Main updates in the functionality of Application Server 09-50

This subsection describes the main updates in the functionality of Application Server 09-50 and the purpose of each change.

The contents described in this section are as follows:

This section gives an overview and describes the main updates in the functionality of Application Server 09-50. For details on the functionality, check the description in the Reference location column. The Reference manual column and Reference location column specify the main sections with the description of a particular functionality.
uCosminexus Application Server is omitted from the manual names mentioned in the Reference manual column.

Organization of this section: (1) Improving development productivity; (2) Simplifying implementation and setup; (3) Supporting standard and existing functionality; (4) Maintaining and improving reliability; (5) Maintaining and improving the operational performance; (6) Other purpose

(1) Improving development productivity

The following table describes the items that are changed to improve the development productivity.

Table 1-9 Changes made for improving the development productivity

Item	Overview of changes	Reference manual	Reference location
Simplifying the Eclipse setup	The Eclipse environment can now be set up by using GUI.	Application Development Guide	1.1.5, 2.4
Supporting debug using the user extended performance analysis trace	The user extended performance analysis trace configuration file can now be created in the development environment.	Application Development Guide	1.1.3, 6.5

(2) Simplifying implementation and setup

The following table describes the items that are changed to simplify implementation and setup.

Table 1-10 Changes made for simplifying implementation and setup

Item	Overview of changes	Reference manual	Reference location
Expansion of the system configuration pattern in a virtual environment	The types of tiers (http-tier, j2ee-tier, and ctm-tier) usable in a virtual environment are now increased. Because of this, the following system configuration patterns can now be set up: Pattern that allocates Web servers and J2EE servers to another host Pattern that separates and deploys the front-end (servlet and JSP) and the back-end (EJB) Pattern that uses CTM	Virtual System Setup and Operation Guide	1.1.2

(3) Supporting standard and existing functionality

The following table describes the items that are changed to support standard and existing functionality.

Table 1-11 Changes made for supporting standard and existing functionality

Item	Overview of changes	Reference manual	Reference location
Supporting the JDBC 4.0 specifications	HiRDB Type4 JDBC Driver of the JDBC 4.0 specifications and the JDBC driver of SQL Server are now supported by DB Connector.	Common Container Functionality Guide	3.6.3
Relaxing the naming conventions for the Portable Global JNDI name.	Usable characters have been added in the Portable Global JNDI name.	Common Container Functionality Guide	2.4.3
Supporting the Servlet 3.0 specifications	Updates of the HTTP Cookie name and the path parameter name of URL of Servlet 3.0 can now be used even with the versions earlier than Servlet 2.5.	Web Container Functionality Guide	2.7
Applying the expansion of applications that can be integrated with Bean Validation	Bean Validation can now be used and validated even with CDI and user applications.	Common Container Functionality Guide	Chapter 10
Supporting JavaMail	The e-mail send and receive functionality that uses the JavaMail 1.4-compliant API can now be used.	Common Container Functionality Guide	Chapter 8
Applying the expansion of OSs in which the javacore command can be used	The javacore command can now be used to acquire thread dumps of Windows.	Command Reference Guide	javacore (Acquiring thread dumps/ for Windows)

(4) Maintaining and improving reliability

The following table describes the items that are changed for maintaining and improving reliability.

Table 1-12 Changes made for maintaining and improving reliability

Item	Overview of changes	Reference manual	Reference location
Avoiding exhaustion of the code cache area	By confirming the size of the code cache area used in the system, and changing the threshold value before the area becomes exhausted, the area exhaustion can now be avoided.	System Design Guide	7.1.2
		Maintenance and Migration Guide	5.7.2, 5.7.3
		Definition Reference Guide	16.1, 16.2, 16.4
Supporting efficient application of the Explicit Memory Management functionality Expanding the output range of the class-wise statistical information	The automatic release processing time is now reduced, and the functionality that can control the objects moved to the Explicit heap has been added as the functionality to efficiently apply the Explicit Memory Management functionality. The functionality to control the movement of objects to the Explicit memory block The functionality to specify the Explicit Memory Management functionality exemption class The output of the object release rate information to the Explicit heap information The reference relationship that is based on the static field can now be output to the extended thread dump that includes the class-wise statistical information.	System Design Guide	7.13.6
		Expansion Guide	8.2.2, 8.6.5, 8.10, 8.13.1, 8.13.3
		Maintenance and Migration Guide	5.5
		Maintenance and Migration Guide	9.6

(5) Maintaining and improving the operational performance

The following table describes the items that are changed for maintaining and improving operational performance.

Table 1-13 Changes made for maintaining and improving operational performance

Item	Overview of changes	Reference manual	Reference location
Supporting the EADs session failover functionality	The EADs session failover functionality that implements the session failover functionality by integrating with EADs is now supported.	Expansion Guide	Chapter 5, Chapter 7
Operating with WAR	A WAR application that consists of only WAR files can now be deployed on a J2EE server.	Web Container Functionality Guide	2.2.1
		Common Container Functionality Guide	13.9
		Command Reference Guide	cjimportwar (Importing WAR applications)
Starting and stopping with the synchronous execution of the management functionality	The option to synchronously execute the starting and stopping of the management functionality (Management Server and Administration Agent) has been added.	This manual	2.6.1, 2.6.2, 2.6.3, 2.6.4
		Command Reference Guide	adminagentctl (Starting and stopping Administration Agent), mngautorun (Set up and unset up of automatic start and automatic restart), mngsvrctl (Starting, stopping, and set up of Management Server)
Forced release of the Explicit memory block in the Explicit Memory Management functionality	The release processing of the Explicit memory block can now be executed at any timing using the javagc command.	Expansion Guide	8.6.1, 8.9
		Command Reference Guide	javagc (Forced occurrence of garbage collection)

(6) Other purpose

The following table describes the items that are changed for other purposes.

Table 1-14 Changes made for other purposes