WebSphere Application Server for System i

• Support Life Cycle

• Java EE 5 certification: V7.0 builds on top of the EJB 3.0 and Web services feature packs previously made available for V6.1, to deliver a fully certified Java EE 5 implementation. Java EE 5 delivers significant productivity improvements including:
  • Support for EJB 3.0
  • Exploitation of the annotation support added in Java SE V5 to reduce the number of artifacts required to build business applications
  • Integration with the latest Web services standards
  • Enhanced support for new Web applications

V7.0 can help deliver support beyond the Java EE 5 specification with enhancements in EJB deployment, automatic default bindings and reference resolution, and a new XML-based binding file format.

• Java SE V6 support adds the ability to invoke the Java compiler from within the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) and includes scripts with the ability to access APIs within the JVM. Numerous components are added or upgraded in the areas of JMX, Java Web Start, JDBC 4.0, and new Web services.
• EJB 3.0 makes the programming model simpler by using Plain Old Java Objects (POJO). This enables unit testing of business logic using a JVM instead of needing a full application server, freeing developers to focus on business logic within their applications instead of the ultimate execution environment. When you are ready to run in the EJB container, the POJO can be annotated with markers that tell the container what services to apply to the bean. In WebSphere Application Server, the EJB container dynamically applies those services at run time, simplifying the entire deployment process. The Java Persistence APIs (JPA) from the WebSphere Application Server are based on the Apache OpenJPA project and enable simpler entities to be created using the annotated POJO model.
• Web services (WS): New Web services standards deliver new capabilities for developing and deploying SOA-centric Web applications. V7.0 integrates support previously provided in the Web services feature pack and extends it with new support for:
• Security enhancements to improve ease of use.
• Multiple installations of any WebSphere Application Server 7.0 are allowed on the same server.
• Support for IBM Technology for JDK 6 – 32bit, IBM Technology for JDK 6 - 64bit, and IBM Developer Kit for Java 1.6
• New options in the areas of administration, serviceability, messaging, and installation.
• Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) servlet support to extend application reach across real-time multimedia elements such as voice, video, and instant messaging.
• Tight integration with IBM Rational tools provides a rich, easy-to-use development environment that deploys directly to WebSphere Application Server V7.0.
• An administration GUI interface that is integrated with the current OS/400 web-based administration console for the IBM HTTP Server product (5722-DG1 and 5761-DG1). The integrated GUI interface can administer HTTP Web servers (Powered by Apache) and WebSphere Application Server. The GUI text includes online help text.