What's New in the Solaris 9 Operating Environment

Java Releases

Feature Description 

Release Date 

JavaHelp v. 1.1.2

JavaHelpTM v. 1.1.2 is a full-featured, platform-independent, extensible help system that enables developers and authors to incorporate online help in applets, components, applications, operating systems, and devices. For more information, refer to the following Web site:

http://java.sun.com/products

Solaris 9 

Java 2 SDK, Standard Edition v. 1.4.0

The Java 2 SDK Standard Edition v. 1.4.0 (J2SETM 1.4.0) is an upgrade release for Java 2 SDK, Standard Edition. The upgrade release includes new platform features, and new tools and utilities.

For full details on these enhancements, see the J2SE 1.4.0 platform documentation at the following Web site: 

http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4/docs/relnotes/features.html

Solaris 9 

JSP 1.2 and Java Servlet 2.3 Support in Apache Web Server

With the addition of Jakarta Tomcat 4.0.1 and the mod_jserv module, the Apache web server now supports JavaServer PagesTM (JSP Version 1.2) and Java Servlets (Version 2.3).

The following files are stored in /etc/apache:

  • tomcat.conf

  • README.Solaris

  • zone.properties

  • jserv.properties

  • jserv.conf

See the README.Solaris file for information on enabling Tomcat support. Also refer to the following Web site for configuration information:

http://jakarta.apache.org/tomcat/tomcat-4.0-doc/index.html

Tomcat and the mod-jserv module, like the rest of Apache software, is open source code that is maintained by a group external to Sun. This group seeks to maintain compatibility with previous releases.

Solaris 9