How WebLogic 12c Can Boost Your Productivity

What WebLogic 12c has to
offer to boost your
productivity
Bruno Borges
Principal Product Management
Java Evangelist

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Investing to Grow Market Leadership
WebLogic Server - #1 Across Conventional and Cloud Environments
Java EE 6,
Java SE 7
HTML5
Best of Breed with
Leading Java
Standards
Optimized for
Engineered Systems
Foundation for Fusion
Middleware & Applications
Oracle Business Applications
Cloud Application
Foundation
Fusion Middleware
Reliability, Availability,
Scalability, Performance and
Density
Multi-Data Center
Infrastructure

Java SE 7: Cleaner, More Maintainable Code
• Oracle WebLogic Server 12c
supports Java SE 7 (and Java SE 6)
• Java language optimizations
• Client and server support
• Internationalization
• SSL/TLS 1.2 in JSSE
• Converged Java VM

Developer Innovation and Productivity
 Certified Java EE 6 and SE 7 Make Development Faster
– Fewer Java Classes, Less Code, Less XML
 With Modern Programming Techniques
– Dependency Injection, Annotations, POJO, REST
 Using Popular Industry Tool Chains
– Maven, Hudson, Eclipse, JDeveloper, NetBeans
New in WebLogic Server 12c
* Based on a Sample POJO/JPA/REST Based Application Built for JavaOne
Lines of Code* Lines of XML*Java Classes*
25%
Less
50%
Less
80%
Less

Deliver Next Generation Applications with a Mission Critical Cloud Platform
• Scale to the Cloud by leveraging built-in integration with Oracle Database 12c
• Efficiently utilize resources for cloud elasticity with dynamic clustering
• Accelerate applications by up to 3X with Exalogic optimizations
Simplify Operations with Native Cloud Management
• Consolidate to a common install, upgrade, and patch provisioning framework
• Reduce complexity with standardized administrative tooling for Coherence, WebLogic and Web Tier
• Drive operational simplicity with elastic Java Messaging Service
Accelerate time to Market with a Modern Development Platform and Integrated Tools
• Increase developer productivity with built-in Maven support for build and lifecycle management
• Unleash your data with JSON-REST services for HTML5
• Develop Highly Responsive Mobile applications with WebSockets
WebLogic Server 12.1.2
#1 Application Server across Conventional and Cloud Environments

Product Updates
What’s in 12c?

WebLogic Server 12.1.2 and Database 12c
Continuous Availability, Performance at Scale, Multi-Tenancy
 WebLogic Server with Database 12c
– WebLogic 10.3.6, 12.1.1 – certification
– WebLogic 12.1.2 - new feature integration
 Continuous Availability capabilities
– Transaction Guard and Application Continuity
 Multi-Tenant Database Support
– Pluggable Databases running in Database Container
 New scalability integration - Middle Tier
Performance at Cloud Scale
– Database Resident Connection Pools
 Multi-Site Availability
– Global Data Services
DBMS Resident
Connection Pool
Multi-Tenant Database
Replay
Read/Write
Based on Transaction
Guard Information
WebLogic
Domain 1
WebLogic
Domain 2
WebLogic
Domain n…100’s
PDB 1 PDB 2 PDB 3 PDB 4

Feature
WLS 10.3.6/12.1.1/12.1.2
WLS
10.3.6/12.1.1
WLS 12.1.2 WLS 10.3.6/12.1.1 WLS 12.1.2
11g drivers
11gR2 DB
11g drivers
12c DB
12c drivers
11gR2 DB
12c drivers
11gR2 DB
12c drivers
12c DB
12c drivers
12c DB
Application Continuity No No No No
Yes
(Active GridLink only,
no XA)
Yes
(Active GridLink and
Generic, no XA)
Multi-Tenant Database No Yes No No Yes Yes
Dynamic switching btw PDBs No No No No No Yes
Database Resident Connection pooling No No No Yes No Yes
Oracle Notification Service (ONS) auto
configuration
No No No No No
Yes
(Active GridLink)
Global Database Services (GDS) No
Yes
(Active GridLink)
No No
Yes
(Active GridLink)
Yes
(Active GridLink)
JDBC 4.1 (using ojdbc7.jar & JDK 7) No No Yes Yes Yes Yes
Most Complete Support in WebLogic 12.1.2

