Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ:JAVA) today announced the
availability of the Java(TM) Platform Enterprise Edition 6 (Java EE
6) and significant industry support from Java technology licensees
including Caucho, IBM, Oracle and Red Hat. Java EE is the premier
platform for web and enterprise application development and
deployment. Java EE 6 introduces features to increase the
flexibility of the platform and enable companies to use specific
application scenarios, in addition to the full enterprise platform,
to help meet their use case requirements. The Java EE SDK has been
downloaded more than 18 million times and the specification is
supported by 28 licensees that market Java EE compatible-products.
Developers can download and begin deploying Java EE applications
today using the Java EE SDK available at:
http://java.sun.com/javaee/downloads/index.jsp.
The Java EE platform and its underlying technology
specifications continue to be developed through the Java Community
Process(SM) (JCP) and by extension, many different open source
communities. The JCP is a collaborative community effort, which
includes a large group of industry leading companies and
organizations (including Apache, Caucho, Eclipse, Fujitsu, Google,
HP, IBM, Oracle, Red Hat and SAP AG), along with independent
community members.
Java EE 6 provides a strong foundation for the continued growth
of Java technology for both developers and solution providers. The
Java EE 6 specification introduces Profiles, which target the
platform at specific application scenarios. Profiles provides more
flexibility for customers, ISVs and platform vendors and allows
them to better address new and existing markets.
The lightweight Web Profile is designed to specifically address
web application deployment scenarios that may not require the full
enterprise functionality of the broader Java EE platform. Coupled
with significant improvements to the existing specifications, and
the introduction of Enterprise JavaBeans (TM) (EJB) 3.1 Lite
technology, the Web Profile allows web developers to quickly and
easily build applications without the need to build and manage a
“custom stack”. In addition, developers requiring the power of the
full platform can easily move from the Web Profile to the complete
Java EE 6 platform. Additional profiles are expected to be defined
in the future through the Java Community Process to address
different application scenarios.
“Over the years the Java EE platform has grown and matured to
cover a wide range of enterprise and web application needs. Java EE
6 is designed to be more lightweight and modular to help simplify
development, serve more applications and address various deployment
scenarios. The innovative features and productivity improvements
now available in Java EE 6 are the result of an extensive,
collaborative development effort between Sun, the JCP and open
source community members,” said Karen Tegan Padir, vice president
of MySQL and Software Infrastructure at Sun. “The introduction of
Java EE 6 Profiles brings new flexibility to the platform and helps
to address the needs of the various communities by adding new
functionality and ease of use capabilities. We expect Profiles to
usher in a new era of innovation and the possibility of many
exciting new products for the Java EE platform.”
Java EE 6 also defines extensibility features as a means to
embrace and support external communities and innovations and allow
them to cleanly “plug in” to the platform. In addition, Java EE 6
specifies a process and a set of technologies that may be “pruned”
from future releases of the platform, allowing vendors and
application providers to plan their migration to newer technologies
that will be offered in upcoming versions of the platform.
The latest Java EE SDK delivers powerful enterprise and Web
development technologies that leverage the first implementation of
the Java EE 6 platform. Developers familiar with the Java EE
programming model can now take advantage of the productivity
improvements and the tremendous ease of development features
introduced as part of Java EE 6 to build a range of applications –
from web to enterprise. Some of the enhancements include: the
introduction of Context and Dependency Injection and EJB 3.1 Lite
technologies, the simplification of adding EJBs to web application
war files without having to create additional packaging artifacts,
the ability to drag and drop third-party frameworks through the
web-fragments.xml in servlets, the addition of numerous annotations
across the platform to make it easier to build applications and the
ability to embed EJBs into standalone applications to facilitate
testing. A complete list of all the features of Java EE 6 is
available at: http://java.sun.com/javaee/.
The Java EE platform has fostered a vibrant community and
marketplace for additional technologies, frameworks, languages and
applications that work with the platform. Java EE 6 delivers
significant ease-of-use and productivity improvements while
retaining Java EE 5 backwards compatibility, with the benefit of
multiple implementations to choose from. The Java EE 6 reference
implementation is derived from the GlassFish(TM) open source
project.
Pricing and Availability
The Java EE 6 Reference Implementation, TCK and SDK are
available now. The new SDK includes documentation and tools for
developers to learn Java EE 6 and accelerate the creation of new
enterprise applications. It is available as a free download at:
http://java.sun.com/javaee/downloads/index.jsp.
About Sun Microsystems, Inc.
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marketplace. Guided by a singular vision -- "The Network Is The
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Supporting Quotes from Java EE
Licensees
Caucho
“The introduction of Profiles in the Java EE 6 Platform will
help deliver the right sized solution for specific market segments.
The lightweight Java EE 6 Web Profile is the ideal set of
specifications for developing high performance modern web
applications. The Java EE 6 Expert Group, led by Sun, has done an
excellent job on meeting the goals defined in the Java
Specification Request (JSR) for this version of the platform,” said
Steve Montal, CEO, Caucho.
IBM
“IBM believes that the Java EE platform has brought significant
value to our customers, helping enable robust business applications
and middleware. We applaud the focus in Java EE 6 to improve
developer productivity and cross-technology integration while
maintaining compatibility for existing customers. IBM has worked
closely with expert groups in driving the same trend,” said Jim
Knutson, IBM WebSphere Java EE architect.
Oracle
“Java EE 6 is another major step forward for the Java community.
Oracle has a long history of participation in open standards,
including the Java Community Process. Java EE 6 brings new
advances, like the Oracle-led open source EclipseLink
implementation of the Java Persistence API and the new Web Profile
in support of lighter weight deployment and simpler development.
Oracle continues to see Java EE as an actively evolving standard
that adapts to the needs of developer innovation, open source
communities, and enterprise requirements,” said Steven G. Harris,
senior vice president, Oracle Fusion Middleware.
Red Hat
“We are proud to again be contributing critical parts to the
evolution of the Java EE platform. We feel strongly that Java EE
Profiles and the inclusion of the Contexts and Dependency Injection
specification, JSR 299 are important steps in the right direction
for Java EE. We place a high value on industry standards, they
remain critical to Red Hat customers and are imperative for the
future strength of enterprise Java,” said Dr. Mark Little, chief
technologist - JBoss Enterprise Middleware, Red Hat.
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