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Resource Information for Java

(last updated March, 2010)

  

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The IBM SDK Diagnostics Guides are available
Diagnostic guides for 31-bit SDK6, 64-bit SDK6, 31-bit SDK5, 64-bit SDK5, 64-bit SDK1.4.2, 31-bit SDK1.4 and SDK1.3.1 are available. These guides include a description of IBM-specific facilities and their use. (November, 2007)

IBM SDK for z/OS platforms, Java Technology Edition, V5
Provides general information about the SDK and specific information about any differences in the IBM implementation of the SDK.

IBM SDK for z/OS platforms, Java Technology Edition, V6
Provides general information about the SDK and specific information about any differences in the IBM implementation of the SDK.


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IBM websites


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Articles

Best practices for using the Java Native Interface
Techniques and tools for averting the 10 most common JNI programming mistakes.

Garbage collection in Java 5
This article introduces the different garbage collection policies and discusses their general characteristics.

IBM 64-Bit Redbook
This redbook describes the z/OS 64-bit C/C++ and Java Programming Environment.

IBM 64-Bit Java Porting Guide
This guide will help you move your Java applications to a 64-bit environment.

Persistent Reusable Java Virtual Machine (PRJVM) for SDK 1.3

Persistent Reusable Java Virtual Machine (PRJVM) for SDK 1.4.2

A Serially Reusable Java(tm) Virtual Machine Implementation for High Volume, Highly Reliable Transaction Processing (White Paper)

IBM System Journal, which is devoted to Java Performance. (2/00)


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Books

Java for OS/390 and AS/400 COBOL Programmers
A book designed to help COBOL programmers make the jump to Java was written by mainframe and midrange IBM professionals George Farr and Phil Coulthard.

JZOS Cookbook
A book intended for Java application developers who have prior experience with the System z operating environment.


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Papers

Match 31-bit WebSphere Application Server performance with new features in 64-bit Java on System z
This paper shows that it is possible to recover the 31-bit footprint and throughput performance using the 64-bit JVM for heap sizes up to 30 GB. We will review the advantages and disadvantages of using 31-bit SDK and 64-bit SDKs, provide a brief implementation overview, and discuss the performance characteristics of various combinations of heap sizes and Java options.

Read the formal announcement for the IBM Developer Kit for OS/390, Java™ 2 Technology Edition.

OS/390 e-business Connectors Guide white paper (for version 2) and OS/390 e-business Connectors Guide white paper (for version 3)
This white paper is intended to help customers choose the e-business connectors for their existing subsystem, applications, and data. ("Connectors" in this paper refers to programs that connect a Web application or browser to an existing application).

Enterprise JavaBeans for z/OS and OS/390 CICS Tranaction Server V2.2
An introduction to both Enterprise JavaBeans and the way it has been implemented within the CICS architecture.


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ITSO Redbooks

Redbooks, named for their red covers, are "how to" books, written by experienced IBM and IT professionals from all over the world.


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Education

There are self-paced OS/390 courses that include the following topics:

  • Java and OS/390 architecture
  • Java and client/server architectures
  • Using Java in the OS/390 environment
  • Java Integrated Development Environments (IDEs)
  • Design considerations for e-business Web sites
  • Web site scalability and capacity
  • e-business connection applications
  • e-business storage requirements


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Other information

Sun Microsystem Inc.'s Java Computing

Java batch jobs on z/OS and OS/390

Practical Code Examples
These are working code samples that may be used without royalty or license. They are provided as-is.

Program Directories
These files contain information about downloading and installing the code and is primarily for installations that use OS/390 change management tools (SMP/E).



 

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