Dynamic Clusters
Simplified Configuration with Scalability and Elasticity
Simplified Initial Cluster Configuration
Server 1
Dynamic Cluster 1
Server 2
Server
Template
Elastic scaling for Cloud Environments
Simplified Operations for Cluster Scale Out
Server 1
Dynamic Cluster 1
Server 2
Server
Template
Server 3 Server 4
Server 5 Server 6
Server 7 Server 8

Exalogic Optimizations - Accelerated JMS
0
10000
20000
30000
40000
Without Compression With Compression
3X
JMSMessages/Sec
JMS
Exalogic Storage
Application
JMS
Exalogic Storage
Application
 Problem: Maximize JMS message processing
performance on Exalogic
 Solution: Compress JMS messages to optimize
I/O intensive processing
 Benefit: Up to 3X throughput increase for JMS
workloads requiring message persistence

WebLogic Server 12.1.2 Install, Patch, Upgrade
 Simplified provisioning across FMW
– Common install, patch, upgrade
– WLS, Coherence, OHS, ADF, FMWC…
 5-digit version: 12.1.2.0.0
– New minor version, not a patchset
 WebLogic and Coherence Distributions
– OUI installers
– WLS zip distro – dev only, not patchable
 Simplified FMW packaging
– “FMW Infrastructure” in one installer
 Opatch for WebLogic 12.1.2.0.0+
– Smart Update for prior WLS releases
Oracle InstallerBEA Installer
Oracle PatchSmart Update
Reconfiguration WizardUpgrade Wizard

Managed Coherence Servers
 Streamlined development and management environment for
distributed applications
 Introduces the Grid Archive (GAR)
– Follows the Java EE model
– Consolidates configuration into a single distributable entity
– Provides Application Isolation & Lifecycle Events
 Coherence remains available “standalone” including support for
GARs
• Leverages WebLogic infrastructure to provide:
– A Coherence container similar to EJB, JMS and JCA
– Management through Configuration Wizard, WebLogic admin console,
WLST, JMX, FMWC
– Deployment of Coherence applications (GARs)
– Node Manager for lifecycle management
– Release and install Coherence libraries on the system classpath (no
need to package in your application)
Managed
Server
Admin
Server
WebLogic Domain
WebLogic
Cluster
Coherence
Client
Managed
Server
Coherence
Client
Managed
Server
WebLogic
Cluster
Coherence
Server
Managed
Server
Coherence
Server
Coherence Cluster

Elastic JMS
 Cluster-targeted JMS Servers
 Cluster-targeted JMS Stores
 Benefits
– JMS enabled on Dynamic Clusters
– Simplified scalability
– Much simpler subdeployments
– Configured clusters supported as well
Dynamic Cluster 1
Server
Template
Scale to “N” Managed Servers
Server 1 Server 2
Server 3 Server 4
JMS JMS
JMS JMS
Target JMS
Resources To Cluster

Development Environment

Lightweight Development with WebLogic Server
 2X-6X download size improvement for
developers
 No installer, unzip and go on
Win/Linux/OSX
 Start an instance with
-Dservertype=wlx
to launch without EJB, JMS, and JCA
containers
 FastSwap greatly reduces project
redeployment requirement when doing
iterative deployment
168mb
318mb
1GB
11g Full Distro 11g Zip Distro 12c Zip Distro

Enable FastSwap
 Follow IDE instructions, or…
 Edit weblogic-application.xml deployment descriptor
 Using FastSwap Deployment to minimize redeployment (WLS 12.1.2)
–bit.ly/fastswap1212
<fast-swap>
<enabled>true</enabled>
</fast-swap>

 New and improved features
 Updated plugin
 Easier repository install
 Archetypes
Apache Maven

Private Repository
Modern Development Platform
Maven Updates in WebLogic Server 12.1.2
Build
Manager
Developers
Compile Deploy Integrate
 Problem
– Develop WebLogic applications using
standard centralized build systems
 Solution
– New Maven plug-ins, POMs and
archetypes for distributed development
 Benefit
– Consistency across development teams
– Efficient use of shared Maven resources
– Use Maven as designed, local developer
installs supported but not required
Product JARs POMs
<project>
<groupId>com.oracle.weblogic</groupId>
<artifactId>webservices</artifactId>
<version>12.1.2</version>
<packaging>jar</packaging>
</project>
Archetypes
<project>
</project>

