H.5 Main functionality changes in 09-50
- Organization of this subsection
(1) Improving development productivity
The following table shows the items that were changed to improve development productivity.
Item |
Overview of changes |
Reference manual |
Reference |
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Simplification of Eclipse setup |
You can now set an Eclipse environment by using GUI. |
Application Development Guide |
1.1.5, 2.4 |
Support for debugging by using user-extended performance analysis trace |
Setup files for user-extended performance analysis trace can now be created in a development environment. |
Application Development Guide |
1.1.3, 6.4 |
(2) Simplifying implementation and setup
The following table shows the item that was changed to simplify implementation and setup.
Item |
Overview of changes |
Reference manual |
Reference |
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Addition of system configurations in a virtual environment |
The types of tiers (http-tier, j2ee-tier, and ctm-tier) usable in a virtual environment increased. Therefore, the following system configurations are now available:
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Virtual System Setup and Operation Guide |
1.1.2 |
(3) Supporting the standard and existing functionality
The following table shows the items that were changed to support the standard and existing functionality.
Item |
Overview of changes |
Reference manual |
Reference |
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Support for the JDBC 4.0 specifications |
DB Connector now supports HiRDB Type4 JDBC Driver of the JDBC 4.0 specifications and JDBC driver of the SQL Server. |
Common Container Functionality Guide |
3.6.3 |
Modification of naming conventions in the Portable Global JNDI names |
The characters that can be used in the Portable Global JNDI names were added. |
Common Container Functionality Guide |
2.4.3 |
Support for the Servlet 3.0 specifications |
Changes to the HTTP Cookie name and URL path parameter name in Servlet 3.0 can now be used in Servlet 2.5 and earlier versions. |
Web Container Functionality Guide |
2.7 |
Expanded use of applications that can be linked with Bean Validation |
Validation on CDI and UAP can now be performed by using Bean Validation. |
Common Container Functionality Guide |
Chapter 9 |
Support for JavaMail |
The email sending and receiving functionality using the API that complies with JavaMail 1.4 can now be used. |
Common Container Functionality Guide |
Chapter 7 |
Expanded use of the OS in which the javacore command can be used |
You can now use the javacore command to acquire Windows thread dumps. |
Command Reference Guide |
javacore (Acquiring the thread dump/in Windows) |
(4) Maintaining and improving reliability
The following table shows the items that were changed to maintain and improve reliability.
Item |
Overview of changes |
Reference manual |
Reference |
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Avoiding depletion of the code cache area |
You can now avoid the depletion of the area by checking the size of the code cache area used by the system and changing the threshold value before the area is depleted. |
System Design Guide |
7.2.6 |
Maintenance and Migration Guide |
5.7.2, 5.7.3 |
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Definition Reference Guide |
14.1, 14.2, 14.4 |
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Support for efficient use of the Explicit Memory Management functionality |
The functionality was added to control the objects to be moved to an Explicit heap, as the functionality to reduce the automatic release processing time and to efficiently apply the Explicit Memory Management functionality.
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System Design Guide |
7.14.6 |
Expansion Guide |
7.2.2, 7.6.5, 7.10, 7.13.1, 7.13.3 |
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Maintenance and Migration Guide |
5.5 |
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Expanded output range of statistical information for each class |
A reference relation based on a static field can now be output to the extended thread dump that contains statistical information for each class. |
Maintenance and Migration Guide |
9.6 |
(5) Maintaining and improving operability
The following table shows the items that were changed to maintain and improve operability.
Item |
Overview of changes |
Reference manual |
Reference |
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Support for the EADs session failover functionality |
The EADs session failover functionality that achieves the session failover functionality by linking with EADs is now supported. |
Expansion Guide |
Chapter 5 |
Operation based on WAR |
A WAR application that consists of WAR files only can now be deployed on the J2EE server. |
Web Container Functionality Guide |
2.2.1 |
Common Container Functionality Guide |
15.9 |
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Command Reference Guide |
cjimportwar (Import a WAR application) |
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Starting and stopping by synchronous execution of the operation management functionality |
Starting and stopping of the operation management functionality (Management Server and Administration Agent) was added to the options to be synchronously executed. |
Operation, Monitoring, and Linkage Guide |
2.6.1, 2.6.2, 2.6.3, 2.6.4 |
Command Reference Guide |
adminagentctl (start or stop Administration Agent), mngautorun (Set up/canceling the set up of autostart and autorestart), mngsvrctl (start, stop, or setup Management Server) |
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Forced release of Explicit memory blocks by using the Explicit Memory Management functionality |
The release processing of Explicit memory blocks can now be performed any time by using the javagc command. |
Expansion Guide |
7.6.1, 7.9 |
Command Reference Guide |
javagc (forcibly perform GC) |
(6) Other purposes
The following table shows the items that were changed for other purposes.
Item |
Overview of changes |
Reference manual |
Reference |
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Acquisition of definition information |
The snapshotlog command (collect snapshot log) can now be used to collect definition files only. |
Maintenance and Migration Guide |
2.3 |
Command Reference Guide |
snapshotlog (collect snapshot logs) |
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Log output of the cjenvsetup command |
Execution information for setup (the cjenvsetup command) of the Component Container Administrator can now be output to the message log |
System Setup and Operation Guide |
4.1.4 |
Maintenance and Migration Guide |
4.20 |
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Command Reference Guide |
cjenvsetup (set up Component Container Administrator) |
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Support for BIG-IP v11 |
BIG-IP v11 was added to the types of the available load balancers. |
System Setup and Operation Guide |
4.7.2 |
Virtual System Setup and Operation Guide |
2.1 |
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Output of CPU time to the event log of the Explicit Memory Management functionality |
The CPU time spent on the processing to release the Explicit memory block can now be output to the event log of the Explicit Memory Management functionality. |
Maintenance and Migration Guide |
5.11.3 |
Extension of the user-extended performance analysis trace functionality |
The following changes were made to the user-extended performance analysis trace functionality:
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Maintenance and Migration Guide |
7.5.2, 7.5.3, 8.23.1 |
Improved information analysis when using asynchronous invocation of Session Bean |
The requests at the invocation source can now be compared against the requests at the invocation destination by using root application information of PRF trace. |
EJB Container Functionality Guide |
2.17.3 |