IBM has unveiled seven free developer tools intended to
provide software engineers with advanced resources for developing
and accessing applications based on Java, XML and
Unix.
The tools will enable developers to perform tasks such as
searching sequential data, accessing distributed Unix systems,
querying views on XML data, and standardising queries for
deployment in an XQuery environment.
The technologies were developed at IBM Software Development Labs
and enable engineers to design self-managing and multilingual
systems. They are:
Advanced Pattern Search Toolkit, providing
search capabilities to analyse sequential data.
XQuery Normalizer and Static Analyzer,
performing normalisation steps to turn the query into a standard
format and determining the type of result a query will return.
Dictionary and Thesaurus APIs for Java,
featuring a Java class library interface for accessing a dictionary
or thesaurus via Java.
Views for XML, which is designed to work with
large amounts of XML data and provides a mechanism for querying
relevant portions of the data.
Command Line Bot, providing a unified login for
accessing Unix systems and applications using a simple messenger
client such as IBM Sametime.
Framework for Autonomic Java-Based Servers, a
model for developers to build a self-managing Java-based
server.
Service Management Framework Extensions,
featuring a platform for improving availability and scalability of
services by enabling them to move from one hosting environment to
another.
The technologies are available at IBM’s alphaWorks site at
www.alphaworks.ibm.com.
Paul Krill writes for InfoWorld