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You should know about the J2EE SDK...
Posted by pelegri on June 13, 2004 at 01:32 PM | Comments (17)
I'm still surprised at how many people are confused about Sun's J2EE 1.4 SDK. For example, did you know it has a production-quality Application Server that is free, even for deployments? Sun made a decision to do this two years ago, and for the last couple of years engineers in my neck of the woods at Sun have been working very hard to make the latest version of that AppServer (8.0 PE) into an artifact that is well suited for the developer community.
AppServer 8.0 PE uses technology from multiple sources. For example, the
JAXB and JAX-RPC implementations are verbatim from projects at Java.Net; while the
JAXP implementation and JSP, Servlet and JSTL implementations are based on the XML and Jakarta projects at Apache. Other pieces, like the JMS and EJB implementations are Sun internal. The result is a strong implementation of the latest J2EE standard, J2EE 1.4.
I think Sun has done a pretty good job with the AppServer 8.0 PE. There is still work to be done, but it is much better suited to the needs of developers than previous versions. And,
from the feedback I have seen, many people agree: we have seen a large number of
downloads and the download numbers are increasing.
I can't tell if AS 8.0 PE is the server-side container for you. Maybe you like Tomcat better, although 8.0 PE has a version of TC 5.0 in it. Maybe you like Jetty, or Resin, or maybe you like JBoss. Or WebLogic or WebSphere or something else. But I think you might want to check it out, read its
FAQ and, if that sounds interesting, perhaps
download it.
And, if you like it, vote for it at this week's poll :-).
Disclaimer: As a Sun employee working in the Java Platform group, I have carried two hats for the last 8 years. Most of the time I carry my Community Advocate hat; sometimes my Sun Employee hat; most of the time both hats (and the reason why I work at Sun is because for the most part these two hats are well aligned). I am carrying both hats for this blog - perhaps with a bigger Sun hat than usual :-)
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How can you use the SDK on MacOS X?
Perhaps, I'm missing something, but how do you use the SDK on MacOS X? None of the downloads are .jar files or a .jnlp file to webstart the SDK.
Posted by: tegbains on June 13, 2004 at 04:32 PM
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How can you use the SDK on MacOS X?
I don't think you are missing something. Unfortunately. I can't find an appropriate download either. I did write to Sun (no reply). It's also not really clear who should be making the SDK available, what with Apple having it's own J2SE distribution.
Posted by: jonmountjoy on June 14, 2004 at 12:00 AM
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Confused
I read this for the first time http://java.sun.com/j2ee/faq.html#free
And I am not sure what this sentence means
" ISV's that wish to bundle Sun Java System Application Server Platform Edition 8 (for free of course) should contact Sun OEM sales."
Does that mean if use J2EE technologies and don't bundle Sun App Server then I need to pay ?
Any ideas.
Ali
Posted by: himindz on June 14, 2004 at 01:48 AM
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Confused
Sorry I misread the sentence..
Posted by: himindz on June 14, 2004 at 01:49 AM
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How can you use the SDK on MacOS X?
My recollection is that the code runs in MacOS-X but that we (Sun) does not test it enough to include it in our list of platforms. We had a similar situation with the JWSDP. Writing a platform-specfic installer is usually also an issue, although often a generic Unix installer, or a Java-based installer wil work.
Let me check and get back to you later.
Posted by: pelegri on June 14, 2004 at 06:08 AM
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Confused
OK. But do let me know if you get into any trouble.
I believe the reason to suggest you to contact Sun OEM sales is just that Sun is interested in tracking these developments.
- eduard/o
Posted by: pelegri on June 14, 2004 at 06:11 AM
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How can you use the SDK on MacOS X?
The original SDK distribution installed and ran fine on OS X, albeit with some workarounds outlined here:
http://java.sun.com/developer/EJTechTips/2003/tt1222.html
However, when the SDK was repackaged to include JSF support it included an updated installer that recognizes OS X and refuses to run.
Posted by: celkins on June 14, 2004 at 10:13 AM
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How can you use the SDK on MacOS X?
Yes I can confirm this. I spent several hours downloading the Linux distribution, just to be caught by that one. Moreover, there is no 'pure Java' distribution. Is there a technical reason for that?
Posted by: jonmountjoy on June 14, 2004 at 01:48 PM
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support for open-source rdbms's ...
I am curious as to why there is no advertised support for the open-source rdbms's (mysql, progress ...) in the "sun java system application server 8.0-"
Posted by: rktumuluri on June 14, 2004 at 02:42 PM
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support for open-source rdbms's ...
This URL lists the DBs and drivers that are supported.
http://docs.sun.com/source/817-6087/dgjdbc.html#wp32309
The MySQL DB is not "fully" supported since there is no JDBC 3.0 compliant driver for it and we cant run the compatibility tests against yet.
- eduard/o
Posted by: pelegri on June 14, 2004 at 04:08 PM
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How can you use the SDK on MacOS X?
I've been told that we are intending to release a version that supports MacOS X by 8.1, if not earlier. But I think that Tony, who is much closer to the product, will post in more details later on.
- eduard/o
Posted by: pelegri on June 14, 2004 at 04:10 PM
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How do I deploy an applet using J2EE?
I am trying to deploy my applet using J2EE, however, I am having trouble.
How do I go about deploying my java applet? What I have so far is a HTML page that access my applet fine when I load it through my web brower. But I want to deploy it with J2EE.
Can someone help me?
Posted by: verbiage on June 15, 2004 at 02:12 AM
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running Sun Java System Application Server 8 as a Windows service?
IMHO, the Sun Java System Application Server 8 is not suitable for production deployments on Windows.
To run this product in an enterprise Windows environment, it should run as a Windows service. Unfortunately, the installation does not register the server as a Windows service.
For more details about this issue, please read this thread:
http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=26387
Posted by: sullis on June 15, 2004 at 06:24 AM
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How do I deploy an applet using J2EE?
Essentially you bundle your applet class file with the HTML into a WAR.
But you should ask the Forum for the J2EE SDK for more details. Go to:
http://forum.java.sun.com/forum.jsp?forum=136
- eduard/o
Posted by: pelegri on June 15, 2004 at 07:18 AM
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How can you use the SDK on MacOS X?
Yes, we plan to support MacOS X in PE 8.1. We plan to show an early version of PE running on Mac at JavaOne. Check out the J2EE SDK session to see the demo.
Tony
Posted by: tcng on June 15, 2004 at 10:46 AM
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How can you use the SDK on MacOS X?
I don't think so, but I'm not in the team. I'd assume it was a tradeoff between support, ease-of-use, and width of applicability of the bundle.
I've heard of people installing on one machine and then copying the image elsewhere. Not very satisfactory, but see the posting from Tony elsewhere in this blog where he confirms that we will show an EA at J1.
- eduard/o
Posted by: pelegri on June 15, 2004 at 10:45 PM
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