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A.7 Major functional changes in 08-70

Organization of this subsection

(1) Facilitating system implementation and creation

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

Table A‒20: 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.

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Chapter 5

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14.2.2

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

4.10

(2) Implementing standard and existing functionality

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

Table A‒21: 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

14.5

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

(3) Maintaining and enhancing reliability

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

Table A‒22: 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

2.5.4

Definition Reference Guide

14.2

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

7.11

(4) Other purposes

The table below outlines the changes made for other purposes.

Table A‒23: 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

4.2.4

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