1 Introduction and Roadmap

The following sections describe the contents and organization of this guide—Using ActiveCache:

• Document Scope and Audience

• Guide to This Document

• Related Documentation

• New and Changed Features in This Release

Document Scope and Audience

This document is a resource for:

• Application developers who want to develop and configure applications using ActiveCache features, such as the ability to use a simplified approach for accessing Coherence data caches from WebLogic Server applications.

• Administrators who want to use WebLogic management tools, such as the Administration Console, Node Manager, and WebLogic Scripting Tool (WLST), to create, configure, control, and monitor Coherence cache servers and Coherence clusters.

Guide to This Document

• This chapter, Chapter 1, "Introduction and Roadmap," describes the organization of this document.

• Chapter 2, "About ActiveCache," provides an overview of ActiveCache features.

• Chapter 3, "Accessing Data Caches from Applications," explains how to use ActiveCache with applications running on WebLogic Server.

• Chapter 4, "Accessing and Retrieving Relational Data," describes how to use ActiveCache with TopLink Grid's relational-to-object mapping capabilities to cache relational data.

Related Documentation

For additional information, see the following Coherence and WebLogic Server documents:

Coherence

• Getting Started for Oracle Coherence

• Developer's Guide for Oracle Coherence

• Client Guide for Oracle Coherence

• Tutorial for Oracle Coherence

• User's Guide for Oracle Coherence*Web

WebLogic Server

• Oracle Fusion Middleware Developing Applications for Oracle WebLogic Server

• Oracle Fusion Middleware Using Clusters for Oracle WebLogic Server

• Oracle Fusion Middleware Oracle WebLogic Server Administration Console Help

New and Changed Features in This Release

In this release of WebLogic Server, you can use the WebLogic Server Administration Server, via the Administration Console or WLST, along with the java-based Node Manager, to control (start, stop, and restart), configure, and monitor stand-alone Coherence cache servers.

For a comprehensive listing of other new WebLogic Server features introduced in this release, see Oracle Fusion Middleware What's New in Oracle WebLogic Server.