What's New in This Guide

This preface introduces the new features of WebCenter Sites 12c (12.2.1) and provides pointers to additional information. This preface also lists deprecated features.

Oracle WebCenter Sites 12c (12.2.1) includes the following new features related to properties and property files:

Feature Description See These Sections
New and Updated Properties A large number of new properties have been added and existing properties updated in this release. Refer to Administering Oracle WebCenter Sites and Developing with Oracle WebCenter Sites for a list of new features and links to relevant property descriptions.
Property Management Tool / Properties Migrated to JSON Format

Properties that govern the behavior of WebCenter Sites and its component applications are now stored in JSON format and are managed using the new Property Management Tool in the Admin interface.

Configuration Import/Export Utility WebCenter Sites now ships with the Configuration Import/Export Utility, which allows you to bulk-export and bulk-import property values in WebCenter Sites and Satellite Server wcs_properties.json files.
Oracle Diagnostic Logging Replaces log4j The legacy log4j logging mechanism has been replaced with the more robust Oracle Diagnostic Logging solution. Satellite Server JSON File

The following features have been deprecated in this release:

  • WebCenter Sites Gadgets and Gadget Server

  • WebCenter Sites Native authentication in Community/Gadgets

  • WebCenter Sites Analytics

  • WebCenter Sites Content Integration Platform - EMC Documentum

  • WebCenter Sites Content Integration Platform Filesystem

  • WebCenter Sites Content Integration Platform Sharepoint

  • WebCenter Sites Janrain Integration

  • WebCenter Sites Netomat Mobility Server

  • SOAP-based web services

  • Page Debugger

    Note:

    Use IDE integration for JSP debug capabilities. DebugServlet is not deployed.
  • Sites Desktop

  • Sites DocLink