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Introduction and Roadmap 1-1
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Introduction and Roadmap
WebLogic Server supports the open source Spring projects when they are used in Java EE applications. This document describes the Spring features that WebLogic supports
for use inside Java EE applications. WebLogic Server does not support any commercial products by SpringSource.
The following sections describe the contents and organization of this guide - Spring Support in Oracle WebLogic Server.
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Section 1.1, Document Scope and Audience
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Section 1.2, Guide to This Document
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Section 1.3, Related Documentation
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Section 1.4, Examples for Spring Application Development
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Section 1.6, New and Changed Features in This Release
1.1 Document Scope and Audience
This document is written for developers who develop Spring applications and for administrators who configure and monitor those applications.
It is assumed that the reader is familiar with WebLogic Server and J2EE application development.
1.2 Guide to This Document
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This section, Chapter 1, Introduction and Roadmap,
introduces the organization of this guide.
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Chapter 2, Simplified Configuration for Spring Applications, discusses the
preconfigured MBeans that you can use for dependency injection, with no special configuration required.
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Chapter 3, WebLogic Spring Security Integration, tells how to use the Spring
security framework with the WebLogic Server security framework.
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Chapter 4, Spring Console Extension in WebLogic Server, tells how to enable the
Spring extension to the WebLogic Server Administration Console.
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Chapter 5, Using WebLogic Server Clustering, tells how to take advantage of
WebLogic Server clustering for Spring applications.
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Chapter 6, Spring Dependency Injection Extension to WebLogic Server, tells how
to enable Spring support in WebLogic Server.
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Chapter 7, Developing Spring-Based Applications for Oracle WebLogic Server, provides examples of how to develop Spring applications for WebLogic Server.
1.3 Related Documentation
For Spring documentation and other information about the Spring Framework, see http:www.springsource.com
. For comprehensive guidelines for developing, deploying, and monitoring WebLogic
Server applications, see the following documents:
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Developing Applications for Oracle WebLogic Server is a guide to developing WebLogic Server applications.
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Deploying Applications to Oracle WebLogic Server is the primary source of information about deploying WebLogic Server applications.
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Performance and Tuning for Oracle WebLogic Server contains information on monitoring and improving the performance of WebLogic Server applications.
1.4 Examples for Spring Application Development
