CCF-to-J2C Architecture Migration

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Preface

This IBM® Redbook will help you design a solution to migrate an application from

the Common Connector Framework (CCF) to the J2EE Connector Architecture

(J2CA). As CCF is phased out and the new technology replaces it, customers will

find that migration must be planned and executed carefully.

The idea behind this book is to show the architectural differences between the

two technologies and help with planning and executing a smooth migration. We

show the routes, either automatic or manual migration, and document the tools

and tricks that can be used to perform the migration. The automatic migration

tool used in this book is the CCF Migration Assistant (CMA) developed by IBM to

help customers in their migration efforts. In both cases, automatic and manual,

certain preparation and post-processing steps must be performed, and we also

show how to accomplish them.

We also include a chapter about migrating a real-life application using the tools

and ideas listed in the other chapters of the book.

The book is an extension of the Redpaper REDP-3784, published in 2003.

The team that wrote this redbook

This redbook was produced by a team of specialists from around the world

working at the International Technical Support Organization, Poughkeepsie

Center.

Tamas Vilaghy is a Project Leader at the International

Technical Support Organization, Poughkeepsie Center. He

leads redbook projects dealing with e-business on zSeries®

servers. Before joining the ITSO, he worked in the System

Sales Unit and Global Services departments of IBM

Hungary. Tamas spent two years in Poughkeepsie, from

1998 to 2000, dealing with zSeries marketing and

competitive analysis. From 1991 to 1998 he held technical,

marketing, and sales positions dealing with zSeries.

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Tatiana Amosova is a Software Engineer from the largest

Russian business partner, EC-Leasing. She has four years

of experience in Java application development and holds a

Masters degree in Computer Science from the Moscow

State University, Russia. Her area of expertise includes

J2EE and J2ME application programming.

Simone Chiucchi is an Associated IT Architect in Global

Services, AMS, Italy. He has four years of experience in the

Java application development field. He holds a degree in

Electronics Engineering, and his areas of expertise include

J2EE application development with a focus on J2C

connector architecture and the zOS production

environment.

Myriam Matwiy is an Advisory IT Specialist from Canada.

She works mainly on Java and WebSphere® Web projects.

She has six years of experience in the field and has a

Science degree with a major in Computer Science from the

University of Manitoba. Her area of expertise is with Java

Programming.

Pallavi T Nagesha Rao is a Software Engineer from India

Software Labs, IBM India. She has four years of experience

in the field of Information Technology. She holds a degree in

Computer Science from Bangalore University. Her area of

expertise is designing and developing applications for

middleware, including J2EE application servers and

transaction processing systems such as TXSeries®. She

co-authored a redbook about DCE Replacement strategies.

Claus Schroeder-Hansen is an IT Architect from Denmark.

He has five years of experience in Java Web application

development, and he has a degree in electrical engineering

from the Technical University of Denmark. His areas of

expertise include DB2®, AIX®, Java, application

architecture, and developing applications for WebSphere

Application Server.