Features & Benefits

Java EE 5 compatible

Implements the latest Java EE 5 technologies that help improve developer efficiency. Enterprise Java Beans 3.0 simplifies entity bean programming reducing the amount of code by 30 – 90%. It also facilitates ease-of-use for Java developers as they can reduce the amount of boiler plate code that they need to write. A new Persistence API also allows maximum flexibility in specifying the mapping of Java business objects to a relational database. Java Server Faces 1.2 is a flexible and extensible framework (with drag-and-drop capability) that simplifies the building of user interfaces for web-based applications. Use of Annotations brings significant productivity gains for developers by reducing the need to edit and maintain separate files during development.

Improves developer productivity

Increases developer productivity with simplified Java EE APIs and annotations which reduces the amount of code a developer needs to write by up to 78%.

Java EE 5 SDK bundles Java System Application Server Platform Edition 9.0 Update 1, Blueprints and Samples guidelines for developing Web 2.0 based applications with AJAX and other popular technologies.

Bundled with Java DB based on Apache Derby database, hence making it possible to develop and deploy out-of-the-box end-to-end Java EE applications.

Extends ease of deployment through an option for faster start-up by up to 30%(on-Demand initialization), and reduces the memory requirements by up to 30%.

The ideal platform to develop SOA applications. Java EE 5 SDK bundles Java System Application Server Platform Edition 9.0 Update 1, Netbeans, Open ESB for building SOA components, managing a Web Services stack and providing a framework for a Federated Identity management system.

Foundation for SOA

Integrated with JWSDP 2.0 supporting JAX-WS 2.0 and JAX-B 2.0. Open ESB offers JBI, a BPEL engine, and SOAP HTTP binding, and provides developers with a runtime environment providing an open and extensible architecture for collaboration between integration technology and web services in a SOA. With Web Services Management, Enterprises can now track Web Services metrics in order to actively prevent issues before they develop as well as identify trends and plan for growth. Java System Application Server Platform Edition PE 9.0 Update 1 can connect to and work with a number of Web Services Registries, hence addressing both issues of Web Services access and SOA governance.

Tools Integration

NetBeans Enterprise Developer Pack 5.5 supports development of Java EE 5 applications ( including web modules and EJB 3.0 modules), and deploys to the Java System Application Server Platform Edition 9.0 Update 1. Another component of NetBeans 5.5 is the UML Modeling tool that allows for gathering of requirements, code generation and use of design patterns. NetBeans Enterprise Pack 5.5 also provides SOA visual design tools for architects and programmers.

XML Schema Tools is used to visualize and edit XML Schema, and visualize the relationships between Schema elements. The tool for Web Services Orchestration is used to author, build, deploy, and test BPEL processes. In addition, Java System Application Server Platform Edition 9.0 Update 1 supports an Eclipse IDE plug-in which gives developers a choice in development environments.

Open Source

The code for Java System Application Server Platform Edition 9.0 Update 1 is derived from Project GlassFish. GlassFish is released under an OSI approved license (CDDL).

Over 20 open source projects run on GlassFish. Included are over 11 frameworks such as Spring (application framework), Hibernate (persistence solution) and AppFuse (application framework) and more than 7 applications such as Roller (Blogging), JSPWiki (Wiki), and Lucene (Apache project search engine).