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JavaTM Web Services Developer Pack EA1 Release Notes

The Java Web Services Developer Pack (Java WSDP) is an all-in-one download containing key technologies to simplify building of web services using the JavaTM 2 Platform. The technologies comprising the Java WSDP are: For release notes for each of these technologies see:

Supported Platforms

This release of the Java WSDP has been tested in various configurations with the JDK versions 1.3.1_01, 1.3.1_02, and 1.4 on the following platforms:

Environment Variables

When the Java WSDP is installed, the JAVA_HOME and CATALINA_HOME environment variables are set in JWSDP_HOME/bin/setenv.sh(Unix) or JWSDP_HOME/bin/setenv.bat(Windows) to the current locations of the J2SE SDK and the Java WSDP. The start scripts in JWSDP_HOME/bin call setenv. If you change your J2SE SDK installation you will need to update setenv to reflect the correct location. To use the scripts:

  1. Set JWSDP_HOME to the installation directory.
  2. Add JWSDP_HOME/bin to the front of your path so that the Java WSDP scripts are used instead of any other installations.

The Tomcat start script (JWSDP_HOME/bin/catalina.[sh/bat]) supports a CATALINA_OPTS environment variable that can be used to pass on things like system property settings or memory allocations to the JVM that will run Tomcat and the JPDA_OPTS environment variable for passing debugging options for the JPDA debugger (if you invoke catalina debug).

In order to successfully set these variables, you must do them in setenv; the environment values are not inherited from the shell environment. Note that the syntax for Unix and Windows is different. For example,

Unix: set CATALINA_OPTS="-Dhttp.proxyHost=webcache -Dhttp.proxyPort=8080"

Windows: set CATALINA_OPTS=-Dhttp.proxyHost=webcache -Dhttp.proxyPort=8080

Known Issues

"Out of environment space" error on Win95, Win98, and WinME

This error occurs if you do not have enough memory in the MS-DOS environment to set an environment variable. To eliminate this error, increase the default memory for the MS-DOS environment by performing the following steps:

  1. Click "Start" and then click "Run".
  2. In the "Open" dialog box type "sysedit" in the box and click the "OK" button.
  3. Click the "Config.sys" window and, in that window, type "rem " (note the space after "rem") at the beginning of any lines that begin with "SHELL=". If no "SHELL=" lines exist, proceed to the next step.
  4. Press the "HOME" key to move to the top of screen and insert the following line:

    SHELL=C:\COMMAND.COM /E:4096 /P

  5. In the "File" menu, click the "Save" menu item.
  6. In the "File" menu, click the "Exit" menu item.
  7. Restart your computer.