We had speculated on the fate of Sun open source software under Oracle and while we acknowledged Oracle’s participation in, contribution and commitment to and opportunity from open source software, we questioned its appreciation of open source software communities beyond code and customers. It appears the OpenSolaris community and thus the OS itself, which we believe is key to advancing development of the more popular, proprietary cousin Solaris — are not a priority for Oracle.

The same cannot be said for all open source from Sun, and there’s a lot of it, now at Oracle. Amid the struggles of the OpenSolaris community, one of the other open source keystones from Sun, MySQL, seems to be doing well, despite persisting claims Oracle purchased Sun and MySQL simply to keep it from competing with Oracle database products. According to a Jaspersoft survey of customers/developers, there is a lack of awareness or concern of Oracle’s involvement in MySQL (59 percent were not aware Oracle reorganized and established a separate MySQL business unit apart from Oracle’s traditional RDBMS business …). Another 43% of Jaspersoft’s respondents said MySQL development and innovation would improve under Oracle.

The Jaspersoft survey found even more love for Java under Oracle, with 80 percent of respondents indicating they believe the Java process will improve or stay the same under Oracle. The related GlassFish application server also appears to be healthy with both community and commercial versions recently released.

The OpenOffice community appears also to be continuing forward supported and unfettered by Oracle (perhaps because it was typically fettered by Sun?), but it may also me failing to fully seize the opportunity.

It has also been interesting to see how Sun’s cloud computing technology has helped give Oracle new love for the term and the market.

There are a number of key open source projects and pieces from Sun, those listed above as well as many others, that may be on the line right now (or may have already been branded ’stay’ or ’stop’). We will be watching to see how Sun’s open source continues to shine or to set at Oracle.

Slides and Code Samples on Jersey and JAX-RS
The Slides and code from Paul Sandoz's presentation at Presentation at AlpesJug on Jersey, JAX-RS and Atmosphere are now now available.  The actual presentation was in French, but the slides are in English, and the code is... code.

Invoke OSGi Service from JAX-WS Endpoint
Arun has published yet another TOTD (Tip Of The Day), with complete instructions and code.  This one is  TOTD #130: Invoking a OSGi service from a JAX-WS Endpoint. Arun's approach is to document the demos he gives at his presentations through the TOTDs.  Quite a bit of work, but it makes the content useful to a world-wide audience.

WAS V7 - Inching Towards JavaEE 6
IBM has recently been using a "Feature Pack" approach in upgrading its WebSphere AppServer; it seems to work pretty well for them and they released two packs for WAS V7: Feature Pack for OSGi and JPA 2.0 and Feature Pack for SCA.  IBM is, of course, one of the Java Licensees; WAS v7 is one of the JavaEE 5 Compatible App Servers, the feature pack aproach helps it move towards the JavaEE 6 list.

VirtualBox at Oracle
One of the challenges during Hands-On-Labs is setting up: the attendees usually bring their own laptops but each of them is different and requires slighlty different setup.  Asking for prep work before attending is not always successful.  A solution now being used in some DB HOLs at Oracle is to Use VirtualBox. Which is the same approach that both Arun and Alexis had advocated for a new series of GlassFish HOLs being planned.

GlassFish CLI
Masoud has a detailed post - actually a book chapter - that you should read to Learn the GlassFish v3 Command Line Administration Interface (CLI)

JavaOne 2010
This year's JavaOne is the first under Oracle and will coincide with Oracle OpenWorld.  Some things will be different, but others are mostly the same - including how the content is being selected - see Sharat Chander's interview by Tori Wieldt for some answers; others will evolve as we get closer to the event.

OSGi/JMS/MDB Example
Sahoo's latest post describes a hybrid OSGi/JavaEE example that uses JMS and Message Driven Beans and leverages GlassFish v3.  Post includes source code and detailed description.

Siebel CRM Support for the iPad
Oracle shows how to use their server-side REST APIs and the iPad SDK to provide access to Siebel CRM from the iPad.   Devices like the iPad (and the iPhone) seem a very good match for the Oracle Fusion Applications. 

Innovating at Warp-Speed: Monitis Announces Java Monitoring from the Cloud
Monitis announces Java Application Monitoring, a cloud-based monitoring solution for JMX-based applications, including GlassFish containers.  More details in announcement and product page.

EJB 3.1 Asynchronous Session Beans
From Paris, with love... Patrick Champion provides a short example of using EJB 3.1's @Asynchronous annotation.  More benefits of JavaEE 6!

Alfresco community 3.3 installation on Glassfish
A short but detailed description of how to install Alfresco Community 3.3 with GlassFish v2.1 and MySQL.

