JTOpen actually stands for IBM Toolbox for Java and was designed as a library of Java classes supporting the client / server and Internet programming models to a system running IBM i (or i5/OS or OS/400).
The available classes can be used by Java applets, servlets and programs in order to easily access IBM i data and resources.
Here are some key features of "JTOpen":
Sampling of the many IBM i resources you can access using JTOpen:
· Database - JDBC (SQL) and record-level access (DDM)
· Integrated File System
· Program calls (RPG, COBOL, service programs, etc)
· Commands
· Data queues
· Data areas
· Print/spool resources
· Product and PTF information
· Jobs and job logs
· Messages, message queues, message files
· Users and groups
· User spaces
· System values
Requirements:
· Java
What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]
· JDBC: Report truncation for mixed/open CCSIDs
· JDBC: Improve timestamp support
· JDBC: Reduce number of SQLConversionSettingsObjects
· Add QPWDEXPWRN support