Re: JTOPEN NEEDS YOU!

I don't know what all we use it for, but I think mostly we use it for doing
SQL on the 400.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe Pluta" <joepluta@PlutaBrothers.com>
To: <java400-l@midrange.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2001 3:34 PM
Subject: JTOPEN NEEDS YOU!


> Okay, now that I've got your attention (hopefully), I'd like to make a
> request.  Many of you probably know that the Java Toolbox is actually an
> (almost) open source project.  Other than some obviously security-related
> classes, the fine folks on the Toolbox team have made the source freely
> available for us in the JTOpen project.  That's here:
>
> http://oss.software.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/jt400/
>
> I'm guessing that just about everybody on this list uses the toolbox.
What
> the JTOpen project would like is to find out who exactly that is.  If
you're
> using the toolbox in a commercial product, please, please let us know what
> you're usign it for.  If you're using it for an internal project, let us
> know that too, if you can.  We're trying to get a feel for who is using
the
> toolbox, and for what.
>
> Also, we're beginning a new initiative.  On the JTOpen page, you'll
> currently find a whole list of "unassigned tasks".  Chris Smith has
offered
> to group these tasks into "umbrella projects", roughly akin to the various
> subprojects of the Jakarta group.  For example, one will be "record level
> access", which will be nominally headed by your (not so) humble moderator.
> There will probably be another for display files, and perhaps another for
> queueing, and so on.
>
> We'd like to get outside participation.  At the least, if you have a need
> for something related to one of the subprojects, let us know.  Even
better,
> if you'd like to get involved in the actual implementation, definitely let
> us know.  You can probably even lead a subproject if you have the time and
> inclination.  I'm a member of the JTOpen Core Team, so feel free to
contact
> me with any questions you might have about this process.  This is your
> chance to have input into the direction of the Toolbox and even help move
it
> ahead.
>
> Also, if you have a different area that might need addressing, feel free.
> For example, one area I want to address is the integration between web
user
> IDs and AS/400 user profiles.  I'd like a way to translate a web user ID
to
> a user profile handle without having to know the password; I would like to
> avoid having passwords in application programs, especially Java programs.
I
> see an AS/400 object that can be accessed via a Java method to return a
> profile handle for a web ID.  Obviously, you would need authority to both
> the object and the user profile, but I think that's a better solution than
> having passwords in the clear, however briefly, in your application
program.
>
> Anyway, feel free to ask questions either here or privately.
>
> Joe Pluta
> www.plutabrothers.com
> joepluta@plutabrothers.com
>
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