New: Enhanced administrative infrastructure through J2EE 1.4 related changes

New: Enhanced administrative infrastructure through J2EE 1.4 related changes

This topic describes the several J2EE 1.4 requirements for application server vendors to implement in support of administration, as well as the improved integration of embedded messaging support into application server administration.

Java Management Extensions (JMX 1.2)
For migration information, see Migrating Java Management Extensions V1.0 to Java Management Extensions V1.2.

J2EE Management Specification (JSR 77)
The management layer of the Java Management Extensions (JMX) architecture uses an implementation of the distributed services specification (JSR-077), which is not yet part of the Java 2 platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) specification. The management layer defines how external management applications can interact with the underlying layers in terms of protocols, APIs, and so on. For more information, see Java Management Extensions (JMX).

J2EE Deployment (JSR 88)
We can install J2EE modules on an application server provided by WebSphere Application Server using the J2EE Deployment API Specification (JSR-88). JSR-88 defines standard APIs to enable deployment of J2EE applications and standalone modules to J2EE product platforms. WAS is a J2EE 1.4 specification-compliant platform that implements the JSR-88 APIs.
JSR-88 defines a contract between a tool provider and a platform that enables tools from multiple vendors to configure, deploy and manage applications on any J2EE product platform. The tool provider typically supplies software tools and an integrated development environment for developing and assembly of J2EE application modules. The J2EE platform provides application management functions that deploy, undeploy, start, stop, and otherwise manage J2EE applications.
We can read about JSR-88 and APIs used to manage applications at http://java.sun.com/j2ee/tools/deployment/. The J2EE Deployment Specification V1.1 is available at http://java.sun.com/j2ee/tools/deployment/reference/docs/index.html as part of the J2EE 1.4 Application Server Developer Release.
See also Installing J2EE modules with JSR-88, Customizing modules using DConfigBeans, and Ways to update application files.

J2EE Connector Architecture (JCA 1.5)
WebSphere Application Server v6.x supports the J2EE Connector Architecture (JCA) V1.5 specification, which provides new features such as the inbound resource adapter. For more information, see J2EE Connector Architecture resource adapters.

Improved integration of embedded messaging
For information about embedded messaging and other messaging options, see Learning about messaging with WebSphere Application Server.

See Also

What is new in this release

Java Management Extensions (JMX 1.2)	For migration information, see Migrating Java Management Extensions V1.0 to Java Management Extensions V1.2.

J2EE Management Specification (JSR 77)	The management layer of the Java Management Extensions (JMX) architecture uses an implementation of the distributed services specification (JSR-077), which is not yet part of the Java 2 platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) specification. The management layer defines how external management applications can interact with the underlying layers in terms of protocols, APIs, and so on. For more information, see Java Management Extensions (JMX).

J2EE Deployment (JSR 88)	We can install J2EE modules on an application server provided by WebSphere Application Server using the J2EE Deployment API Specification (JSR-88). JSR-88 defines standard APIs to enable deployment of J2EE applications and standalone modules to J2EE product platforms. WAS is a J2EE 1.4 specification-compliant platform that implements the JSR-88 APIs. JSR-88 defines a contract between a tool provider and a platform that enables tools from multiple vendors to configure, deploy and manage applications on any J2EE product platform. The tool provider typically supplies software tools and an integrated development environment for developing and assembly of J2EE application modules. The J2EE platform provides application management functions that deploy, undeploy, start, stop, and otherwise manage J2EE applications. We can read about JSR-88 and APIs used to manage applications at http://java.sun.com/j2ee/tools/deployment/. The J2EE Deployment Specification V1.1 is available at http://java.sun.com/j2ee/tools/deployment/reference/docs/index.html as part of the J2EE 1.4 Application Server Developer Release. See also Installing J2EE modules with JSR-88, Customizing modules using DConfigBeans, and Ways to update application files.

J2EE Connector Architecture (JCA 1.5)	WebSphere Application Server v6.x supports the J2EE Connector Architecture (JCA) V1.5 specification, which provides new features such as the inbound resource adapter. For more information, see J2EE Connector Architecture resource adapters.

Improved integration of embedded messaging	For information about embedded messaging and other messaging options, see Learning about messaging with WebSphere Application Server.