Contents

Title and Copyright Information

Preface

• Documentation Accessibility
• Conventions

1 Introduction

• Product Overview
• Programming Models
• High Availability
• Diagnostic Framework
• Security
• Client Options
• Integration with Oracle WebLogic Suite
• Integration with Other Systems
• Integration with Web Servers
• WebLogic Server API Examples and Sample Application
• Upgrade

2 System Administration

• Overview of WebLogic Server System Administration
• Choosing the Appropriate Technology for Your Administrative Tasks
• Summary of System Administration Tools and APIs
• Roadmap for Administering the WebLogic Server System

3 Overview of the Administration Console

• About the Administration Console
  • Administration Console Online Help
  • Console Errors
• Starting the Administration Console
  • Enabling the Administration Console
• Elements of the Administration Console
  • Change Center
  • Domain Structure
  • How do I...
  • Tool Bar
  • Breadcrumb Navigation
  • System Status
• Using the Change Center
  • Undoing Changes
  • Releasing the Configuration Lock
  • How Change Management Works
  • Dynamic and Non-Dynamic Changes
  • Viewing Changes

4 WebLogic Server Domains

• Understanding Domains
• Organizing Domains
• Contents of a Domain
  • Administration Server
  • Managed Servers and Managed Server Clusters
  • Resources and Services
• Roadmap for Understanding WebLogic Server Domains

5 WebLogic Server Clustering

• Overview of WebLogic Server Clusters
• Relationship Between Clusters and Domains
• Benefits of Clustering
• Key Capabilities of Clusters
• Objects That Can Be Clustered
• Objects That Cannot Be Clustered
• Roadmap for Clustering in WebLogic Server

6 Developing Applications in WebLogic Server

• WebLogic Server and the Java EE Platform
• Overview of Java EE Applications and Modules
• Roadmap for Developing Applications in WebLogic Server

7 Deploying Applications in WebLogic Server

• Overview of the Deployment Process
• Java EE 6 Deployment Implementation
• Fast Track Deployment Guide
  • Java EE Deployment
    • Auto-Deployment
    • Deploying Multiple Applications
  • System Administrator Tools
  • JSP/HTML Deployment
• Roadmap for Deploying Applications in WebLogic Server

8 WebLogic Server Data Sources

• Understanding JDBC Data Sources
• Understanding Generic Data Sources
• Understanding GridLink Data Sources
• Understanding JDBC Multi Data Sources
• Roadmap for WebLogic Server Data Sources

9 WebLogic Server Messaging

• Overview of JMS and WebLogic Server
• Java Message Service
  • WebLogic JMS Architecture and Environment
• Roadmap for WebLogic Server Messaging

10 Understanding WebLogic Server Security

• Java EE 6 Security Feature Support in WebLogic Server
• Overview of the WebLogic Server Security Service
• WebLogic Server Security Service Architecture
  • WebLogic Security Framework
  • Single Sign-on with the WebLogic Server Security Framework
  • SAML Token Profile Support in WebLogic Web Services
  • The Security Service Provider Interfaces (SSPIs)
  • WebLogic Security Providers
• Managing WebLogic Server Security
  • Security Realms
  • Security Policies
• Oracle Platform Security Services (OPSS)
• Roadmap for Securing WebLogic Server

11 WebLogic Server Web Services

• Overview of Web Services
• Anatomy of a Web Service
• Web Service Standards
• Roadmap for Web Services

12 Enterprise JavaBeans (EJBs)

• Understanding EJBs
  • EJB Documentation in WebLogic Server
  • Additional EJB Information
  • Session EJBs Implement Business Logic
    • Stateful Session Beans
    • Stateless Session Beans
    • Singleton Session Beans
  • Message-Driven Beans Implement Loosely Coupled Business Logic
• EJB Anatomy and Environment
  • EJB Components
  • The EJB Container
  • Embeddable EJB Container
  • EJB Metadata Annotations
  • Optional EJB Deployment Descriptors
• EJBs Clients and Communications
  • Accessing EJBs
  • EJB Communications
• Securing EJBs
• Roadmap for EJBs in WebLogic Server

13 Monitoring, Diagnosing, and Troubleshooting

• WebLogic Server Diagnostics Framework
• Logging Services
• SNMP Support
• Custom JMX Applications
• Java EE Management APIs
• Roadmap for Monitoring, Diagnosing, and Troubleshooting in WebLogic Server

14 Sample Application and Code Examples

• Java EE 6 Examples
• Additional API Examples
• Avitek Medical Records
• Derby Open-Source Database

15 WebLogic Server Compatibility

• Java EE 6 Compatibility
• Generated Classes Compatibility
• Compatibility Within a Domain
• Persistent Data Compatibility
• API Compatibility
• Protocol Compatibility