Contents

Title and Copyright Information

Preface

• Documentation Accessibility
• Conventions

1 Introduction and Roadmap

• Document Scope and Audience
• Guide to This Document
• Related Documentation
• New and Changed Features in This Release

2 Understanding the WebLogic Deployment API

• The WebLogic Deployment API
  • WebLogic Deployment API Deployment Phases
    • Configure an Application for Deployment
    • Deploy an Application
  • weblogic.Deployer Implementation of the WebLogic Deployment API
  • When to Use the WebLogic Deployment API
• J2EE Deployment API Compliance
• WebLogic Server Value-Added Deployment Features
• The Service Provider Interface Package
  • weblogic.deploy.api.spi
  • weblogic.deploy.api.spi.factories
  • Module Targeting
  • Support for Querying WebLogic Target Types
  • Server Staging Modes
  • DConfigBean Validation
• The Model Package
  • weblogic.deploy.api.model
  • Accessing Deployment Descriptors
• The Shared Package
  • weblogic.deploy.api.shared
  • Command Types for Deploy and Update
  • Support for Module Types
  • Support for all WebLogic Server Target Types
• The Tools Package
  • weblogic.deploy.api.tools
  • SessionHelper
  • Deployment Plan Creation

3 Configuring Applications for Deployment

• Overview of the Configuration Process
• Types of Configuration Information
  • J2EE Configuration
  • WebLogic Server Configuration
  • Representing J2EE and WebLogic Server Configuration Information
    • DDBeans
  • The Relationship Between J2EE and WebLogic Server Descriptors
    • DConfigBeans
• Application Evaluation
  • Obtain a Deployment Manager
    • Types of Deployment Managers
    • Connected and Disconnected Deployment Manager URIs
    • Using SessionHelper to Obtain a Deployment Manager
  • Create a Deployable Object
    • Using the WebLogicDeployableObject class
    • Using SessionHelper to obtain a Deployable Object
• Perform Front-end Configuration
  • What is Front-end Configuration
  • Deployment Configuration
    • Example Code
    • Reading In Information with SessionHelper
  • Validating a Configuration
• Customizing Deployment Configuration
  • Modifying Configuration Values
  • Targets
  • Application Naming
• Deployment Preparation
• Session Cleanup

4 Performing Deployment Operations

• Register Deployment Factory Objects
• Allocate a DeploymentManager
  • Getting a DeploymentManager Object
  • Understanding DeploymentManager URI Implementations
  • Server Connectivity
• Deployment Processing
  • DeploymentOptions
  • Distribution
  • Application Start
  • Application Deploy
  • Application Stop
  • Undeployment
• Production Redeployment
  • In-Place Redeployment
  • Module Level Targeting
  • Retirement Policy
  • Version Support
  • Administration (Test) Mode
• Progress Reporting
• Target Objects
  • Module Types
  • Extended Module Support
    • Web Services
    • CMP
    • JDBC
    • JMS
    • INTERCEPT
  • Recognition of Target Types
  • TargetModuleID Objects
  • WebLogic Server TargetModuleID Extensions
  • Example Module Deployment