Which Companion Version for WebCenter Extensions in JDeveloper 11.1.1.5

Question

My firm is using SOA Suite 11.1.1.5 for a variety of services which requires JDeveloper Studio 11.1.1.5. However, my firm also develops applications using ADF / WebCenter (currently 11.1.1.4, soon to be 11.1.1.6). While trying to experiment with a simple WebCenter application in JDeveloper and run a simple one-page test using the Integrated WebLogic domain within JDeveloper, the script used to "extend" that integrated WebLogic domain fails to execute successfully, stating extension JAR oracle.wc_adrs_template_11.1.1.jar is missing.
That JAR is provided by the WebCenter Suite JDeveloper Extension which is provided as part of the "Fusion Middleware Companion". I went to http://edelivery.oracle.com, drilled into Fusion Middleware 11g for my platform (Linux x86-64) then selected the 11.1.1.5 version of the "Companion". (I also downloaded the 11.1.1.6 version as well, more on that in a second...)
I unzipped the archive of the 11.1.1.5 companion, drilled into the Disk1/SmartUpgrade directory, then unzipped the WLsmartupgrade.zip archive, then copied jdeveloper_smartupgrade.zip to a folder on my Windows Vista machine used to run JDeveloper. I then started JDeveloper, went to Help | Check for Updates... then chose "Install from Local File" as the source and browsed to the location of the jdeveloper_smartupgrade.zip file and selected it.
The following compatibility errors were displayed:
Extension Required Version Installed
oracle.toplink min=11.1.1.1.0, max=11.1.1.4.99 11.1.1.5.37.60.13
oracle.jdeveloper min=11.1.1.1.0, max=11.1.1.4.99 11.1.1.5.37.60.13
Ooooooookay, so how about the 11.1.1.6 "companion"? I unpacked that archive, extracted its version of jdeveloper_smartupgrade.zip to a directory, then attempted to load that patch within JDeveloper 11.1.1.5 and encountered the following compatibility errors:
Extension Required Version Installed
oracle.toplink min=11.1.2.0, max=11.1.2.99 11.1.1.5.37.60.13
oracle.jdeveloper min=11.1.2.0, max=11.1.2.99 11.1.1.5.37.60.13
In short, the "companion" content labeled 11.1.1.5 requires extension versions TOO LOW for the default extensions installed as part of the 11.1.1.5.x build of JDeveloper. The "companion" content labeled 11.1.1.6 requires extension versions TOO HIGH for the default extensions installed as part of the 11.1.1.5.x build of JDeveloper.
Is there some other patch file somewhere that is compatible with the 11.1.1.5.37.60.13 versions of these other extensions? Again, it is NOT clear to me that upgrading JDeveloper from 11.1.1.5 to a newer version will maintain compatibility with the existing SOA Suite infrastructure I also need to interact with.
Thanks.

Answer 1

Thanks for your answer.
My Requirements are:
1) Develope a stand alone ADF FACES(JSF 2.0) application
2) Develope a Portal using webcenter- We need to implement portlets by taking some of the functonality that was implemented in section (1) and use the Portlet-JSF bridge to create the portlets.
Basically, we need to support JSF 2.0 standart.
As I understood I must use the JDeveloper 11.1.2 version as it support the JSF 2.0. but what about the Webcenter and the Portlet-JSF bridge to support JSF 2.0 ?
I will be happy to get a clarification for those requirments.
Thanks a lot !
Eli