1 Introduction and Roadmap

Document Scope and Audience

This document is a resource for:

• Software developers who want to understand the WebLogic Deployment API. This API adheres to the specifications described in the J2EE Deployment API standard (JSR-88, see http://java.sun.com/j2ee/tools/deployment/index.jsp) and extends the interfaces provided by that standard.

• Developers and Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) who want to perform deployment operations programmatically for WebLogic Server applications.

• System architects who are evaluating WebLogic Server or considering the use of the WebLogic Deployment API.

• Design, development, test, and pre-production phases of a software project. It does not directly address production phase administration, monitoring, or tuning application performance with the WebLogic Deployment API. The deployment API includes utilities to make software updates during production but it mirrors the functionality of the deployment tools already available.

This guide emphasizes:

• Value-added features of the WebLogic Deployment API.

• How to manage application deployment using the WebLogic Deployment API.

It is assumed that the reader is familiar with J2EE concepts, the J2EE Deployment API standard (JSR-88) at http://www.jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=088, the Java programming language, Enterprise Java Beans (EJBs), and Web technologies.

Guide to This Document

• This chapter, Chapter 1, "Introduction and Roadmap," describes the organization and scope of this guide.

• Chapter 2, "Understanding the WebLogic Deployment API," describes the packages, interfaces, and classes of the API. This section also includes information on extensions to the J2EE Deployment API standard (JSR-88, see http://java.sun.com/j2ee/tools/deployment/index.jsp), utilities, helper classes, and new concepts for WebLogic Server deployment.

• Chapter 3, "Configuring Applications for Deployment," describes the process of preparing an application or deployable resource for deployment to WebLogic Server.

• Chapter 4, "Performing Deployment Operations," provides information on the deployment life cycle and controls for a deployed application.

Related Documentation

For additional information about deploying applications and modules to WebLogic Server, see these documents:

• Developing Applications for Oracle WebLogic Server describes how to deploy applications during development using the wldeploy Ant task, and provides information about the WebLogic Server deployment descriptor for enterprise applications.

• The WebLogic Server J2EE programming guides describe the J2EE and WebLogic Server deployment descriptors used with each J2EE application and module:

  • Developing Web Applications, Servlets, and JSPs for Oracle WebLogic Server

  • Programming WebLogic Enterprise JavaBeans for Oracle WebLogic Server

  • Programming Resource Adapters for Oracle WebLogic Server

  • Getting Started With JAX-WS Web Services for Oracle WebLogic Server

  • Deploying Applications to Oracle WebLogic Server

• Programming JDBC for Oracle WebLogic Server describes the XML deployment descriptors for JDBC application modules.

• Programming JMS for Oracle WebLogic Server describes the XML deployment descriptors for JMS application modules.

New and Changed Features in This Release

For a comprehensive listing of the new WebLogic Server features introduced in this release, see What's New in Oracle WebLogic Server.