Starting from scratch

Hi
I am starting from scratch - for a Struts (2.0)app with Tomcat & Eclipse
i want to use Java 1.5
Just wondering that i require JDK 1.5, Java EE SDK 1.5 or both!

thnx
rohit

Struts2 requires Java SE 5 or above. To run struts2 application, you only need a web container (not necessary to have a full-fledged JavaEE server) and Tomcat should suffice your needs.

Thanks Freddy,

what put me in dilemma that Java EE JDK supports JSPs & not the SDK, so the confusion.

But i see that SE JDK would suffice.

thanks again
rohit

The libraries that you need for the servlet API are included with Tomcat - you don't need the full Java EE SDK.

Thanks Jesper, you cleared my doubt!

Just wondering - so in which case exactly we need to get the Java EE SDK!

cheers

Tomcat only implements part of the Java EE specification - the web tier (servlets and JSPs and some other APIs).

A full Java EE application server also provides EJBs, JMS and a lot of other services.

If you download the Java EE SDK from Sun, what you actually get is the GlassFish application server, which is Sun's reference implementation of Java EE.

Thanks Jesper! last doubt ..

Say we need to develop something on EJBs. We need Java EE SDK for same - i assume.

In that case, do we also need Java SE JDK (for basic things like package java.lang, the VM, etc..) - or the Java EE SDK would fulfill all requirements?

Thanks for your time!
Rohit

You do not need a working installation of the J2SE JDK. The JEE SDK does not include the compiler, JVM or J2SE class libraries.

"You do not need a working installation of the J2SE JDK. The JEE SDK does not include the compiler, JVM or J2SE class libraries."

Thanks & Sorry - this seems contradictory to me ....

If the JEE SDK doesn't come up with basic packages & JVM etc, then how things would go forward!

Rohit

Originally posted by rohit mehta:
"You do not need a working installation of the J2SE JDK. The JEE SDK does not include the compiler, JVM or J2SE class libraries."

Thanks & Sorry - this seems contradictory to me ....

If the JEE SDK doesn't come up with basic packages & JVM etc, then how things would go forward!

You're quite right. I meant to type "you do need a working installation...". Not sure what I was thinking that made me type the "not".

Thanks Ulf!