The table below outlines the changes made to facilitate system implementation and creation.

Table A-6 Changes made to facilitate system implementation and creation

Item	Overview of changes	Reference manual	Relevant information
Improving the management portal	The management portal window now allows you to configure the resource adapter attribute definition property (Connector attribute file settings). It also now allows you to perform connection tests and upload J2EE applications (ear and zip files) to Management Server.	First Step Guide	3.5
Adding functionality to implicitly import the import attribute of the page/tag directive	Functionality to implicitly import the import attribute of the page/tag directive is now available.	Web Container Functionality Guide	2.3.7
Improving the integrated user management functionality	When a database is used as the user information repository, you can now connect to the database by using a JDBC driver, which is a database product. Using Cosminexus DABroker Library's JDBC driver to connect to a database is not supported. You can now use the Easy Setup definition file and management portal window to configure the settings for the integrated user management functionality. DN for Active Directory can now include double-byte characters such as Japanese.	This manual	Chapter 5
		This manual	14.3
Adding HTTP Server settings	You can now use the Easy Setup definition file and management portal window to directly configure directives (settings in httpsd.conf) for defining the HTTP Server operation environment.	System Setup and Operation Guide	4.1.21
		Definition Reference Guide	4.13

The table below outlines the changes made to enable implementation of standard and existing functionality.

Table A-7 Changes made to enable implementation of standard and existing functionality

Item	Overview of changes	Reference manual	Relevant information
Adding specification items to ejb-jar.xml	Class-level and method-level interceptors can now be specified in ejb-jar.xml.	EJB Container Functionality Guide	2.15
Support for parallel copy garbage collection	Parallel copy garbage collection can now be selected.	Definition Reference Guide	16.5
Support for global transactions through an inbound resource adapter that complies with Connector 1.5 specifications	Transacted delivery is now possible with resource adapters that comply with the Connector 1.5 specifications. This allows EISs that call message-driven beans to participate in global transactions.	Common Container Functionality Guide	3.16.3
Adapting the TP1 inbound adapter to MHP	MHP is now available as an OpenTP1 client that calls the application server by using the TP1 inbound adapter.	Common Container Functionality Guide	Chapter 4
Adapting the cjrarupdate command to the FTP inbound adapter	FTP inbound adapters are now included among the resource adapters that can be upgraded with the cjrarupdate command.	Command Reference Guide	2.2

The table below outlines the changes made to maintain and enhance reliability.

Table A-8 Changes made to maintain and enhance reliability

Item	Overview of changes	Reference manual	Relevant information
Improving the database session failover functionality	Modes that do not obtain a lock on databases that hold global session information can now be selected for performance-focused systems. In addition, reference-only requests that do not update the database can now be defined.	Expansion Guide	Chapter 6
Adding processing to be handled by the OutOfMemory handling functionality	Processing that is to be handled by the OutOfMemory handling functionality was added.	Maintenance and Migration Guide	2.5.7
		Definition Reference Guide	16.2
Adding memory-saving functionality for explicit heaps used in an HTTP session	Functionality to restrict the amount of memory allocated to explicit heaps in HTTP sessions was added.	Expansion Guide	8.11

The table below outlines the changes made for other purposes.

Table A-9 Changes made for other purposes

Item	Overview of changes	Reference manual	Relevant information
Support for direct access to load balancers through an API (REST architecture)	Direct access to load balancers through an API (REST architecture) is now supported. In addition, ACOS (AX2500) is now included among the available load balancers.	System Setup and Operation Guide	4.7.2, 4.7.3
		Definition Reference Guide	4.5
Adding memory-saving functionality for explicit heaps used in an HTTP session	Functionality to restrict the amount of memory allocated to explicit heaps in HTTP sessions was added.	Expansion Guide	Appendix A