JOnAS is a mature, open-source implementation of the Java EE 6 certified application server specification, developed and hosted by the ObjectWeb consortium.
This software provides a fully compliant EJB container through EasyBeans and is available with an embedded Tomcat or Jetty web container.
JOnAS 5 is designed with an OSGi based services architecture to provide a dynamically adaptable application server.
Key Features
- Provides top level clustering mechanisms to ensure scalability and high availability.
- Good high level management features.
- Integration to the Enterprise SI is enabled through many mechanisms like Web Services, Java EE Connectors, LDAP access, IIOP, Websphere MQ connector, …
- Runs on top of an OSGi architecture, rendering trivial the integration of existing OSGi and iPOJO components
- Plugins for many IDEs make development on top of JOnAS easy.
- Designed with an OSGiTM based services architecture to provide a dynamically adaptable application server.
- Implements the full Java EE 6 Web Profile execution stack and provides, with EasyBeans, an efficient, pluggable and easy to use EJB3 container
Website: jonas.ow2.org
Support: GitLab Code Repository
Developer: OW2 Consortium
License: GNU Lesser General Public License
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