Java Product News (updated September 14, 2001)

Empirix updates Bean-test

The latest release of Bean-test is now available from Empirix. Bean-test 4.0 provides testing capabilities, specifically for Enterprise JavaBeans (EJBs). Key features include an updated graphical user interface (GUI), stress testing capability, and advanced data manipulation.

https://www.empirix.com/

Bitmovers Maui 1.2 develops UIs for server-side apps

Bitmovers Maui allows developers to create user interfaces (UIs) that dynamically deploy to network-enabled platforms. Maui’s plug-in architecture allows Maui to support all current and future network access devices. The latest version, Maui 1.2, includes server support and improved support for Palm and Wireless Application Protocol (WAP).

https://maui.bitmovers.com/download/

Iona’s Total Business Integration now supports embedded apps

On September 28, Iona will release Java and C++ versions of Orbix/E 2.0, a lightweight distributed computing platform designed for embedded applications. This product extends the Iona e-Business Platform for Total Business Integration, allowing organizations to integrate their embedded applications into the rest of their enterprise.

https://www.iona.com/

O’Reilly releases Java & XML, Second Edition

Java & XML, Second Edition by Brett McLaughlin focuses on using XML from Java applications. The new edition adds chapters on Advanced SAX (Simple API for XML) and Advanced DOM (Document Object Model), and new chapters on SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol) and data binding.

https://www.oreilly.com/catalog/javaxml2/

Versant enhances enJin

enJin 2.2, the latest release of Versant’s transaction accelerator, features performance and scalability enhancements. In addition, it now extends the ability to seamlessly persist Java objects from within Java Server Pages (JSPs), Servlets, and Enterprise JavaBeans (EJBs). Versant enJin also provides tool integration with Borland’s JBuilder IDE.

https://www.versant.com/products/enjin/

Lutris adds JMS support to EAS 4

Lutris Technologies has embedded IIT Software’s SwiftMQ, a messaging system compliant with Java Message Service (JMS), into the EAS 4 enterprise application server. SwiftMQ implements both the point-to-point and publish/subscribe message models of JMS specification 1.0.2. Due to its filesystem-based persistent message stores, reliable IP multicast, communication and serialization protocols, and compression on message base, SwiftMQ increases Lutris EAS’s flexibility and performance when used in Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition deployments.

https://www.lutris.com/products/eas4_0/index.html

https://www.swiftmq.com/

Sims Computing updates enterprise job scheduler

Flux 3.1 from Sims Computing is a software component that provides job-scheduling functionality to Java and Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition applications. Version 3.1’s improvements include a Web-based management console for administering Flux from a browser and support for interacting with Flux using XML.

http://www.simscomputing.com/

Commercial release of CapeStudio now available

CapeStudio from Cape Clear Software automatically generates code for Java or Visual Basic from Web services description language (WSDL) files. CapeStudio also provides a graphical environment for defining bidirectional transformations between XML documents and Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) messages.

https://www.capeclear.com/products/capestudio/

OC Systems launches a “flight recorder” for Windows

OC Systems has introduced the Windows 2000/NT/XP version of RootCause, software that helps find the cause of Java application failures. Like an airplane flight recorder, RootCause continually records data about a program’s execution as it runs. When a problem or failure occurs, the collected information transmits to support staff via email or FTP. With this information, support developers can walk through the operations that led to the problem and identify its cause.

https://www.ocsystems.com/demo.html

Softwired adds wireless functionality to WebLogic-based apps

Softwired has integrated its iBus//Mobile Java platform into BEA’s WebLogic Server. This JMS-based (Java Message Service) wireless platform allows mobile applications to directly connect to WebLogic through various wireless protocols. iBus//Mobile also offers encryption, store-and-forward messaging to cater for loss of network coverage, an XML message transformation engine, and HTTP proxy.

https://www.softwired-inc.com/products/belink.html

realMethods enhances J2EE development tool

The realMethods Framework 1.5 beta, available in October, will include Rational Rose model to XML integration. Updated from version 1.0, the realMethods Framework builds cross-platform Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) applications.

http://www.realmethods.com/downloads.html

Manning releases book on WAP development

Dynamic WAP Application Development, by Soo Mee Foo, Christopher Hoover, and Wei Meng Lee provides developers with a guide to building Websites for wireless devices. It introduces the Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) and wireless languages, including Handheld Device Markup Language (HDML), Wireless Markup Language (WML), and WMLScript. The book also offers an overview of Java servlets and walks readers through the process of creating WAP apps with server-side technologies.

https://www.browsebooks.com/foo/

Iona releases XMLBus 1.2.0

The Iona XMLBus allows developers to build Web services from Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) applications running on the Iona iPortal, BEA WebLogic, or IBM WebSphere application servers. IONA has tested XMLBus with nine Web service implementations, including Microsoft’s .Net and SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol) Toolkit. With XMLBus, J2EE environments can use Web services created in .Net and vice versa.

https://www.xmlbus.com/

Quadbase delivers Java-based reporting tool

EspressReport version 1.1 is now available from Quadbase Systems. Written in pure Java, this reporting tool allows users to develop and deploy reports across any platform. The reporting engine can generate Web or print ready content on the fly, and stream it directly to the client, or store canned reports on the server.

https://www.quadbase.com/