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Oracle Application Server
Developer(s)Oracle Corporation
Stable release
10.2.0.2 / 1 August, 2005
Operating systemCross-platform
TypeApplication server
LicenseProprietary
Websitewww.oracle.com

In computing, the Oracle Application Server 10g (the "g" stands for Grid), consists of an integrated, standards-based software platform. It forms part of Oracle Corporation's Fusion Middleware technology-stack. The heart of Oracle Application Server consists of Oracle HTTP Server (Apache HTTP Server) and OC4J (OracleAS Containers for J2EE) which deploys J2EE-based applications. The latest version of OC4J offers full compatibility with the J2EE 1.4 specifications.

Oracle Application Server became the first platform designed for grid computing as well as with full life-cycle support for Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA).[citation needed]

The current release of Oracle Application Server, 10g R3, does not feature a metadata repository tier, relying instead on metadata repositories provided in previous releases.

Versions

  • Oracle 9iAS R1: 1.0.2.0 - 1.0.2.2.2
  • Oracle 9iAS R2: 9.0.2.0.0 - 9.0.3.0.0
  • Oracle 10gAS R1: 9.0.4.0.0 - 9.0.4.3
  • Oracle 10gAS R2: 10.1.2 - 10.1.2.2.0
  • Oracle 10gAS R3: 10.1.3.0 - 10.1.3.3
  • Oracle 11gAS R1: 11.1.1.0.0

Editions

Oracle Corporation subdivides some of its products into varying "editions" — apparently to facilitate marketing and license-tracking.

Available Oracle AS editions include:

  • Enterprise Edition
  • Standard Edition
  • Standard Edition One
  • Java Edition

Components

OC4J

Oracle Corporation refers to its implementation of the Java2 Enterprise Edition specification J2EE as Oracle Containers for J2EE and abbreviates the concept as OC4J. OC4J, originally based on the IronFlare Orion Application Server, has developed solely under Oracle's control since Oracle Corporation acquired the source.

OC4J includes the following servers:

Implementation

Oracle Application Server can utilize an "Oracle AS Infrastructure Database" — an Oracle database instance supporting the Oracle AS Metadata Repository and/or Oracle Identity Management.[1]

See also

Footnotes