RE: IBM i and Java

Hi,

The comment:

"We have been told by IBM that they will not support Java as a standalone
language - meaning not running under Websphere."

Is definitely erroneous whomever made it.


"MIDRANGE-L" <midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote on 12/01/2016
09:47:51 AM:

From: "Ira Chandler" <ira@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 12/01/2016 09:49 AM
Subject: RE: IBM i and Java
Sent by: "MIDRANGE-L" <midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

We use Java for one particular communications job in our software and it

has

proven to be very fast and efficient. Actually, every one of the

networks

with which we are certified has a dedicated Java for the HTTPS POST

secure

communications. We benchmarked against the same HTTPS POST

functionality in

RPG and the Java was an order of magnitude faster. Maybe that is a bit

of

an exaggeration, but still way faster.

Our experience with this limited function has been exemplary. While no

fan

of Java in any way, it seems like it could be a good tool. We do NOT

use

Websphere at all, and from what I have heard, THAT is a whole OTHER

world of

hurt. We have been told by IBM that they will not support Java as a
standalone language - meaning not running under Websphere. We have had

a

few issues over the years, and their first question is what version of

WS,

and when told we do not use it, their support evaporates. Feedback from

our

customer base on Websphere is not glowing.

The Java Toolkit seems to be pretty bulletproof, as it has presented

zero

issues over the many years that we have used it. All use of Java in our
system has the Java sitting on a data queue, waiting for a record to

process

(transmit). The result is then sent back through another data queue to
another RPG program. This has been very effective for us, as we only

have

to use the comm functions and avoid all data access in Java.

Ira Chandler
Curbstone Corporation
Technical Services - 888-844-8533
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