The Sun Java System Application Server Platform Edition 8.2 implements manynew features:
J2EE 1.4 compatible.
(Improved) Outstanding developer experiencewith NetBeans 5 and improved deployment speed, runtime footprint and serverstart up time. NetBeans 5.0 includes Application Server 8.2 as a defaultJ2EE runtime.
(New) Superior throughput performanceand better scalability supporting multi core/multi threaded architecture.
(New) Fast Infoset support improves webservices performance multiple folds.
(New) Application Server 8.2 adds supportfor Red Hat 4 and My SQL 5. SeeHardware and Software Requirements, later in these notes, for a complete list of supportedoperating systems and database drivers.
(New) Application Server 8.2 bundlesdeployment-ready Derby database, making it possible to develop and deployend-to-end J2EE applications.
(New) Built-in JMS resource adapter makesconnectivity with backend systems even easier. Application Server 8.2 supportsconnectivity to IBM MQ Series and Sun's MQ Server.
(Updated) Enhanced J2EE 1.4 blueprintsincluding demonstration of using Web 2.0 technologies like AJAX with Application Server 8.2.
JavaServer Faces Support — Developers can quickly buildweb applications by assembling reusable UI components in a page, connectingthese components to a data source, and wiring client-generated events to server-sideevent handlers.
Improved Administration Console — The Application Server 8.2 AdministrationConsole adds new look and feel with capabilities like JNDI namespace browser,JDBC Connection Validation, Deployment Descriptor Viewer, Error log viewerand improved monitoring.
Web Services Security: Container message security mechanismsimplementing message-level authentication (e.g. XML digital signature andencryption) of SOAP web services invocations using the X509 and username/passwordprofiles of the OASIS WS-Security standard.
JavaServer Pages Standard Tag Library 1.1 Support: the libraryencapsulates core functionality common to many JSP applications.
(Updated) Bundled J2SE 5.0_06.
The Sun Java System Application Server Platform Edition is free for development,deployment and redistribution. Customers interested in redistribution shouldcontactSun OEM sales for a redistribution license. Sun providessupport at additional cost. If you would like to be contacted about licensingthe Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition, fill outthis form.