Archive for February, 2007

Rod Johnson

Oracle Contributing Oracle Application Server Integration Code to Spring Framework

On the theme of application servers embracing Spring, another update. Oracle have been working on value added integration with their application server. This is similar to what we have with WebLogic 8.1 and above in WebLogicJtaTransactionManager. The OC4JJtaTransactionManager should be used in place of the generic JtaTransactionManager in an OC4J environment, and provides the following Read more…

Rod Johnson

Sun's GlassFish Embracing Spring

Sun take open source seriously these days, and users seem to be starting to take Sun open source seriously too. GlassFish was late to the party in open source application servers, but it seems to be gaining traction. And, more importantly, it actually seems to be pretty good. Various Interface21ers, including Costin and Juergen, have Read more…

Rod Johnson

WebLogic 10 Tech Preview Ships – Builds on Spring Framework

Congratulations to the WebLogic team on shipping a preview of WebLogic 10, which passes the Java EE 5 CTS. It's good to see BEA getting back to their tradition of being quick off the mark, after their aberration with J2EE 1.4. This is interesting news for the Spring community, because WebLogic 10 uses Pitchfork internally. Read more…