From: Brian Pontarelli <brian@...>
Subject: Re: [djug-discuss] Bea to JBoss
To: djug-discuss@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tuesday, September 2, 2008, 10:27 AM

On Sep 2, 2008, at 10:19 AM, Octavia Taranu wrote:

At my work I need to convert a Web Java-J2EE Struts application from Bea 9.2 to JBoss 4.2.  I would appreciate if you could help me to find answers/ information regarding the following: 1. Do you know, please, the best/ safest path where I can free download JBoss 4.2?

http://www.jboss. org is the best place. ;)

2. Is Java Struts 1.2.9 compatible with JBoss 4.2?

Yes.

3. Does JBoss 4.2 allow data sources and connection pools defined at the console level in a similar way that Bea WebLogic does?

Yes. You need to define the DataSource using the JBoss -ds.xml files. But I believe the JBoss console can generate these for you.

4. Which Oracle driver does JBoss 4.2 accept in order to connect to an Oracle 9i/ 10g database? Where could I download the driver? At the Bea console level I use Oracle's Driver (Thin) Versions 9.0.1, 9.2.0, 10 so I would like to find, please, the JBoss corresponding Oracle driver!

The drivers from Oracle would be your best bet. JBoss might ship with these, though I haven't downloaded JBoss in a while. Otherwise, just head over the the Oracle website and grab the latest drivers from there.

5. I would like to know the JBoss corresponding Java framework for: import weblogic.logging. NonCatalogLogger ; and weblogic.jndi. WLInitialContext Factory.

I'd avoid using all internal APIs and instead use standard JDK and JEE APIs whenever possible. For logging, just JDK logging or Log4J. For JNDI use the javax.naming classes.

6. Does JBoss accept the below Java framework/ statements? import javax.naming. Context; import javax.naming. InitialContext; private static String thinDriver = "jdbc:oracle: thin"; Context ctx = new InitialContext( ); ctx = javax.sql.DataSourc e ds = (javax.sql.DataSour ce) ctx lookup("jdbc/ CoGDataSource" ); Connection dbConn; dbConn.commit( ); dbConn.rollback( ); Any information, links or recommended books regarding the above issues would be highly appreciated!

Yes. These are standard APIs that ship with the JDK. You just need to setup your JDBC DatabaseSource into the correct location in the JNDI tree.

You might want to consider reading the various JEE books and the JBoss books out there. I'd also suggest reading up on JNDI, JDBC and the various Java books as well.

Good luck! Let me know if you need any onsite assistance. Inversoft would be glad to help out. ;)

-bp