OEPE 1.6 - Oracle WebLogic Server 11gR1 PatchSet 3 requres WLS 10.3.4

Question

Hi!
Anyone knowing when Weblogic Server 10.3.4 is planed GA
Borre

Answer 1

Borre,
See the recent OTN post from 20110115 detailing the latest release of Oracle WebLogic Server and some retesting of the previous issues related to JSR-317 JPA 2.0 support below.
Re: Deploy Hibernate based EAR file on Weblogic 10.3.3?
The latest release of Oracle WebLogic Server has been available on OTN at the following location since 20110115.
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/middleware/weblogic/downloads/wls-main-097127.html
This release provides support for JSR-317 JPA 2.0 container managed applications using the QWG8 patch or a manual prepending classpath change.
In 10.3.3.0 you were required to use the FilteringClassLoader via the *<wls:prefer-application-packages>* addition to your application managed persistence unit - this workaround as well as the persistence.xml renaming one is now fully deprecated and not required in 10.3.4.0 for both application and container managed persistence contexts.
As of 20110115 the 5 outstanding issues below look to be fixed by applying the http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E17904_01/web.1111/e13720/using_toplink.htm#EJBAD1309 patch for QWG8 or manually prepending to the WebLogic 10.3.4.0 server classpath.
commEnv.cmd: line 67
@rem Set BEA Home
set BEA_HOME=C:\opt\wls1034r20110115
@rem Enable JPA 2.0 functionality on WebLogic Server 10.3.4 with the following patch line for commEnv.cmd:67
set PRE_CLASSPATH=%BEA_HOME%\modules\javax.persistence_1.0.0.0_2-0-0.jar;%BEA_HOME%\modules\com.oracle.jpa2support_1.0.0.0_2-0.jar
A JPA 2.0 EE application using EclipseLink as the JPA2 persistence provider on WebLogic is detailed in the analysis section below1) JPA 2.0 XSD parsing - verified
2) New JPA 2.0 schema elements like <shared-cache-mode>NONE</shared-cache-mode> - verified
3) JPA 2.0 runtime API like a entityManager.getMetamodel(); call on the Servlet or Stateless session bean - verified
4) JPA 2.0 weaving/instrumentation - this will require a more detailed lazy model and more debugging to fully verify
5) Dependency Injection of a container managed JPA 2.0 entityManager on a EJB component like a stateless session bean - verified
http://wiki.eclipse.org/EclipseLink/Development/JPA_2.0/weblogic#Enabling_JPA2_support
OTN downloadhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/middleware/weblogic/downloads/wls-main-097127.html
Patching
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E18476_01/doc.220/e18480/weblogicchap.htm
Documentationhttp://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E17904_01/web.1111/e13852/toc.htm
Supported Oracle WebLogic Server Versionshttp://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E15315_06/help/oracle.eclipse.tools.weblogic.doc/html/SupportedServerVersions.html
TopLink JPA 2.0 Specific documentation/patchinghttp://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E17904_01/web.1111/e13720/using_toplink.htm#EJBAD1309
EclipseLink Wiki: JPA 2.0 using EclipseLink on WebLogic analysis (XSD, Weaving, DI of @PersistenceContext)http://wiki.eclipse.org/EclipseLink/Development/JPA_2.0/weblogic#Enabling_JPA2_support
thank you
/Michael O'Brien
http://www.eclipselink.org