Modern Development Platform
Maven Updates in WebLogic Server 12.1.2
Build
Manager
Developer
 Run Sync Plugin
– Populates a local or shared repository with
WebLogic jars, POMs, archetypes
– Patch/resync to maintain repository
 Use WebLogic Maven Plugin
– All 12.1.1 goals, plus Web Services goals
– Leverage repository(s) where possible
– Archetypes provided: WebApp, WebApp/EJB,
Web Service, MDB
 Standard approaches
– Use Maven as designed
– Consistency across Fusion Middleware
Shared Private Repository
Product JARs POMs
<project>
</project>
Archetypes
Local Repository
Product JARs POMs
<project>
</project>
Archetypes
Sync
plugin
WebLogic
plugin
Sync
plugin

1 Framework
3 Great Options for IDEs

Java EE 6
Business
Logic
User
Interface
ADF Faces / WebCenterADF Mobile Portlets
HTML 5.0
DesktopWeb Office
AJAXWAP 2.0
Mobile
WebLogic Supports Multi-Channel Deployment
Multi-Channel Development
Single Programming Model, Flexible Rendering Technology

JDeveloper 12c
 Git Integration
 Improved Maven support
 Oracle Team Productivity Center
– Code review, bug templates, rss reader
– HP ALM integration
 Oracle Cloud integration
Lifecycle New Features

JDeveloper Dependency Viewer
Analyze code dependencies across files

ADF 12c New Layout Components
 Springboard
 Drawer
 GridLaout
New components

New ADF Faces Data Visualization Components
 Sunburst
 TimeLine
 Treemap
 New Skin

New ADF Faces Components
 Listview
 Paging table
 Code editor
 Multi-file upload
More components

 WebLogic Server 12.1.2
 Coherence 12.1.2
 Oracle ADF 12.1.2 and ADF
Essentials
 Glassfish 4.0 and Java EE
 Maven Support
What’s new
OEPE – Oracle Enterprise Pack for Eclipse 12c

WebLogic Server 12.1.2 Support
 Supports all versions of WebLogic Server
through 12.1.2
 Run/Deploy/Debug, locally and Remotely
 Shared Libraries Support
 FastSwap
 WebLogic SCA Tools
 WLST Tooling
 Mbean Browser
 Runtime Migration Tools
Updated WebLogic Server Adapter

Oracle ADF 12.1.2 Support
 New Editors for ADF Bindings
 ADF Templates through Facelets
 New code generation patterns for
ADF Rich Faces and DVT
components
 Iteratively Deploy & Debug with
WebLogic Server and Glassfish
Rich design-time tools for Oracle ADF 12.1.2 and ADF Essentials

Oracle Coherence 12.1.2 Support
 Rich Deployment Descriptor Editors
– Form based wizards
– Design time validators
 New tools for Coherence Managed
Servers
– Project wizards for Coherence Grid
Archive(GAR)
– Packaging and Deployment directly
to WebLogic or Coherence Servers
Create, Deploy, and Debug Distributed Cache Applications
Node Manager
Machine
Managed
Server
Node Manager
Machine
Managed
Server
Node Manager
Machine
Admin
Server
WebLogic Domain/Coherence Managed Servers
Cluster
Coherence
App
Coherence
App

OEPE 12c - JAX-RS Support
 New facets and wizards to configure and create REST services
 Content assist and validation for JAX-RS annotations
 Annotations view enhanced for JAX-RS
 WADL Tools
 Create RESTful Java Clients

OEPE 12c - GlassFish and Java EE 7 Support
 Redesigned server plugins for Glassfish 3.x and 4.x
– Iterative deployment and debugging
– Run applications directly from the Eclipse workspace
– Easy access to logs and administrative consoles
 New tools for Java EE 7
– EJB, Servlet, JSF, JAX-WS, JAX-RS, JPA

OEPE 12c - New Tools for Maven
 New Maven Project Wizards
 Support Maven project archetypes
 New Editors for Maven POMs
 Deploy/Debug Maven-based applications with WebLogic Server
 Develop ADF 12c applications with Maven
 Support FMW 12.1.2 Maven Library Management

NetBeans 7.3.1
 Build pure standard Java EE
applications
 Support for HTML5 Applications
 Wizard to create Javascript
apps (Angular.js for example)
 Deploy on WebLogic
 Debug JS on Chrome
Java EE and HTML5

