Sun introduces new Java Platform Enterprise Edition 5

Sun Microsystems Inc launched the Java Platform Enterprise Edition 5, an update to the enterprise Java technology in six years. The Enterprise Java Platform has been downloaded more than five million times and is supported by more than 30 licensees that market 28 Java EE compatible-products.



The Java EE 5 platform provides support for all of the latest SOA technologies, including a major revision to the programming model, updated web services standards and simplified web application creation. The platform consists of a Reference Implementation (RI), Technology Compatibility Kit (TCK) and Software Development Kit (SDK) that includes the free Sun Java System Application Server Platform Edition 9.0 developed in open source through Project GlassFish, part of the OpenJava EE community.



“Java EE 5 takes the drudgery out of creating applications, reduces the time spent worrying about enterprise Java plumbing and allows developers to concentrate on business logic,” said Karen Padir, VP of Enterprise Java Platform at Sun. 



The Java EE 5 SDK includes new support for Business Process Execution Language (BPEL) and business intelligence, allowing orchestration of complex business processes and workflows, spanning web services, systems, people, and companies. Also available with the Java EE 5 SDK are preview versions of the SOA Starter Kit and NetBeans Enterprise Pack 5.5. 



The SOA Starter Kit includes the OpenJava ESB beta, which provides a standard way to implement component-based services and enterprise integration frameworks based on web services protocols and open standards. The NetBeans Enterprise Developer Pack 5.5 gives developers access to tools that enable early support for development of Java EE 5 applications including web modules, Enterprise Java Beans 3.0 modules and the Java Persistence API.



The Java EE 5 SDK, Reference Implementation and TCK are available now. The new SDK includes documentation and tools for developers to learn Java EE 5 and accelerate the creation of new enterprise applications. It is available as a free download on the Solaris Operating System, Linux and Windows platforms at Sun's Developer Network.