This chapter describes the contents and audience for this guide Developing JNDI Applications for Oracle WebLogic Server 12.1.3.
This chapter includes the following sections:
This document is written for application developers who want to design, develop, configure, and manage applications using the Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE) and want to use the JNDI API to provide a unified interface to multiple naming and directory services in their enterprise. It is assumed that readers know JNDI and the Java programming language.
This chapter, Chapter 1, "Introduction and Roadmap," describes the scope and organization of this guide.
Chapter 2, "Understanding WebLogic JNDI," provides an overview of the Java Naming and Directory Interface (JNDI) implementation in WebLogic Server and describes programming with WebLogic JNDI.
For additional information on JNDI, see the following documents:
"JNDI Subsystem Messages" provides a list of JNDI subsystem messages.
"Communications in a Cluster" in Administering Clusters for Oracle WebLogic Server provides information on the cluster-wide JNDI tree.
Oracle WebLogic Server Administration Console Online Help contains sections that describe how to add or modify security roles and policies on a JNDI Binding node, Root Content node, or Context node.
In addition to this document, Oracle provides examples for software developers within the context of the Avitek Medical Records Application (MedRec) sample application, as well as JNDI code examples.
MedRec is an end-to-end sample Java EE application shipped with WebLogic Server that simulates an independent, centralized medical record management system. The MedRec application provides a framework for patients, doctors, and administrators to manage patient data using a variety of different clients.
MedRec demonstrates WebLogic Server and Java EE features, and highlights Oracle-recommended best practices. MedRec is optionally installed with the WebLogic Server installation. You can start MedRec from the ORACLE_HOME\user_projects\domains\medrec directory, where ORACLE_HOME is the directory you specified as Oracle Home when you installed Oracle WebLogic Server. For more information, see "Sample Applications and Code Examples" in Understanding Oracle WebLogic Server.
WebLogic Server optionally installs API code examples in the EXAMPLES_HOME\wl_server\examples\src\examples directory, where EXAMPLES_HOME represents the directory in which the WebLogic Server code examples are configured. For more information about the WebLogic Server code examples, see "Sample Applications and Code Examples" in Understanding Oracle WebLogic Server.
For a comprehensive listing of the new WebLogic Server features introduced in this release, see What's New in Oracle WebLogic Server.