APEX Listener => Oracle REST Data Services

Yesterday a new version of the Oracle APEX Listener was released. The new version is 2.0.6… and the biggest change in this release is the change in name. From now on we won’t speak about the “APEX Listener” anymore, but we speak about “Oracle REST Data Services”.

The name explains more what the piece of software is doing and it will be less confusing for non-APEX people. Many people thought about the Database Listener when talking about the APEX Listener. Or others just wanting REST, don’t question the use of APEX anymore.

The “Oracle REST Data Services” still carries the same purpose for us as APEX developers:
- serve as a replacement for the (older) mod_plsql
- enable the RESTful Services in APEX (found in SQL Workshop and Application wizard)