Application Server JCA support for Enterprise Server

Lists supported and tested JCA application servers for Enterprise Server .

Restriction: This feature applies only when the Enterprise Server feature is enabled.

Testing

On Windows platforms, most JCA testing is done on 64-bit platforms; however, while not explicitly tested, most 32-bit platforms are also supported as indicated below.

Third-party Java Application Servers

With regard to support for each third-party Java Application Server supported version, Micro Focus:

Provides support until end-of-service (EOS) dates provided by the JAS vendor
If your deployment requires support for a given JAS beyond the vendor’s EOS dates, check with Customer Support for availability of Extended Support Plus options
Encourages you to include third-party JAS consideration when planning an upgrade to your Micro Focus product

Resolving reported issues

With regard to resolving reported issues with Micro Focus software while using a third-party Java Application Server, Micro Focus:

Attempts to resolve issues for supported JASs on tested or untested platforms
Investigates issues involving planned but not yet supported JASs and attempts to resolve non-architectural issues that also occur in latest supported JAS version

Availability

Operating System/Platform	JBoss EAP 7.x (where x>=1.4)	IBM WebSphere 8.5.5, 9.0, Liberty y.0.0.x (where y>=19)	Oracle WebLogic 12.2.1	Apache Tomcat 9.0
x86-64 running Windows	X	X	X	X

Current support

The following Java application server base versions and incremental releases are supported in this release of Visual COBOL:

Supported App Server base version	Tested App Server version ²	JDK (vendor)	Java EE	COBOL RA
Apache Tomcat 9.0 ¹	9.0.40	1.8 (AdoptOpenJDK)
IBM WebSphere 8.5.5	8.5.5.18	1.7 (IBM)	6	X
IBM WebSphere 9.0	9.0.5.6	1.8 (IBM)	7	X
IBM WebSphere Liberty y.0.0.x (where y>=19)	20.0.0.12	1.8 (IBM)	7	X
JBoss EAP 7.1.x (where x>=4)		1.8 (Oracle) 1.8 (AdoptOpenJDK)	7	X
Oracle WebLogic 12.2.x	12.2.1.4	1.8 (Oracle)	7	X
¹ Apache Tomcat is an HTTP server and servlet container supporting Java Servlet and JavaServer Pages (JSP). Micro Focus Tomcat non-transactional support includes servlet generation with J2SE Beans; no transactional support is provided. Tomcat does not support the use of Enterprise Java Beans (EJBs) or resource adapters (RAs). ² Java EE 7, including support for EJB 3.2 and Java Connector Architecture 1.7, is supported for the deployment of EJBs generated using the Interface Mapping Toolkit .

Please consult your Application Server documentation to determine which JDK you should use. The JDK is used to :

Start the Application Server
Compile EJBs and Servlets generated by the Interface Mapping Toolkit or the imtkmake command

Planned support

Note: Limited JCA testing is done for planned support.

Support for Oracle WebLogic 14.1.x is planned for a future release.