Summary of Supported Upgrade Starting Points for Oracle SOA Suite, WebCenter, and ADF

2-2 Oracle Fusion Middleware Upgrade Guide for Oracle SOA Suite, WebCenter, and ADF

2.2 Information for Oracle SOA Suite 10g Release 2 10.1.2 Users

If you are using Oracle BPEL Process Manager or Oracle BAM 10g Release 2 10.1.2, then you must first migrate your projects to 10g Release 3 10.1.3 before upgrading to Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g. For more information on migrating from Oracle BPEL Process Manager 10g Release 2 10.1.2 to 10g Release 3 10.1.3, see: ■ Oracle BPEL Process Manager Migration in the 10g Release 3 10.1.3.1 Oracle BPEL Process Manager Installation Guide ■ Migrating Workflow Definitions from 10.1.2 to 10.1.3.1 in the 10g Release 3 10.1.3.1 Oracle BPEL Process Manager Developers Guide 3 Oracle SOA Suite, WebCenter, and ADF Information for 10g Users 3-1 3 Oracle SOA Suite, WebCenter, and ADF Information for 10g Users This chapter provides an overview of the Oracle SOA Suite, WebCenter, and ADF software available in Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g. The following sections compare the architecture and directory structure of these technologies in 10g Release 3 10.1.3 and in Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g: ■ Information for Oracle ADF Users ■ Information for Oracle SOA Suite Users ■ Information for Oracle WebCenter Users

3.1 Information for Oracle ADF Users

In Oracle Application Server 10g Release 3 10.1.3, Oracle provided the Oracle Application Development Framework ADF, an end-to-end application framework that builds on Java EE standards and open-source technologies to simplify and accelerate implementing service-oriented applications. The development and runtime environment required to deploy and manage ADF applications is similar in many ways to the environment required for other Java EE applications. For information about the types of Java EE environments available in 10g and instructions for upgrading those environments to Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g, refer to the Oracle Fusion Middleware Upgrade Guide for Java EE. The difference between a typical Java EE environment and an environment that supports ADF applications is the availability of the ADF runtime libraries: ■ In Oracle Application Server 10g, each instance of OC4J automatically provided the ADF runtime libraries required to support ADF applications. ■ In Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g, an Oracle WebLogic Server domain, by default, does not contain the ADF runtime libraries. However, you can optionally configure or extend your domain to include the Java Runtime Files JRF. The Oracle ADF runtime libraries are included as part of the JRF component. Figure 3–1 compares how Oracle ADF applications are supported in OC4J and in Oracle WebLogic Server. Note that the Oracle WebLogic Server domain can be extended with the Java Runtime Files JRF domain template, which includes the required Oracle ADF libraries, as well as other important Oracle-specific technologies.