Oracle teases prospect of playing nicely with open-source Java in update to WebLogic application server
(2020/04/03)
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- News link: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/04/03/oracle_weblogic_server_14_1_1/
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Oracle has chosen this week of all weeks to foist on the world an update of its application server WebLogic, festooned with new features addressing Java EE 8, Kubernetes and JSON.
But the most eye-catching prospect is compatibility with the Eclipse Foundation's fully open-source Java development environment, [1]Jakarta EE 8.
Back in Sepember when the Java EE specs were made public, Mark Little, Red Hat's JBoss CTO, said: "Existing Java EE 8 applications and developers can be confident they can move their applications seamlessly to the Eclipse Foundation effort." And Tom Snyder, veep of Oracle Software Development, promised application server support would follow. "This represents the culmination of a great deal of work by the entire Jakarta EE community, including Oracle. Oracle is working on delivery of a Java EE 8 and Jakarta EE 8 compatible WebLogic Server implementation, and we are looking forward to working with the community to evolve Jakarta EE for the future."
With the release of WebLogic Server 14.1.1, that support for open-source Java has come. Almost.
[2]In a blog announcing the availability of the update to the Oracle application server, Will Lyons, Oracle senior director of product development, teased: "We are currently testing Oracle WebLogic Server for Jakarta EE 8 compatibility as well, and should have results soon."
Elsewhere, the new API Servlet 4.0 includes HTTP/2 support, which Lyons said provided "improved application performance with compatibility for existing Web applications", while API JAX-RS 2.1 "advances REST services support by offering a reactive client programming model".
In terms of environments, there's support and tooling for running Oracle WebLogic Server in containers and Kubernetes, and certification on Oracle Cloud.
For data pipelines, the release supports JSON-P 1.1 and JSON-B 1.0 standards to bring new capabilities for processing JSON documents. "These improvements expand support for building modern applications using the standards-based, proven Java EE platform," Oracle said.
"We integrate with a wide variety of platforms and Oracle software that deliver high performance and availability for your applications, with low cost of ownership," Lyons claimed.
Whether the cost equation adds up is a matter for Oracle's interesting strategy on licensing software. However, developers might welcome the opportunity to build applications in fully open-source Java and deploy them in Oracle's sparkly new application server. ®
[1] https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2019/09/10/1913300/0/en/The-Eclipse-Foundation-Releases-Jakarta-EE-8-Specifications-Completes-Transition-to-Eclipse-Foundation-as-the-New-Home-for-Open-Source-Cloud-Native-Java.html
[2] https://blogs.oracle.com/weblogicserver/announcing-oracle-weblogic-server-1411
But the most eye-catching prospect is compatibility with the Eclipse Foundation's fully open-source Java development environment, [1]Jakarta EE 8.
Back in Sepember when the Java EE specs were made public, Mark Little, Red Hat's JBoss CTO, said: "Existing Java EE 8 applications and developers can be confident they can move their applications seamlessly to the Eclipse Foundation effort." And Tom Snyder, veep of Oracle Software Development, promised application server support would follow. "This represents the culmination of a great deal of work by the entire Jakarta EE community, including Oracle. Oracle is working on delivery of a Java EE 8 and Jakarta EE 8 compatible WebLogic Server implementation, and we are looking forward to working with the community to evolve Jakarta EE for the future."
With the release of WebLogic Server 14.1.1, that support for open-source Java has come. Almost.
[2]In a blog announcing the availability of the update to the Oracle application server, Will Lyons, Oracle senior director of product development, teased: "We are currently testing Oracle WebLogic Server for Jakarta EE 8 compatibility as well, and should have results soon."
Elsewhere, the new API Servlet 4.0 includes HTTP/2 support, which Lyons said provided "improved application performance with compatibility for existing Web applications", while API JAX-RS 2.1 "advances REST services support by offering a reactive client programming model".
In terms of environments, there's support and tooling for running Oracle WebLogic Server in containers and Kubernetes, and certification on Oracle Cloud.
For data pipelines, the release supports JSON-P 1.1 and JSON-B 1.0 standards to bring new capabilities for processing JSON documents. "These improvements expand support for building modern applications using the standards-based, proven Java EE platform," Oracle said.
"We integrate with a wide variety of platforms and Oracle software that deliver high performance and availability for your applications, with low cost of ownership," Lyons claimed.
Whether the cost equation adds up is a matter for Oracle's interesting strategy on licensing software. However, developers might welcome the opportunity to build applications in fully open-source Java and deploy them in Oracle's sparkly new application server. ®
[1] https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2019/09/10/1913300/0/en/The-Eclipse-Foundation-Releases-Jakarta-EE-8-Specifications-Completes-Transition-to-Eclipse-Foundation-as-the-New-Home-for-Open-Source-Cloud-Native-Java.html
[2] https://blogs.oracle.com/weblogicserver/announcing-oracle-weblogic-server-1411
Re: What?
hittitezombie
Right now we have two decades' worth of running software and libraries out there. Shifting to a brand new thing is getting easier but you still have to deal with this crap for a long time.
Regardless, right now for a brand new project using an Oracle JDK is an idiocy.
What?
Why would anybody with a clear choice deal with java and Oracle? It seems ( from the outside ) that Oracle is nothing but a bunch of lawyers that buy up semi-successful companies with open/free/popular software and then try to charge a fortune for it. Didn't they simply lift the entire specification of SQL/DB from IBM - the same kind of action that they are suing Alphabet and java for?
If you make some super popular program that sells like N95 masks or toilet paper on eBay then won't Oracle come after you for a piece of the pie? Screw that - I hope a kraken pulls his super yacht under the next time Larry takes it for a spin.