J2EE.A.2 Changes Since Public Release 1

J2EE.A.2.1 Additional Requirements

• Added text clarifying requirements for unauthenticated users. See Section J2EE.3.4.1.4, "Unauthenticated Users," and Section J2EE.3.6, "Deployment Requirements."

• Updated JDBC API requirement to support JDBC 2.1 core instead of 2.0. JDBC 2.1 is a maintenance release of the JDBC core specification that contains only the changes described in Section J2EE.6.2.2.3, "JDBC API." These changes are based on feedback from database vendors and are intended to enhance compatibility between products. JDBC 2.1 is currently available for public review as a part of the Java Community Process. These changes have already been widely reviewed by database vendors . We expect the JDBC 2.1 specification to be finalized within a month. We also expect JDBC 2.1 to be incorporated into the J2SE 1.3 specification. The JDBC 2.1 specification is available at http://java.sun.com/products/jdbc/maintenance.html.

J2EE.A.2.2 Removed Requirements

• Removed requirement to support installed extensions, which are also not required by J2SE. See Section J2EE.8.1.2, "Component Packaging: Composing a J2EE Module."

• By requiring JDBC 2.1 instead of JDBC 2.0, we have effectively removed requirements on JDBC drivers in the areas of batch updates and SQL92 DROP TABLE support. See Section J2EE.6.2.2.3, "JDBC API."

J2EE.A.2.3 Editorial Changes

• Clarified that caller propagation is not required when the web container doesn't know the user 's identity. See Section J2EE.3.5.2, "Caller Authorization."

• Clarified that J2EE application packages may contain items not specified by this specification. See Section J2EE.8.1.3, "Application Assembly."

• Clarified that J2EE modules are inserted into the J2EE .ear file in their packaged form, they are not unpackaged first. See step 5 in Section J2EE.8.2, "Application Assembly."

• Clarified that the content of XML elements is in general case sensitive. See Section J2EE.8.4, "J2EE: application XML DTD," and Section J2EE.9.7, "J2EE: application-client XML DTD."

• Corrected PUBLIC ID in application client DTD. See Section J2EE.9.7, "J2EE:application-client XML DTD."

• Updated URL reference to Servlet 2.2 specification. See Section J2EE.6.6, "Servlet 2.2 Requirements."

• Added URL reference to JSP 1.1 specification. See Section J2EE.6.7, "JavaServer Pages (JSP) 1.1 Requirements."

• Updated URL reference to JAF 1.0 spec. See Section J2EE.6.12, "Java Beans Activation Framework 1.0 Requirements."

• Updated URL references in Appendix J2EE.B, "Related Documents."