cross-platform
Type	Application server
License	Proprietary
Website	oracle.com

Application Server versions

• WebLogic Server 14c (14.1.2) - December 20, 2024 ^[2]
• WebLogic Server 14c (14.1.1) - March 30, 2020 ^[1]
• WebLogic Server 12cR2 (12.2.1.4) - September 27, 2019 ^[3][4]
• WebLogic Server 12cR2 (12.2.1.3) - August 30, 2017 ^[5]
• WebLogic Server 12cR2 (12.2.1.2) - October 19, 2016 ^[6]
• WebLogic Server 12cR2 (12.2.1.1) - June 21, 2016 ^[7]
• WebLogic Server 12cR2 (12.2.1.0) - October 23, 2015^[8]
• WebLogic Server 12cR1 (12.1.3) - June 26, 2014^[9]
• WebLogic Server 12cR1 (12.1.2) - July 11, 2013^[10]
• WebLogic Server 12cR1 (12.1.1) - Dec 1, 2011^[11]
• WebLogic Server 11gR1 (10.3.6) - February 26, 2012^[12]
• WebLogic Server 11gR1 (10.3.5) - May 16, 2011^[13]
• WebLogic Server 11gR1 (10.3.4) - January 15, 2011
• WebLogic Server 11gR1 (10.3.3) - April 2010^[14]
• WebLogic Server 11gR1 (10.3.2) - November 2009
• WebLogic Server 11gR1 (10.3.1) - July 2009
• WebLogic Server 10gR3 (10.3.0) - August 2008^[15][16]
• WebLogic Server 10.0 - March 2007^[17]
• WebLogic Server 9.2
• WebLogic Server 9.1
• WebLogic Server 9.0 - November 2006^[18]
• WebLogic Server 8.1 - July 2003^[18]
• WebLogic Server 7.0 - June 2002^[19]
• WebLogic Server 6.1
• WebLogic Server 6.0 - file date March 2001 on an old CD^[20]
• WebLogic Server 5.1 (code name: Denali) First version supporting hot deployment for applications (via command line)
• WebLogic Server 4.0 - May 1999^[21]
• WebLogic Tengah 3.1 - June 1998^[22]
• WebLogic Tengah 3.0.1 - March 1998^[23]
• WebLogic Tengah 3.0 - January 1998^[24]
• WebLogic Tengah - November 1997^[25]

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:

• Formerly, JRockit, a custom JVM (discontinued with some components merged into HotSpot/OpenJDK following Sun acquisition)^[26]
• Portal that includes Commerce Server and Personalization Server
• WebLogic Integration
• WebLogic Workshop, an Eclipse IDE for Java, SOA and Rich Internet Applications

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:^[27]

• Enterprise Grid Messaging
• JMS Messaging Standard
• JRockit
• Oracle Coherence, in-memory caching of frequently used data across multiple servers^[28]
• Oracle TopLink
• Oracle WebLogic Server Web Services
• Tuxedo

Supported open standards

• BPEL & BPEL-J
• ebXML
• JAAS
• Java EE 1.3, 1.4, 5, 6, 7
• JPA 1.0, 2.0, 2.1
• JMX and SNMP
• Native support for:
  • SOAP
  • UDDI
  • WSDL
  • WSRP
  • WS-Security
• XSLT and XQuery

Standards support by version

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

Standard	WLS 6.1	WLS 7.0	WLS 8.1	WLS 9.0	WLS 10.0	WLS 10gR3	WLS 11gR1	WLS 12cR1	WLS 12cR2	WLS 14c	WLS 14c (14.1.2)
Java	1.3	1.3	1.4	5	5	6	6 (7 only for 10.3.6)	7 (8 only for 12.1.3)	8	11 (and 8)	21 (and 17)
Java EE	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.4	5	5	5	6	7	8	8
Servlet	2.2 & 2.3	2.2 & 2.3	2.3	2.4	2.5	2.5	2.5	3.0	3.1	4.0	4.0
JSF	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 & 2.0	2.0	2.1	2.2	2.3	2.3
JSP	1.2	1.2	1.2	2.0	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.2	2.3	2.3	2.3
EJB	1.1 & 2.0	2.0	2.0	2.1	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.1	3.2	3.2	3.2
JDBC	2.0	2.0	2.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.3	4.3
JPA	?	?	?	?	?	?	1.0 & 2.0[29]	2.1	2.1	2.2	2.2

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

See also

• Computer programming portal

• List of application servers