Getting started with Glassfish V3 and SSL
The JavaDude provides a tutorial on how to use GlassFish v3 with SSL.

Lets get started!

1. Configure GlassFish for using the MySQL sample database (sakila) as described in TOTD #121.
2. Add the GlassFish instance in NetBeans IDE using "Services" panel.
3. Create JPA entities using NetBeans IDE.
   1. Create a Java class library:
      
      
      
      Our ultimate goal is to create a reusable JAR file and that's why this project type is chosen.
      
   2. Specify the name of project as "SakilaPU":
      
      
      
   3. Right-click on the project and select "New", "Entity Classes from Database ..." to initiate the process of entity generation:
      
      
   4. Choose the database connection as:
      
      
      
      If not configured, then can be easily done by clicking on "New Database Connection ..." in the list box.
      1. Click on "Add All >>" to generate the mapped JPA entities for all tables and views.
      2. The views do not have primary keys and will need to be appropriately annotated (described later).
      3. Click on "Next >".
         
   5. Give the package name as:
      
      
      
      and specify the package name as "sakila". Click on "Create Persistence Unit ...".
   6. Change the default PU name from "SakilaPUPU" to "SakilaPU":
      
      
      
      and click on "Finish". Notice that "EclipseLink", the Reference Implementation of JPA 2.0, is used as the persistence library.
   7. Add "@javax.persistence.Id" annotation to the following class/field combination:

      Class	Field
      sakila.SalesByFilmCategory	category
      sakila.ActorInfo	actorId
      sakila.FilmList	fid
      sakila.CustomerList	id
      sakila.NicerButSlowerFilmList	fid
      sakila.StaffList	id
      sakila.SalesByStore	store

      
      This is required because none of the "views" are defined with a primary key.

   8. Right-click on the project and select "Clean & Build". This generates "dist/SakilaPU.jar" and the structure looks like:

      

This JAR file can now be included in any web application. The pre-built JAR file can also be downloaded here. The key items to note about this pre-built JAR:

• Persistence Unit Name: "SakilaPU"
• All classes are in "sakila.*" package.
• Each class has a pre-defined "<CLASS-NAME>.findAll" named query that returns all elements from the underlying view/table.
• Can be easily added in "WEB-INF/lib" directory of your web application.

Even though this blog uses a MySQL sample database, these steps can be easily followed for any other database such as Oracle or JavaDB.

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1. Download sakila sample database and unzip the archive.
2. Install the database as described here - basically load and run "sakila-schema.sql" and "sakila-data.sql" extracted from the archive.
3. Create a new MySQL user account using MySQL CLI Admin and assign the privileges
   1. Using "root" user (sudo mysql --user root)
      

      CREATE USER glassfish IDENTIFIED BY 'glassfish';
      GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO 'glassfish'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'glassfish';
      FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
      

   2. Using "glassfish" user (sudo mysql --user glassfish)

      source sakila-schema.sql;
      source sakila-data.sql;
      

4. Download Connector/J, unzip and copy "mysql-connector-java-5.x.x-bin.jar" to "glassfish/domains/domain1/lib/ext" directory.
5. Start GlassFish server as:

   asadmin start-domain
   
   

6. Create a JDBC resource
   1. Create JDBC connection pool as:

      asadmin create-jdbc-connection-pool --datasourceclassname com.mysql.jdbc.jdbc2.optional.MysqlConnectionPoolDataSource --restype javax.sql.DataSource --property "User=glassfish:Password=glassfish:URL=jdbc\:mysql\://localhost/sakila" jdbc/sakilaPool
      

   2. Test the JDBC connection pool as:

      asadmin ping-connection-pool jdbc/sakilaPool
      

   3. Create the JDBC resource as:

      asadmin create-jdbc-resource --connectionpoolid jdbc/sakilaPool jdbc/sakila
      

That's it!

Creating a JDBC resource for any other database requires the following updates to the steps mentioned above. Lets consider modifying these steps for the Oracle sample database.

1. Use the client interface SQL*PLus and connect as:
   

   sqlplus "/ as sysdba"
   

   
   create user and grant the privileges as:
   

   CREATE USER glassfish IDENTIFIED BY glassfish DEFAULT tablespace users TEMPORARY tablespace temp;
   GRANT CONNECT TO glassfish IDENTIFIED BY glassfish;
   GRANT UNLIMITED TABLESPACE TO glassfish;
   GRANT CREATE TABLE TO glassfish;
   GRANT CREATE SEQUENCE TO glassfish;
   

2. Copy the appropriate JDBC driver (ojdbc6.jar).
3. Create the JDBC resource as:
   

   asadmin create-jdbc-connection-pool --datasourceclassname oracle.jdbc.pool.OracleDataSource --restype javax.sql.DataSource --property "User=hr:Password=hr:URL=jdbc\:oracle\:thin\:@localhost\:1521\:orcl" jdbc/hr
   asadmin ping-connection-pool jdbc/hr
   asadmin create-jdbc-resource --connectionpoolid jdbc/hr jdbc/hr
   

   
   as explained in TOTD #108.

