IBM Version 5 manual EJB development tools, Team collaboration, Debugging tools

products that include the Web services feature, help you to build and deploy Web services-enabled applications across the broadest range of software and hardware platforms used by today's businesses. These tools are based on open, cross-platform standards such as Universal Description Discovery and Integration (UDDI), Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP), and Web Services Description Language (WSDL).

4.2.6 EJB development tools

The WebSphere Studio family (except Site Developer Advanced) feature full EJB support (Application Developer v5.0 supports EJB2.0 and EJB 1.1), an updated EJB test client, an enhanced unit test environment for J2EE, and deployment support for Web application archive (WAR) files and Enterprise application archive (EAR) files. Entity beans can be mapped to databases, and EJB components can be generated to tie into transaction processing systems. XML provides an extended format for deployment descriptors within EJB.

4.2.7 Team collaboration

Team developers do all of their work in their individual workbenches, and then periodically make changes to a team stream. This model allows individual developers to work on a team project, share their work with others as changes are made, and access the work of other developers as the project evolves. At any time, developers can update their work space by retrieving the changes that have been made to the team stream or by submitting changes to the team stream.

All products of the WebSphere Studio family support the Concurrent Versions System (CVS) and the Rational ClearCase LT products among others.

Other software configuration management (SCM) repositories can be integrated through the Eclipse Workbench SCM adapters. SCM adapters for commercial products are provided by the vendors of those products.

4.2.8 Debugging tools

The WebSphere Studio family products include a debugger that enables you to detect and diagnose errors in your programs running either locally or remotely. The debugger allows you to control the execution of your program by setting breakpoints, suspending launches, stepping through your code, and examining the contents of variables.

You can debug live server-side code as well as programs running locally on your workstation.

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