The following application program interfaces (APIs) are available for J2EE
client applications, web servers, and EJB servers:
JMS: The Java Message Service is the API for sending and receiving
messages via enterprise messaging systems like IBM MQ Series and TIBCO
Rendezvous.
JAAS: The Java Authentication and Authorization Service is used to
authenticate and authorize access controls on users.
JAXP: The Java API for XML Parsing provides support for the industry standard SAX and DOM APIs for parsing XML documents, as well as support for XSLT transform engines.
JDBC: The JDBC API is for accessing databases from Java using a call-level
interface. More
on JDBC (new window).
SQLJ: The SQLJ API is for accessing databases from Java using embedded
SQL. More
on SQLJ (new window)
JDO: The JDO API is for accessing databases from Java using a transparent
persistence interface. More
on JDO (new window).
The following APIs are not available for J2EE client applications, but are
available for J2EE web servers and EJB servers:
JTA: The Java Transactions API is the API for managing and coordinating
transactions across heterogeneous systems.
JavaMail: This is the API for sending and receiving email.
JAF: JavaMail uses the JavaBeans Activation Framework.
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