Developing Java EE applications with Maven and WebLogic 12c

The WebLogic Server 12c has very nice support for Maven now. The doc for this is kinda hidden though, so here is a direct link http://docs.oracle.com/middleware/1212/core/MAVEN

To summarize the doc, Oracle did not provide a public Maven repository manager hosting for their server artifacts. However they do now provide a tool for you to create and populate your own. You can setup either your local repository (if you are working mostly on your own in a single computer), or you may deploy them into your own internal Maven repository manager such as Archiva or Nexus.

Here I would show how the local repository is done. First step is use a maven plugin provided by WLS to populate the repository. I am using a MacOSX for this demo and my WLS is installed in $HOME/apps/wls12120. If you are on Windows, you may install it under C:/apps/wls12120.

$ cd $HOME/apps/wls12120/oracle_common/plugins/maven/com/oracle/maven/oracle-maven-sync/12.1.2/
$ mvn install:install-file -DpomFile=oracle-maven-sync.12.1.2.pom -Dfile=oracle-maven-sync.12.1.2.jar
$ mvn com.oracle.maven:oracle-maven-sync:push -Doracle-maven-sync.oracleHome=$HOME/apps/wls12120 -Doracle-maven-sync.testingOnly=false

$ cd $HOME
$ mvn archetype:generate \
    -DarchetypeGroupId=com.oracle.weblogic.archetype \
    -DarchetypeArtifactId=basic-webapp \
    -DarchetypeVersion=12.1.2-0-0 \
    -DgroupId=org.mycompany \
    -DartifactId=my-basic-webapp-project \
    -Dversion=1.0-SNAPSHOT

$ cd my-basic-webapp-project
$ mvn package

        <groupId>com.oracle.weblogic</groupId> 
        <artifactId>weblogic-maven-plugin</artifactId> 
        <version>12.1.2-0-0</version> 
        <configuration> 
          <middlewareHome>${oracleMiddlewareHome}</middlewareHome>
          <adminurl>${oracleServerUrl}</adminurl>
          <user>${oracleUsername}</user> 
          <password>${oraclePassword}</password>
          <source>${project.build.directory}/${project.build.finalName}.${project.packaging}</source>
          <targets>${oracleServerName}</targets>
          <verbose>true</verbose> 
          <name>${project.build.finalName}</name>
        </configuration>
      </plugin>  

$ cd my-basic-webapp-project
$ mvn weblogic:deploy -DoracleMiddlewareHome=$HOME/apps/wls12120 -DoracleServerName=myserver -DoracleUsername=admin -DoraclePassword=admin123