Sun Java System Application Server Enterprise Edition 8.2 Release Notes for Microsoft Windows

J2EE Support

The Sun Java System Application Server Enterprise Edition 8.2 supports the J2EE 1.4 platform. The following table describes the enhanced APIs available on the J2EE 1.4 platform.

Table 2–5 APIs Available on the J2EE 1.4 Platform

API 

Description 

Components

Application and Application Client 

Implementation of standard deployment descriptors by means of XML schemas. 

Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB) 2.1 

Timer service and EJB Web-service endpoint. 

Java Servlet 2.4 

Web-service endpoint filter. 

JavaServer Pages (JSP) 2.0 architecture 

Expression language and tag library. 

J2EE Connector Architecture 1.5 

Inbound resource adapter and Java Message Service (JMS) pluggability. 

Web Services

Java Web Services Developer Pack 1.5 

Integrated toolkit for building, testing, and deploying XML applications, Web services, and Web applications. 

Java API for XML-based Remote Procedure Calls (JAX-RPC) 1.1 

Mapping for WSDL and Java technology and support for development of Web-service clients and endpoints. 

WS-I Basic Profile 1.0 

The enabling element for interoperability by using WSDL and SOAP. 

SOAP with attachment API for Java (SAAJ) 1.2 

An API for SOAP-based messaging. Fosters the creation of SOAP messages with attachments. 

Java APIs for XML Registries (JAXR) 1.0 

A uniform and standard API for accessing XML registries, such as those for Universal Description Discovery and Integration (UDDI and ebXML). 

Other

J2EE Deployment 1.1 

Standard APIs that enable deployments of J2EE components and applications. 

J2EE Management 1.0 

Definitions for the information model for managing the J2EE platform. 

Java Management Extensions (JMX) 1.2 

Standard management API. 

Java Authorization Contract for Containers (JACC) 1.0 

Definitions of security contracts between a J2EE Application Server and the authorization policy provider. 

Java API for XML Processing (JAXP) 1.2 

An API with which applications can parse and transform XML documents. Also adds support for processing of XML schemas. 

JMS 1.1 

A messaging standard that enables J2EE application components to create, send, receive, and read messages. Also adds support for uniform APIs for queues and topics. 

JavaMail 1.3 

A set of abstract classes that model a mail system. Also includes minor updates to the APIs.