In addition to leveraging the latest Eclipse 3.2 and WebTools 1.5, Workshop for WebLogic now installs as a plug-in to an existing Eclipse installation. This release supports for WebLogic Server® 10 and also provides a Multi-version upgrade wizard for both 9.2 and 8.1 users. Other key enhancements focus on improvements to the Beehive Web Service Control, and ANT build script export.

• Development for Server 10


• Same iterative development experience as for Workshop 9.2


• Only supports WebLogic Server 10.0, use W4WP 9.2 for WLS 9.2 development. The merge release this summer will support 10 and 9.2.


• Light Java EE5 support

• Opening a 9.2 workspace or projects will trigger a migration of the projects to 10.0 (user is prompted)


• Automatic SCM checkout is performed


• No going back to 9.2 *This is an in place migration


• No cross development between 9.2 and 10.0


• SCM implications (better branch before migration)


• Binary compatibility with 9.2 ears provided via library versioning


• Upgrade of 8.1 apps supported directly to 10.0

• Support in Service Control for incremental WLS 10.0 JWS enhancements


• WS-Security 1.1


• WS-Secure Conversations


• SAML Token Profile


• Binary (MTOM) web service message attachments (for images or other binary data)


• 10.0 Service Control now works with 8.1 Web services including callbacks