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6 Apache CXF and
Oracle WebLogicServer
Objectives
After completing this chapter, you should be able to:
1.
Understand the fundamentals of Oracle WebLogic 12
2.
Create a basic WebLogic domain
3.
Start an Administration Server
4.
Use WebLogic to deploy a CXF WS application on the server
5.
Test Web Service using a WebLogic Console
In this chapter, we take the same Web application - cxf-ws.war - and deploy it on a We-
bLogic Server version 12.
6.1 Oracle WebLogic Server 12
Oracle WebLogic Server (WLS) is also known as the 'Oracle Fusion Middleware. The latest
release of WLS is 12.1.1. Oracle WLS is an industrial-strength enterprise-ready Java
platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE) application server. It is the foundation for building
Service-oriented Architectures (SOA) applications using Oracle software products.
Oracle WLS implements complete JEE 6 specification and provide a set of APIs for creating
a variety of services: databases, messaging, and connections to external systems. Oracle WLS
provides an environment capable of deploying mission-critical applications that are robust,
secure, highly available and scalable.
Major advantages of using Oracle WLS are briefly described in the following sections:
6.1.1 Programming Modles
Oracle WLS comes with a set of tools that enable the following capabilities:
