Release Notes

      

What's New in WebLogic Server

Administration Console

 

New Look and Feel

 

New Console Configuration Features

Optional Domain Locking via the Change Center

On-Demand Deployment

Optional Confirmation Pages

 

Configuration Search

 

Improved Performance and Behavior

 

New and Updated Console Pages

Security Configuration

Server Control

Migration

Web Services

Console Extension Management

Spring Applications

 

Changes to Core Console Extensions

 

Changes and Enhancements for Developing Console Extensions

Portal Look and Feel Specifics

New Sample Look and Feel Files

Miscellaneous Console Extension Updates

Providing Online Help for an Extension

Core Server

 

Sun JDK 1.6 Support

 

WebLogic JarBuilder Enhancements

Deployment

 

FastSwap Deployment

 

On-demand Deployment

 

Generic Overrides

Diagnostics

 

Harvester Enhancements

Harvesting of nested complex attributes and collections

ObjectName Pattern Matching

Harvesting from the DomainRuntime MBeanServer

 

Watch Enhancements

Complex Attribute Support

Wildcard Support

Name ofspace Support

Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB), Version 3.0

 

Management Configuration

 

Persistence Configuration

 

Integration of kodoc into appc

 

WebLogic Kodo MBeans

 

WebLogic Kodo Annotations

 

Dynamic Descriptor Elements

Guardian

Installer

 

Fine-Grained Installation Options

 

Net Installer

 

Lightweight Runtime with Optional Service Startup

JDBC

 

JDBC 4.0 Support

 

Updated WebLogic Type 4 JDBC Drivers

Changes for All Drivers

Changes for the DB2 Driver

Changes for the Informix Driver

Changes for the Oracle Driver

Changes for the SQL Server Driver

Changes for the Sybase Driver

 

Oracle 11g RAC Support

Logging

Messaging

 

Automatic Migration of Messaging/JMS-Related Services

 

WebLogic JMS .NET Client

Migration and Clustering

Security

 

SAML 2.0 and SAML Token Profile 1.1 Support

SAML 2.0 Components

SAML 2.0 security providers

SAML 2.0 Single Sign-On Services

Web Services Security SAML Token Profile 1.1

 

RDBMS Security Store

Supported RDBMS Systems

RDBMS Security Store Configuration

Use of RDBMS Security Store with SAML 2.0 Services

 

Password Validation Provider

Spring

 

Spring extension DI and AOP for WLS

 

Spring Console

 

WebLogic Spring Security Integration

Web Applications, Servlets, and JSPs

 

HTTP Publish-Subscribe Server

 

WLS Servlet Container Debugging Enhancements

Disabling Access Logging

Debugging a Specific Session

Tracking Request Handle Footprint

 

Application Container Enhancements

Version-independent Namespace

Comprehensive Deployment Descriptor View

External Diagnostics Descriptor

WebLogic Descriptor Modularization

 

Performance Enhancements

Allowing Administration Channel Traffic

Disabling Access Logging

Using HTML Template Compression

Optimizing JSP Expressions

Improved File Session Performance

 

Removed Servlet Features

Web Services

 

Web Service Standards

 

JAX-WS Enhancements

 

WS-ReliableMessaging Enhancements

 

Smart Policy Selection

 

WS-Security Enhancements

Version Independent Policy

Optional Policy Assertion

Element-Level Security

SAML Token Profile

 

XML Catalog Support

 

Improved Interoperability With Microsoft Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) 3.0

 

WebLogic Web Services Documentation Set

WLST

WebLogic Tuxedo Connector

Workshop

Deprecated Functionality

 

WebLogic Server Java Utilities

 

Oracle Type 4 JDBC Driver

 

Deployment

 

OpenJPA

OpenJPAEntityManager

Standards Support


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