J2EE, Web Services and Internet Applications

Oracle Application Server 10g (9.0.4) provides a productive Application Server environment for developers to develop Internet Applications based on open standards.

-> Oracle HTTP Server includes the following new features and enhancements:

-Based on Apache 1.3.28 to take advantage of latest optimizations and security features
-Log file rotation
-SSL Session renegotiation
-nCipher SSL support
-AJP Port tunneling
-AJP over SSL support between OHS and OC4J

-> Oracle Application Server TopLink includes the following new features and enhancements:

-Full compliance and support for the Oracle Application Server stack
-Productivity enhancements in Mapping Workbench (MW)
*New sessions editior
*Advanced query editor
*Improved support for source management systems
-Additional support Oracle9i DB Features (Hierarchical queries, Hints, and improved LOB support)
-Upgraded Web Client, including Session Console functionality
-Support for WebSphere 5.0 (JTA)

-> Oracle Application Server Containers for J2EE (OC4J) includes the following new features and enhancements:

-J2EE 1.3 support
-JSP Standard Tag Library (JSTL) support
-Multimedia JSP Tag Library
-Tag Library Descriptor (TLD) caching
-Lightweight JMS support, fully JMS 1.0.2b compatible
-Startup and shutdown classes
-New logging mode

-> Oracle Application Server Web Services includes the following new features and enhancements:

-SOAP headers and API
-SOAP fault support
-Enhanced interoperability
-XML Types, BLOBs, and CLOBs for PL/SQL Web services
-UDDI v2 support

-> Oracle Business Components for Java (BC4J) includes the following new features and enhancements:

-Support for mapping business components to EJB 2.0 local entity beans
-Jakarta Struts support
-Support for application-level security using JAAS
-Runtime performance enhancements

-> Oracle Application Server Forms Services includes the following new features and enhancements:

-Capacity to secure URL parameters
-Runtime Pre-start functionality for Improved startup performance
-Remote tracing from Enterprise Manager
-Enhanced Single Sign-On and Oracle Internet Directory support
-JDK 1.4 support