Installation guide

CHAPTER 2 New features in EAServer 5.3
What’s New 7
jConnect 6.0 support
This new feature of EAServer is compiled using JDK 1.4, which includes the
JDBC 3.0 standards and all associated interfaces. With jConnect 6.0, you can
use Kerberos to authenticate Java applications without sending user names and
passwords over a network.
jConnect 6.0 for JDBC provides:
• Interoperability with other JDBC drivers
• High-performance direct database access
• Zero-client installation
• Diverse and legacy database support
• Portability across any Web server and Java-enabled client
• Scalability for business-critical applications
• Security and reliability
For information about JDBC connection URLs, see “Configuring connection
caches” in Chapter 4, “Database Access,” in the EAServer System
Administration Guide.
JDK 1.5 support
EAServer 5.3 adds support for JDK 1.5 and its applications. It offers changes
in the way you can output data, import, and declare classes, as well as in
invoking methods.
The JDK 1.5 features focus on the following areas:
• Ease of Development
• Scalability and Performance
• Monitoring and Manageability
• Improved Desktop client
• Core XML support
• Supplementary character support
• JDBC RowSets