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What is Oracle announcing?
What does this mean for Oracle JDeveloper tools? Is Oracle switching its
tools strategy to Eclipse?
Does this project mean that Oracle is going to open source EJB 3.0?
Why did you choose to support Eclipse if you have your own tools?
How will developers benefit from this tools project?
Can I use EJB 3.0 functionality today?
Will the EJB 3.0 project in Eclipse work with platforms other than Oracle?
When will the EJB 3.0 project with Eclipse begin?
When do you expect the project to be completed?
When will you have EJB 3.0 capability available in Oracle products?
What is Oracle announcing?
Oracle is announcing its intention to lead a new
project: providing Eclipse tools for building Java applications with Enterprise
JavaBeans 3.0.
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What does this mean for Oracle JDeveloper tools? Is Oracle switching its
tools strategy to Eclipse?
This announcement is consistent with Oracle's path
of the last three years: to make Oracle JDeveloper the integrated development
environment of choice for Java and SOA developers. EJB
3.0 capabilities are already in development for the upcoming release
of JDeveloper. With the new EJB 3.0 tools project, we are extending the
concept of "productivity with choice" to Eclipse developers as well. Now
developers who prefer Eclipse will be able to use it to build and deploy
Java applications with EJB 3.0 to the Oracle platform.
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Does this project mean that Oracle is going to open source EJB 3.0?
Any work that Oracle contributes to Eclipse, such as the EJB 3.0 tools project,
will be done under the Eclipse Public License. This new project involves design-time
tools for EJB 3.0. With this project, Oracle will be leading the effort to build
an open source EJB 3.0 O/R mapping tool in Eclipse. The Eclipse Public License
will not affect Oracle products.
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Why did you choose to support Eclipse if you have your own tools?
At Oracle, we are committed to choice. For those developers who choose to
use Eclipse instead of JDeveloper, we want to ensure that their experience in
building and deploying applications to the Oracle Application Server platform
is as rewarding as possible.
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How will developers benefit from this tools project?
The end result of this effort will be that Eclipse developers will have
a first-rate development environment for EJB 3.0. This will benefit Eclipse
developers who want to use EJB 3.0 technology, and enhance the J2EE platform
as well.
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Can I use EJB 3.0 functionality today?
Yes, even though the EJB 3.0 specification is not
yet final, customers can utilize features of EJB 3.0 today through products
with preview support such as Oracle Application Server 10.1.3. In addition,
Oracle TopLink provides a smooth migration path to EJB 3.0 by being the
only product to support both the EJB 2.1 model and the POJO-based model
adopted by EJB 3.0. Regardless of what application server vendor you are
using, TopLink provides the ability to use EJB 3.0 features including the
EntityManager API, queries, and testing outside the container.
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Will the EJB 3.0 project in Eclipse work with platforms other
than Oracle?
Yes, one of the goals of the project is for all the different EJB 3.0 vendors
to participate, ensuring that individual implementations are supported. Most
of this support is covered in the Java standards as well, so developers won’t
have to worry about moving between EJB-compliant servers.
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When will the EJB 3.0 project with Eclipse begin?
We are excited about this
endeavor and have already launched into initial high-level design and project
planning. As specified by the Eclipse development process, the project creation
review will be held in approximately a month.
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When do you expect the project to be completed?
Although the schedule for
this project has not yet been determined, we expect it to align with the Eclipse
Web Tools schedule as well as the schedule for J2EE 5.0.
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When will you have EJB 3.0 capability available in Oracle products?
The Oracle Application Server EJB 3.0 preview is available now for free at
oracle.com/technology/ejb3. Oracle Application Server 10.1.3 and Oracle JDeveloper
10.1.3 will ship with EJB 3.0 functionality in the fall of 2005.
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Where can I find more information?
You can find more information on this project on
either the Oracle website (http://www.oracle.com/technology/ejb3)
or the Eclipse website (www.eclipse.org).
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