Deploying WebORB into a Java container

WebORB for Java can be integrated into any Java container which implements the Servlet API 2.3 and above. We just updated the documentation with the steps to deploy WebORB into most popular containers and the information has been posted to the user guide on the website. 

If you are not familiar with the process, WebORB can be deployed either as a self-contained web application in the form of a WAR file created by the installer. Alternatively, the product can be integrated into an existing web application. 

See the "Deployment" section of the WebORB user guide at the following URL for more details:

http://www.themidnightcoders.com/fileadmin/docs/java/guide/index.htm?t=30

Last but not least, we have added Sun's GlassFish Server to the list of officially supported containers. The product has been tested on both version 2.1 as well as v3 Prelude.

Java method invocation from Silverlight

WebORB for Java, .NET and PHP include a very powerful remoting Silverlight component. The component implements a binary protocol (AMF) for handling remoting invocations of server-side components from Silverlight. 

There is a new article on our site that describes an example of integrating Silverlight with Java. The example demonstrates an invocation of a POJO, however, the same approach can be used to invoke EJBs, Spring Beans or any other custom service type hosted in WebORB for Java. You can access the article at the link below:

Java object invocation from Silverlight

In my next blog post, I plan to describe our Silverlight to .NET integration. It may not be obvious, but our integration approach offers a variety of benefits over the standard SOAP/REST-based integration built into Silverlight.

WebORB for Java v. 3.0.2 is released

It is a stepping stone, but a very important one.. There is a new release of WebORB for Java available for download - version 3.0.2. We focused primarily on bug fixes and managed to get a few features in there as well. Below is a brief list of the changes:

• Problems with installer on Mac OSX have been fixed
• Fixed bugs in WebORB Data Management synchronization
• Fixed WebORB deployment for WebSphere versions 6 and 7
• Fixed WebORB deployment for Tomcat 6
• Corrected Messaging API documentation for publishing messages
• Added polling support for WDMF synchronization when RTMP connection fails
• Added support for Enterprise Edition licensing and activation

In the coming weeks and months I will be focusing more on improving the documentation and writing a few articles to make it easier to get started with the product and use its more advanced features.

Also, what do you think of the new product logo? :)