Java application server in the cloud

Java application serverIn the cloud

May 2012

Lai Trung Hieu ECM

www.exoplatform.com - Copyright 2012 eXo Platform 2

Background

Java EE Productivity Report 2011


Target

At the end of this presentation you may understand The need of application server What is the application server EAS market overview The trend of EAS in the cloud


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Agenda

Application server

Certified Application servers

Cloud computing trend

Java EE 6 specifications

Application server


Application server

“An application server provides an environment where applications can run, no matter what the applications

are or what they do”


Application server

Serves up web pages Provides a container model for applications Provides services for applications Adheres to a specification controlled by industry Distributes requests across multiple physical

servers Provides management and/or development tools


Application server

Why we need it? Data and code integrity Centralized configuration Security Performance Total Cost of Ownership Transaction Support




Web Services Technologies RESTful Web Services (JAX-RS) XML-Based Web Services (JAX-WS) Java Architecture for XML Binding (JAXB) Web Services Metadata for the Java Platform Java API for XML-Based RPC (JAX-RPC) Java APIs for XML Messaging Java API for XML Registries (JAXR)



Web Application Technologies Java Servlet Java Server Faces Java Server Pages/Expression Language Standard Tag Library for Java Server Pages (JSTL) Debugging Support for Other Languages



Enterprise Application Technologies Contexts and Dependency Injection(Web Beans 1.0) Bean Validation Enterprise JavaBeans Java EE Connector Architecture Java Persistence Common Annotations for the Java Platform Java Message Service API Java Transaction API (JTA) JavaMail



Management and Security Technologies Java Authentication Service Provider Interface Java Authorization Contract Java EE Application Deployment J2EE Management



Java EE-related Specs in Java SE Java API for XML Processing (JAXP) Java Database Connectivity Java Management Extensions (JMX) Java Beans Activation Framework (JAF) Streaming API for XML (StAX)




J2EE didn’t fill the needs

EJB is difficult to use. Weaknesses in EJB 2 model were recognized. EJB 2 – EJB 3 (Entity Beans → JPA)The Open Source community responds

Hibernate instead of Entity Beans

Spring as a component model

Many Spring/Hibernate and abc-based applications

Tomcat is not enough

Doesn’t support many thing except servlet container

Enterprises need integration

Add-ons missing & “build your own Frankenstein” exercise



Java EE 6 Full Profile Compatible Implementations

Oracle GlassFish Server 3.x

IBM WebSphere AS 8.0

IBM WebSphere AS CE 3.0

Oracle WebLogic ServerFujitsu Interstage AS powered by Windows Azure

TMAX JEUS 7

JBoss AS 7.x

Fujitsu Interstage AS v10.1

Apache Geronimo 3.0-beta-1

Hitachi uCosminexus AS v9.0



M& A review

• BEA Systems, Sun Microsystems is aqquired by Oracle

• JBoss is aquired by RedHat

• SpringSource is aquired by VMWare


Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Application Servers


The Big three

IBM WebSphere AS 8.0 JBoss AS 7.x Oracle WebLogic Server

In the war of middleware!


The Big three

IBM's large and loyal installed base, its synergy with other IBM software brandsA large number of IBM software productsProfessional service organization's strengths (vertical industries): banking, insurance and governmentAdvanced add-ons:

Data gridAdvanced batch processingPrivate cloud deploymentsSupport for dynamic languagesMobile, Web 2.0 and social applications

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_WebSphere


The Big three

Full implementation of Java EE6Oracle Coherence in-memory data gridOracle TopLink object-relational mapping toolExcellent development tools

Oracle JdeveloperOracle Enterprise Pack for Eclipse and NetBeans

Come with Oracle Fusion Applications familyLarge and loyal relational database management system (RDBMS) installed base: telecom, financial services and government


The Big three

One of the first OSS app servers that was proven enough for productionDevelopers generally like itModular architectureComplete ecosystem: Portal, ESB, BPMHistory of innovationDependabilityMonitoring and deployment capabilitiesSeam is worth a look for developers…




Cloud-enabling featuresModular internal architectureIn-memory data gridsMultitenancyElastic clusteringSeft services...



JBoss EWS using Apache httpd and JBoss mod_cluster for frontend load-balancing elasticityJBoss Cache & JgroupsRHQ & CirrASOGSiInfinispanHibernate…




References

http://java.sun.com/j2ee/overview.html

http://www.gartner.com/technology/reprints.do?id=1-17GUO5Z&ct=110928&st=sb.

http://www.redhat.com/promo/summit/2010/presentations/cloud/thurs/bmcwhirt-1020-the-cloud/mcwhirter-cloud-according-to-jboss.pdf

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_WebSphere

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oracle_WebLogic_Server

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JBoss_application_server

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_Platform,_Enterprise_Edition

http://java.sun.com/j2ee/overview.html

Open discussionThank you !

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Java application server in the cloud