This document provides descriptive information about WebLogic RFID Edge Server, including:
Use cases and key benefits
Component architecture and functional overview
RFID concepts and terminology
Developer and RFID resources
The intended audience is developers, system administrators, operations staff, support engineers, and other personnel with an interest in WebLogic RFID Edge Server.
Guide to This Document
This document is organized as follows:
This chapter, Introduction and Roadmap, describes the scope of this guide, summarizes new features, and lists related documentation.
Using the Reader Simulator describes how to use the reader simulator software included with RFID Edge Server. The Reader Simulator minimally simulates a ThingMagic Mercury4 RFID reader.
Programming with the ALE and ALEPC APIs describes the Application Level Events (ALE) and Application Level Events Programming Cycle (ALEPC) programming interfaces (APIs) that you use to create applications that interact with WebLogic RFID Edge Server by reading and writing electronic product code (EPC) tags.
RFID Reader Reference describes how to configure the RFID devices supported by the RFID Edge Server.
Workflow Reference describes how to configure and use the workflow modules included with the WebLogic RFID Edge Server.
ALE and ALEPC Javadoc provides reference documentation for the ALE and ALEPC Java packages that are provided with the WebLogic RFID Edge Server software.
New Features in This Release
WebLogic RFID Edge Server includes the following new features:
Support for using the WebLogic JMS Store-and-Forward (SAF) Client feature to reliably send messages to server-side JMS destinations—see Using the WebLogic JMS Store-and-Forward (SAF) Client in Installing WebLogic RFID Edge Server.
Using the WebLogic JMS SAF Client requires a premium license. For more license information, see About BEA Product Licenses in Installing WebLogic RFID Edge Server.
