Java 1.2?! In *production*? How much are you guys paying for support?!
Ashutosh Arya
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Yes David,
The problem is that this application is very old and I am new to the team.
The server they are using in production (iPlanet 6) comes packaged with Java 1.2 thats why I as a developer feels crippled sometimes.
Can you suggest any workaround for this? How can i implement Struts2!
If you suggest any workaround for the server upgradation also I will be more than happy to work over it. As its very difficult to get a descent step by step documentation to upgrade a server.
I seriously doubt there's any viable workaround. Struts 2 lists its requirements as Java 5, Servlet spec 2.4. You can use retroweaver (or similar tool) to take the jars down to 1.4 compatibility, and I know Struts 2 used to work with servlets 2.3, but I seriously doubt you'll get it to work under Java 1.2/Servlet 2.2--there are just too many differences. You could *try* it, but if something goes wrong, the chances of a fix on the Struts 2-side are zero.
Ashutosh Arya
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Ok David!
So first I will try to solve the root cause...But its quite a bigger task...Upgrading the server so that it can support JDK 6.
Do you have any advice ?
Anywhere where I can find ways to upgrade iPlanet version.I hope the upgraded version will support the latest JDK.
Please help me out as I am really in a fix this time.
It *may* work, assuming you can get the server to run on a real Java. If it *doesn't*, however, you are unlikely to get much, if any, support.
I'd consider encouraging a server upgrade.
Ashutosh Arya
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Ok Thanks David,
Even I am looking for the same.
But installing a new server and deploying the application is not that easy on Solaris if you don't have a proper documentation and Idea how to do it. That too the monitoring team is familiar with iPlanet and not any other server so it will be a costly affair to learn the new server functionality.
I was thinking that whether I can get iPlanet latest version and get it installed (I suppose the better option) or I should go for some other server like JBOSS.
I will appreciate if you can guide in this regard otherwise thanks a lot for your time up to now.
*I* wouldn't attempt to try to get iPlanet to work when there are so many other great alternatives--but your operations crew might have a different opinion ;)
I agree. Here's the link: http://ej-technologies/jprofiler - if it wasn't for jprofiler, we would need to
run our stuff on 16 servers instead of 3.
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