Here are a few other related entries:

• RESTful representation of sakila using NetBeans and GlassFish

• JPA + Servlet 3.0 Application using Sakila in Eclipse

• JSF + JPA + EJB Application using Oracle, NetBeans, and GlassFish

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*Matt Asay moves from Alfresco to Canonical
*GPL fade fuels heated discussion
*Apple’s iPad and its enterprise and open source impact
*Open source in data warehousing and storage
*Our perspective on Oracle’s plans for Sun open source

iTunes or direct download (32:50, 9.2 MB)

This running entry collects key announcements related to Oracle's Acquisition of Sun; some from the Jan 27th event, some from companion webcasts, and some later announcements.

The main theme of the acquisition is "We're Changing the Way you Buy, Run and Manage Business Systems".

Main Entry Points:

• Sun Acquisition
• Jan 27th Strategy Event. Includes webcast, highlights and presentations. 5 hours but worth it.
• Strategy Webcast Series.

From the Software Segment of the Strategy Webcast Series:

• Jeet & Hasan on Java Strategy. Covers JavaFX, JavaSE, Blu-Ray, GlassFish, JavaCard, Developer Sites, JCP, JavaOne Java For Business.
• Hasan Rizvi on Application Server. GlassFish, WebLogic, protecting investment in existing products, Oracle Application Grid, Grid Architecture, jRockit, Coherence, Tuxedo, OpenMQ, GlassFish WebStack and GF SpaceServer - and Liferay, Sun WebServer, Portal Server, Oracle WebCenter. Check slide 12 (and 6'12") for current level of details on WebLogic/GlassFish alignment.
• Richard Sarwal and Steve Wilson on Oracle Enterprise Manager and xVM OpsCenter. Combined story covers discovery, provisioning, updating, monitoring - including for virtualized assets. Application-to-disk management.
• OpenOffice, with Michael Bemmer. Open Source, name changes, Oracle value proposition, Web-Based version, JDeveloper support, Extensions, ODF-support, integration with other Oracle products.
• Cloud with Richard Sarwal. A pretty good presentation covering IAAS, PAAS, SAAS; Private and Public Clouds; range from Silo > Grid > Private Cloud > Hybrid including Private and Public Cloud; cloud-in-a-box. Discontinuing the Sun public cloud offering but leveraging Sun's technology, including Q-Layer team for Oracle products that provide flexible, self-service, dynamic services.
• Operating Systems by Edward Screven.

From the Systems Segment of the Strategy Webcast Series:

• Storage with Mike Shapiro, including OpenStorage and Flash products. Blade Server and x86 Rack Server are covered by Ali Alasti; Archival (tapes) by Jim Cates, and SPARC Servers by Masood Heydari.

Other Links:

• Overview and FAQ for Developer Community - Covers SDN, Java.Net, Java.Sun.Com, BigAdmin, Kenai, JavaOne and more.
• Developer Tools FAQ
• Post on Public Site To Be Removed.

Additional Information - Oracle continues to update their site; see also:

• Middleware Home

Press, Analysts, Friends, Others:

• @Redmonk - Cote and Stephen.
• Savio Rodrigues (IBM/Geronimo) and Mark Little (JBoss - he really should wait for more data).
• NYtimes, WSJ, PCWorld, MercuryNews, and many more...

Oracle has updated their page on Oracle and Sun and it now includes a PDF entitled "Oracle and Sun Overview and FAQ".  Check it out for comments on many topics covering Sun's Hardware (SPARC, Storage, x86) and Software offerings, including NetBeans, OpenOffice, MySQL, OpenSource, VirtualBox and GlassFish.

The goal of the National Health Information Network (NHIN) is to provide secure, nationwide, interoperable health information infrastructure that will connect providers, consumers, and others involved in supporting health and healthcare. And the CONNECT Gateway is intended to let the federal agencies connect to the NHIN. Within the HHS, the ONC is the main entity that coordinates these efforts and it just has choosen Health Information Exchange Open Source (HIEOS) as a key portion of NHIN Connect.

And, HIEOS - developed by Vangent - is using several of our OpenSource components - see Architectural Diagram - including OpenESB and GlassFish, and MySQL.