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Compatibility

IBM Toolbox for Java no longer ships the x4j400.jar (IBM XML parser). We
recommend that you use one of the following JAXP-compliant XML parsers
for your applications:
– The XML parser that is built into JDK 1.4 and higher
– The Apache Xerces XML parser available from:
http://xml.apache.org/
– One of the XML parsers that ship on OS/400 under
/QIBM/ProdData/OS400/xml/lib
IBM Toolbox for Java no longer supports running in the default JVM in
Netscape Navigator or Microsoft Internet Explorer. For applets that use IBM
Toolbox for Java classes to run in a browser, install a plug-in such as the Sun
Java 2 Runtime Environment (JRE) 1.3.0 plug-in.
The classes that were in data400.jar are now in jt400.jar.
The getObject() methods for ResultSet and CallableStatement now return
Integer objects when the SQLType is SMALLINT. Previously, these methods
returned Short objects. If you use readObject to read SMALLINT columns,
you must alter your Java application to accommodate the new type of
returned object.
Different error reporting when throwing data truncation errors results in
warnings that do not cause your application to fail.
You cannot use this release of IBM Toolbox for Java to deserialize some
objects that you serialized using releases prior to V5R1.
If you are using SSL to encrypt data flowing between the client and the server,
you must use one of the following options:
– Java Secure Socket Extension (JSSE)
– SSL objects delivered in a V5R1 or later version of iSeries Client
Encryption licensed program 5722-CE2 or 5722-CE3. This release of IBM
Toolbox for Java does not work with V4R5 and earlier versions of iSeries
Client Encryption.
To use all the IBM Toolbox for Java classes, use the Java 2 Platform Standard
Edition (J2SE). Using the vaccess classes or the Graphical Toolbox requires
using the Swing package, which comes with J2SE. Using PDML requires that
you run version 1.4 or later of the JRE.
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Draft Document for Review October 18, 2004