2 What's New in this Release

This section describes the new and deprecated features in Oracle WebLogic Server.

New Features

To know more about the new and changed functionality in WebLogic Server 12.1.3, see What's New in Oracle WebLogic Server 12.1.3 in Fusion Middleware What's New in Oracle WebLogic Server.

Deprecated Features

The following features are deprecated in Oracle WebLogic Server:

For an additional list of deprecated features, see Deprecated Functionality (WebLogic Server 12c) and Removed Functionality (WebLogic Server 12c) in Oracle® Fusion Middleware What's New in Oracle WebLogic Server.

Administration Console Extensibility is Deprecated

Console extensibility is deprecated as of WebLogic Server 12.1.3 for all platforms. The related documentation, Extending the Administration Console for Oracle WebLogic Server and the Java API Reference for the Oracle WebLogic Server Administration Console, have been removed from the documentation set.

Support for Jersey 1.18 Packages is Deprecated

Support for Jersey 1.18 packages, including the com.sun.jersey package, its nested packages, and the weblogic.jaxrs.api.client package, is deprecated in this release of WebLogic Server.

It is recommended that you update your RESTful client applications to use the Jersey 2.5.1 (JAX-RS 2.0 RI) client APIs at your earliest convenience. For more information, see Developing RESTful Web Service Clients in Oracle Fusion Middleware Developing and Securing RESTful Web Services for Oracle WebLogic Server.

Note:

If you need to secure your RESTful client applications using Oracle Web Services Manager (OWSM) policies, you will not be able to update to the Jersey 2.5.1 (JAX-RS RI) client APIs at this time; this functionality will be supported in a future release.