What is new for developers

• (V8502) Calling existing IMS transactions with optimized local adapters over OTMA

  Start with v8.5.0.2, IMS global transactions are supported. Applications that execute in a global transaction with WebSphere Application Server as the commit coordinator, that call existing IMS applications using the WOLA over OTMA support, can include the IMS transactions in the same global transaction context.

• (dist)(zos) Configure EJB bindings in SCA OASIS applications

  The SCA stateless session bean binding is a protocol binding that we can use to integrate SCA with EJB-based services. The product provides OASIS support for both EJB 3.x and 2.x bindings for services and references.

• (dist)(zos) Develop asynchronous SCA services and clients

  SCA OASIS specifications support the asynchronous running of request-response services. This enables a client thread to continue doing other work while the service runs. We can use SCA OASIS annotations and APIs in Java interfaces to enable asynchronization in services.

• (v8550) MongoDB databases

  This feature enables the usage of the MongoDB Java Driver and allows DB instances to be configured in the server configuration, injected into managed components such as EJBs, and looked up in JNDI. Applications interact with these DB instances via the normal MongoDB APIs.

• (dist)(zos) SCA in WebSphere Application Server: Overview

  v8.5 adds support for the Service Component Architecture (SCA) OASIS programming model implementation.

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