1. Create a dynamic Web project by right-clicking the Project Explorer and selecting New > Dynamic Web Project from the drop-down menu. This opens the New Dynamic Web Project dialog, as Figure 1 shows. Complete the dialog as follows:
   
   
   • specify the name for your project;
   
   
   • select Add project to an EAR and provide a new EAR name;
   
   
   • set the target runtime to Oracle WebLogic Server 11gR1 (10.3.2) or later.
   
   
   • set the dynamic Web module version;
   
   
   

   
   
   Figure 1. New Dynamic Web Project Dialog

   
   
   • click Modify on the Configuration field of the New Dynamic Web Project dialog to open the Project Facets dialog shown in Figure 2. Define the project facets, as follows:
     
     
     • ensure that WebLogic Web App Extensions facet is selected;
     • select Spring facet with version 2.0 or later;
     • select WebLogic SCA facet, and then click OK to close the Project Facets dialog.
     
     
     

     
     
     Figure 2. Setting WebLogic SCA Facet

     
     


2. Click Next on the New Dynamic Web Project dialog.


3. You may accept or modify default settings on the next New Dynamic Web Project > Web Module screen, and then click Next. This opens the New Dynamic Web Project > Spring screen, as Figure 3 shows.
   
   

   
   
   Figure 3. Specifying Spring Library

   
   
4. If you do not see Spring Framework 2.5.6 listed, click Download Library. On the Download Library dialog shown in Figure 4, select Spring Framework 2.5.6 library provided by Oracle, and then click Next. Accept the terms of the Apache License, and then click Finish.
   
   

   
   
   Figure 4. Downloading Spring Library

   
   Note that, if your machine is located inside of a network which requires a proxy to access outside resource such as the Internet, the download may fail due to the fact that Eclipse IDE includes a Web browser to let you access the Internet from within the IDE. In this case, reconfigure your Eclipse IDE proxy settings using Window > Preferences > General > Network Connections, and try again.


5. Upon the completion of the Spring library download, make sure the Spring Framework 2.5.6 library is selected on the New Dynamic Web Project > Spring dialog. You may choose to select Create a Spring bean definitions file to generated the applicationContext.xml file and trigger the update of web.xml file to load the Spring bean configuration file, and then click Next.


6. Click Finish on the New Dynamic Web Project > WebLogic SCA screen that Figure 5 shows to complete your configuration.
   
   

   
   
   Figure 5. Configuring Project to Use WebLogic SCA

   
   

Upon the completion of the configuration, OEPE adds WebLogic SCA shared library and Spring library to your project, as well as creates the spring-context.xml file in your project's META-INF/jsca directory, as Figure 6 shows.

Figure 6. Project Configured to Use WebLogic SCA

You can open the spring-context.xml file, shown in Figure 7, either in source view by double-clicking the file name in the Project Explorer, or in graphical view by right-clicking the file name and selecting Open Graph from the drop-down menu.

Figure 7. spring-context.xml File

You use the spring-context.xml file to define new beans, specify services, bindings, and so on. OEPE provides templates to facilitate these definitions.

2. Using Context Help for WebLogic SCA XML Attributes