JRun Server [4.0]

• JRun Server [FPP]
  

Top 10 New Features

1. Certified J2EE 1.3 Compatible
JRun 4 was one of the first application servers to become certified J2EE 1.3 compatible, demonstrating the Macromedia commitment to J2EE. This is your guarantee that any J2EE-compatible application will run with JRun 4.

2. Built-in Web Services Support
Building web services in JRun 4 is as simple as editing a deployment descriptor to expose your regular Java classes or Enterprise JavaBeans as web services. Consuming web services is equally easy: JRun 4 automatically generates Java proxies for web services based on their WSDL files. The JRun Web Service Tag Library can also be used to dynamically invoke web services from JavaServer Pages (JSPs).

3. Hot Deployment and Hot Modification
In JRun 4, deploying an application is as simple as copying an EAR, JAR, WAR, or RAR file to the server directory. JRun 4 automatically senses the new file, deploys it, and makes it available in the target server—without restarting the server.

During development, you can hot modify any application component (servlets, JavaServer Pages, Enterprise JavaBeans, Java classes, deployment descriptors). Your changes take effect immediately—there's no need to restart the server, ever.

4. Superior EJB 2.0 Support
The JRun 4 EJB container has been redesigned to provide superior support for the new EJB 2.0 features, including local interfaces, message-driven beans, and the new Container Managed Persistence (CMP 2.0).

5. JINI-Based Enterprise-Class Clustering
JRun 4 provides enterprise-class server clustering, allowing load balancing and automatic fail-over at all levels. In-memory session replication ensures that state information is preserved. An objects' state is also replicated in an optimized manner to provide the highest level of reliability while maintaining performance.

6. JMX Service-Based Architecture
All the JRun 4 features (EJB container, web container, logging, etc.) are implemented as JMX services (called MBeans) plugged into the JRun kernel. This elegant service-based architecture provides both a highly customizable (you use only the services you need) and an easily extensible (you can create your own custom services) deployment platform.

7. EJB Development and Deployment Tool
The Enterprise Deployment Wizard streamlines the process of developing and deploying Enterprise JavaBeans. With its new O/R mapping capabilities for CMP 1.1 and CMP 2.0, you can generate and deploy a fully functional entity bean in minutes.

8. Macromedia Flash Remoting
JRun 4 provides native connectivity to Macromedia Flash, enabling the easy exchange of data. Macromedia Flash communicates with JRun 4 using the Action Message Format (AMF) over HTTP, providing lightweight binary transfer of data between the Macromedia Flash UI and JRun 4. Native Macromedia Flash connectivity allows you to access EJBs, Java classes, and MBeans with ease, speed, and security.

9. New JRun Management Console
The redesigned, JMX-enabled JRun Management Console (JMC) provides an easy-to-use, intuitive graphical user interface to manage your local and remote JRun servers. Using the JMC, you easily create servers, define clusters, manage applications, and implement JAAS-based security.

10. XDoclet Integration
XDoclet is a popular Java utility that can greatly simplify the development of J2EE components (such as Enterprise JavaBeans, servlets, and custom tags) by allowing you to maintain your component meta-data using Javadoc-style comments in a single source file. XDoclet is now wholly integrated into JRun 4. JRun 4 senses modifications to the source file and automatically generates the auxiliary files (such as interfaces and deployment descriptors).

JRun 4.0 Features

J2EE 1.3 Compatibility

• Certified J2EE 1.3 Compatible
• Top Servlets and JSP Performance
• Superior EJB 2.0 Support.

Developer Productivity

• Hot Deployment
• Hot Modification
• EJB Development and Deployment
• Open Tools Strategy
• Macromedia Flash Remoting
• XDoclet Integration
• JRun Server Tags Technology

Open Environment

• Built-in Web Services Support
• Java API for XML Parsing (JAXP)
• Java Message Service (JMS)
• Platform Independence
• Web Server Integration
• In-the-Box Database Connectivity

Performance and Reliability

• High Performance
• Performance Tracing
• New JINI-Based Enterprise-Class Clustering

Administration and Customisation

• JMX Service-Based Architecture
• New JRun Management Console
• Customizable Logging Service
• OEM Toolkit

Minimum System Requirements

• 64 MB RAM (128 recommended)
• 40 MB hard-disk space (80 recommended)

Operating Systems Supported

• Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows NT 4.0 SP6a, Windows 2000 SP3 and higher, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003
• Solaris 7, 8, 9, 10 (Sparc platform only)
• Red Hat Desktop Linux 6.2, 7.X, 8.0, 9
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3.0, 4.0
• IBM AIX 4.3, 5L, v5.1, v5.2, v5.3
• HP-UX 11.0, 11i (PA-RISC 1.1/2.0 only)
• Turbolinux
• SuSE Linux 7.2, 7.3, 8.x, 9.3
• Mac OS X 10.2 and higher

(Requires JRun 4 Updater 4 or later. Available for download only.)

Web Servers Supported

• Apache HTTP Server
• Microsoft IIS
• Netscape Enterprise Server
• iPlanet
• SunOne

Java Virtual Machine (JVM) Support

• Sun Java Virtual Machine 1.3.1 - 1.4.x
• Sun Java Virtual Machine 1.5

(Requires JRun 4 Updater 5 or later)

• IBM Java Virtual Machine 1.3.1 or higher

(IBM JDK 1.4.1 fully supported on Mac OSX with JRun Updater 4 or later. IBM JDK 1.4.x will be supported on other platforms in a later Updater.)

Database Support
JRun 4 includes high performance type IV JDBC drivers from DataDirect Technologies for the following databases:

• Oracle
• Microsoft SQL Server
• Sybase
• DB2
• Informix

Important Note

• Only the Japanese version of this software product may be installed on a Japanese version of any operating system.
• Compaq Tru64 support has been discontinued with the Updater 6 release.