Has anyone attempted to install the enterprise edition of java? Is there any info or docs on this. I'd be interested to see what ejb support there will be. WebObjects isn't and ejb server, is it?

[Kristoff]

Originally posted by forheadOfTheDead:
Has anyone attempted to install the enterprise edition of java? Is there any info or docs on this. I'd be interested to see what ejb support there will be. WebObjects isn't and ejb server, is it?

Good question, and I was wondering that myself. And, look what I found:

Source Code for J2EETM v 1.2.1 Now Available Through Sun Community Source Licensing (SCSL)
Sun Microsystems is releasing the source code for the J2EETM Reference Implementation under Sun's community source model to promote open communication, collaboration and innovation in the enterprise solutions market space. This model encourages early participation and development from companies who will be launching enterprise solutions in the future.
So, when we finally are able to download gcc for OS X, then we can compile away! Or, if someone has the developer tools, perhaps they could make an "Official" Unofficial Mac OSX J2EE distro.

http://java.sun.com/j2ee/download.html


[This message has been edited by Kristoff (edited 09-28-2000).]

[bygimis]

Until someone ports this you can get going with Servlets and JSP by downloading Tomcat from the Apache site. I've been running it for ages on OS X DP 4 and its great. The Sun J2EE is for development only and is very slow under load - its only really for developing apps which will then be run under WebLogic, WebSphere iPlanet etc. Getting one of these ported would be good.

Using Tomcat and something like PostgreSQL or MySQL lets you make very fast and powerful interactive systems.

bygimis@mac.com

[Kristoff]

Originally posted by bygimis:
The Sun J2EE is for development only and is very slow under load - its only really for developing apps which will then be run under WebLogic, WebSphere iPlanet etc. Getting one of these ported would be good.

I use iPlanet on my Linux and Solaris boxes (even ran it under NT once...dunno why tho ) I like that one a lot.

But, I think we all should be pushing vendors hard to port apps for OS X. It shouldn't be that hard for those that were primarily written for Unicies anyway.

The best way to do it, is to start petitions. Maybe we could open a "OS X Port Vendor Petition" Forum, where people can create topics based on things they would like to see ported, then others in favor could simply reply with a brief acknowledgement.

I tried WebLogic5.1 and it worked with DP4.
Although not examined deeply, at least Servlet and JSP works well.

I would recommend Orion Server (www.orionserver.com). I haven't tried it on OS X yet (I'm downloading it now), but it is 100% java so it should run on any computer with a java2 runtime. Orion server supports the latest J2EE API's (EJB 1.1, Servlet 2.2, JSP 1.1, etc). The only problem is it is not well documented.