Applying patch to embedded OC4J

Question

Hi,
On the 18th of October, Oracle released a patch numbered "5608209" for OC4J. One of the bugs it fixes is "5604102", which renders the WebWork framework almost useless on 10.1.3.
Now, my question is, is there an equivalent patch that can be installed on JDeveloper to fix that issue in the embedded OC4J that comes along with JDeveloper 10.1.3?
Thanks

Answer 1

Hi Tarek,
I was in the same situation as you are. I asked for help on MetaLink and they replied with a few command prompt lines, which worked. However, I needed to have a generic way of installing any patch to any OC4J installation (JDeveloper embedded, standalone or OracleAS), so I wrote a batch script to do the work.
I've changed it slightly since the patch you mentioned has slightly different contents to the ones I've had previously.
Save the text below as orapatch.bat, then run it from the command prompt (where you saved the batch file) with the command: orapatch <patch path> <oc4j path> <backup dir>
Where <patch path> is the absolute or relative path to the unzipped patch folder (something like C:\Patches\5608209),
<oc4j path> is the absolute or relative path to the OC4J installation (e.g. "C:\Program Files\JDeveloper")
and <backup dir> is the name of the directory you want to store the backup files (e.g. "JDeveloper Backup")
@echo off
:: Installer for Oracle Patches
:: Parameters:
:: <patch path> The absolute or relative path to the patch folder
:: <oc4j path> The absolute or relative path to an oc4j instance
:: <backup dir> The directory name to store the backups
:: e.g. orapatch C:\1234567 "C:\Program Files\JDeveloper" JDeveloper
:: or D:\7654321 D:\oc4j "Standalone OC4J"
:initial
if "%~3"=="" goto useerror
set PATCH_DIR=%~f1
set OC4J_DIR=%~f2
set BACKUP_DIR=%~3
if not exist "%PATCH_DIR%" goto patherror2
if not exist "%PATCH_DIR%\files\j2ee\home\" goto patherror2
if not exist "%OC4J_DIR%" goto patherror
if not exist "%OC4J_DIR%\j2ee\home\lib" goto patherror
if not exist "%PATCH_DIR%\backup" md "%PATCH_DIR%\backup"
if not exist "%PATCH_DIR%\backup\%BACKUP_DIR%" md "%PATCH_DIR%\backup\%BACKUP_DIR%"
if not exist "%PATCH_DIR%\temp" md "%PATCH_DIR%\temp"
set TEMP_DIR=%PATCH_DIR%\temp
if not exist "%PATCH_DIR%\files\j2ee\home\lib\oc4j-internal.jar" goto client
echo Patching oc4j-internal.jar
copy "%OC4J_DIR%\j2ee\home\lib\oc4j-internal.jar" "%TEMP_DIR%\oc4j-internal.jar" > NUL
jar -ufv0 "%TEMP_DIR%\oc4j-internal.jar" -C "%PATCH_DIR%\files\j2ee\home\lib\oc4j-internal.jar" .
copy "%OC4J_DIR%\j2ee\home\lib\oc4j-internal.jar" "%PATCH_DIR%\backup\%BACKUP_DIR%\oc4j-internal.jar.original" > NUL
copy "%TEMP_DIR%\oc4j-internal.jar" "%OC4J_DIR%\j2ee\home\lib" > NUL
:client
if not exist "%PATCH_DIR%\files\j2ee\home\oc4jclient.jar" goto finish
echo.
echo Patching oc4jclient.jar
copy "%OC4J_DIR%\j2ee\home\oc4jclient.jar" "%TEMP_DIR%\oc4jclient.jar" > NUL
jar -ufv0 "%TEMP_DIR%\oc4jclient.jar" -C "%PATCH_DIR%\files\j2ee\home\oc4jclient.jar" .
copy "%OC4J_DIR%\j2ee\home\oc4jclient.jar" "%PATCH_DIR%\backup\%BACKUP_DIR%\oc4jclient.jar.original" > NUL
copy "%TEMP_DIR%\oc4jclient.jar" "%OC4J_DIR%\j2ee\home" > NUL
goto finish
:finish
echo.
echo OC4J installation at %OC4J_DIR% patched.
echo Backed up files stored in %PATCH_DIR%\backup\%BACKUP_DIR%.
rd /S /Q "%TEMP_DIR%"
set PATCH_DIR=
set OC4J_DIR=
set BACKUP_DIR=
set TEMP_DIR=
goto done
:useerror
echo Usage: orapatch ^<patch path^> ^<oc4j path^> ^<backup dir^>
echo.
echo e.g. orapatch C:\Patches\7654321 C:\JDeveloper JDeveloper
goto done
:patherror
echo Specified path (%OC4J_DIR%) is not an OC4J installation.
goto done
:patherror2
echo Specified path (%PATCH_DIR%) is not an Oracle patch.
goto done
:doneMessage was edited by:
DominionSpy
Corrected script bugs (%PATCH_DIR_FULL% -> %PATCH_DIR% and rm -> rd)