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Java Development Requirements

CA Plex supports the generation of Java applications on both the client and server. Java applications can be developed and deployed in the following configurations:

CA Plex generates 100 percent pure Java code that can be run under any Java Virtual Machine on any platform. If you have any existing Java applications generated by CA Plex, run-time backwards compatibility enables new versions of the CA Plex Java run time to be deployed without regenerating existing applications.

CA Plex Java clients are primarily tested on Windows. Java client applets are tested using the Sun Java plug-in. Note that CA Plex Java clients require the Sun Swing classes to support GUI components.

The following table summarizes the installation requirements for CA Plex Java development. Deployment requirements are documented in the Java Platform section of the online help.

Component

Description

Java client
  • CA Plex Java components
  • Sun Java SE JDK 7.0. Other versions of the JDK work with CA Plex, but they have not been fully tested. Freely downloadable.
  • The JAVA_HOME environment variable must be defined.

Java server

The same as Java client, with the addition of:

  • Third-party DBMS and JDBC driver (for runtime data access)
  • ODBC driver (for database builds, not required at run time)

For System i Java server development:

  • PLEXJVA700 library
  • IBM Client Access (or equivalent)
  • IBM System i Toolbox for Java