4 WebLogic Spring SCA Application Overview

This chapter describes the WebLogic Spring SCA applications that are deployed to Oracle WebLogic Server. WebLogic Spring SCA applications can be run in a standalone instance of Oracle WebLogic Server or can be assembled as components of SCA composites in Oracle SOA.

Note:

WebLogic SCA applications need to bundle their own spring.jar, version 2.0.6 or higher. Oracle recommends Spring 2.5.6.

WebLogic Spring SCA applications have the following characteristics:

• The Spring application context file inlcudes SCA elements to configure SCA references, services, and their bindings. See Configuring the Spring Application Context, Configuring EJB Session Bean Bindings, and Configuring Web Service Bindings.

• Deployment units are organized following guidelines described in Deploying WebLogic Spring SCA Applications.