What's New in This Guide

The following topics introduce the new and changed features of Oracle Coherence and other significant changes that are described in this guide, and provides pointers to additional information. This document is the new edition of the formerly titled User's Guide for Oracle Coherence*Web.

New and Changed Features for 12c (12.1.3)

Oracle Coherence 12c (12.1.3) includes the following new and changed features for this document.

  • Coherence*Web for 12.1.3 is compatible with a number of different application servers. In the case of WebLogic Server, however, Weblogic Server 12.1.3 requires you to use Coherence*Web 12.1.3. Weblogic Server 12.1.3 is not compatible with earlier versions of Coherence*Web. For information on the compatibility between earlier versions of Coherence*Web and WebLogic Server, see "Using Coherence*Web with WebLogic Server" in Administering HTTP Session Management with Oracle Coherence*Web (12.1.2).

  • The coherence-web-spi.war file, which provided an SPI implementation of Coherence*Web, has been removed from the Coherence 12.1.3 release. The sections

  • Support for ColdFusion has been removed from Coherence 12.1.3. It can still be used with earlier versions of Coherence. For example, for the Coherence 12.1.2 release, see "Working with ColdFusion Applications" in Administering HTTP Session Management with Oracle Coherence*Web (12.1.2). For Coherence 3.7.1.x, see "Working with ColdFusion Applications" in Coherence User's Guide for Oracle Coherence*Web (3.7.1.x)

  • Support for WebLogic Portal has been removed from Coherence 12.1.3. The use of WebLogic Portal is still supported by earlier versions of Coherence. For example, for the Coherence 12.1.2 release, see "Using Coherence*Web with WebLogic Portal" in Administering HTTP Session Management with Oracle Coherence*Web (12.1.2). For Coherence 3.7.1.x, see "Using Coherence*Web with WebLogic Portal" in Coherence User's Guide for Oracle Coherence*Web (3.7.1.x).

Other Significant Changes in this Document for 12c (12.1.3)

For 12c (12.1.3), this guide has been updated in several ways. Following are the sections that have been added or changed.

  • Because Coherence 12.1.3 does not support ColdFusion, the chapter "Working with ColdFusion Applications" has been removed.

  • Because Coherence 12.1.3 does not support Oracle WebLogic Portal, the chapter "Using Coherence*Web with WebLogic Portal" and the appendix "Cache Configuration for WebLogic Portal and Oracle Coherence" have been removed.

  • Because coherence-web-spi.war file, which provided an SPI implementation of Coherence*Web, has been removed from the Coherence 12.1.3 release, the sections "Configuring for Non-Instrumented Applications that Use MyFaces and Coherence SPI" and "Configuring for Non-Instrumented Applications that use Mojarra and Coherence SPI" sections have bee removed from Chapter 8, "Working with JSF and MyFaces Applications."