New HTML5 Technologies
Available for 12.1.2

WebSocket Protocol Support
Interactive applications with standard clients
 Problem: Rich application interaction often requires client support
 Solution: Standards-based bi-directional connectivity to HTML5 clients
 Benefit: Enable interactive applications for standard Web/Mobile clients
WebLogic Server
12.1.2
Clients
Web Sockets
StandardHTML5clients
ADF Mobile
Java EE Applications
Proxies
HTTP/S
WebSocket
OTD
Apache

WebSocket and WebLogic Server 12.1.2
• WebLogic Server supports the WebSocket Protocol
• API to develop applications that use WebSockets
• Deploy WAR file containing the WebSocketListener
implementation and application
• Client applications (e.g. Javascript) access server
applications
• Proxy support
• Apache 2.2, 2.4 with Web Server plug-in (TBA)
• Oracle Traffic Director 11g
• Oracle HTTP Server (TBA)
• Update to JSR 356 (Java EE 7) planned for future
version
{JSON}
WebSocket
WebLogic
Server12.1.2

TopLink Data Services
Provide Enterprise Data Access with no Server-Side programming
 Problem: Simplify access to enterprise data sources
 Solution: Auto-generate RESTful interfaces to enterprise data
 Benefit: Client data access and notifications with no server programming
WebLogic Server
JPA
Clients
HTTP/S
JSON/XML
Change
Notification
Database
Standardclients:HTML5,
REST,JSON/XML
ADF Mobile
TopLink Data Services

Oracle TopLink Data Services
Query Example
$.ajax({
url: 'persistence/v1.0/auction/query/User.all',
type : "GET",
timeout: 2000,
success: function(users) {
my_js_app.showUsers(users);
},
error : function(message) {
console.log("Could not retrieve the list of users”);
}
});
Persistence
Unit
Named
Query

TopLink Data Services in 12.1.2
 Easy to configure JSON/XML access via REST to enterprise data sources
 Declarative: No Java SE/EE development required
– Existing JPA apps
 Add TopLink Data Services web fragment to app
 Upon deployment, REST interfaces to entities generated using JAX-RS
– Can also generate mapping file from DB, and expose interfaces based on that
– Supports Oracle DB Notifications
 Multiple Data Sources: Relational, NoSQL, Coherence
 Multiple Clients: HTML5/JS, mobile devices, ADF Mobile
 Leverage all of TopLink’s features including TopLink Grid, etc.

What else? What? What?

Oracle JDK 7 Java Mission Control Support
Capability
Oracle JRockit
JDK6 (R28+)
Oracle JDK 6
Oracle JDK
7u4+
Oracle JDK
7u40 (CY2013)
Host JRMC/JMC
GUI
Y - JRMC Y – JRMC Y - JMC Y - JMC
Binaries with
JMC GUI
Default
Download
None
Special binary
on MOS
Default
Download
WLDF JFR events
and analysis
Y N Y Y
JFR, JMC
convergence –
JVM events
Y N N Y

WebLogic Server Runtime
OSGi Support
• WebLogic Server 12.1.2 will enable use of
OSGi in WebLogic applications
• Makes WebLogic more attractive for OSGi users
• Configure OSGi Framework from Admin tools
• Apache Felix 4.03 is bundled with WebLogic
• Deploy/undeploy bundles
• From inside EAR/WARs, referencing framework
• By placing bundle in osgi-lib directory and starting
framework
• Integrated logging, use of filtering classloader
Bundle Bundle
EAR/WAR osgi-lib
Bundle Bundle

WebLogic Server 10.3.6, 12.1.1, 12.1.2
Which Version Should I Use Starting in July?
 Maximum functionality, capability and value for CAF applications
 Use WebLogic Server 12.1.2
 Maximum Fusion Middleware Support, Error Correction Cycle
 Use WebLogic Server 10.3.6
 Will Oracle support applications being rolled out on 12.1.1
 Yes, absolutely. Error Correction for two years beyond 12.1.2 GA

WebLogic Server and CAF 12.1.2
Innovation and Integration Across the Stack
• HTML5
• Java
• ADF
Clients
ADF Mobile
Proxies
• WebSocket
• CAM for OHS
• Apache 2.4
• Mission Critical Cloud
• Native Cloud Mgmt
• Modern Development
WLS
WebLogic
• Mission Critical Cloud
• Native Cloud Mgmt
• HA Deployment Options
Coherence
• App Continuity
• DRCP
• MDB, GDS

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