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Application Client Container Documentation Plan for GlassFish Server Open Source Edition 3.1

People and Roles

Name Role Location Time Zone Email
Rebecca Parks Documentation Feature Owner Santa Clara, CA, USA US/Pacific junesm@dev.java.net
  Additional Writer     java.netID@dev.java.net
  Peer Reviewer     java.netID@dev.java.net
Tim Quinn Software Engineer Itasca, IL, USA US/Central java.netID@dev.java.net
Elena Asarina QA Engineer Santa Clara, CA, USA US/Pacific java.netID@dev.java.net

Audience

Java EE application developers are primary users of the Application Client Container (ACC) feature. Administrators who deploy client JAR files only need to know about the most basic ACC features.

Summary of the Feature From a User's Perspective

The new JNLP enhancements give advanced developer users more control over the existing Java Web Start feature of the ACC.

Availability

The ACC is available in the Full Platform distribution of GlassFish Server. It is not available in the Web Profile distribution.

Statement of Work

This section describes in detail for each document the work that is required by the introduction of the feature, such as changes, addition of new material, relocation of existing material, and removal of existing material.

Documentation Impact:

  • None
  • Minor
  • Moderate
  • Major
  • New

Note - If a document is task based (as opposed to reference), the changes should be determined from the user task analysis for the feature.

Changes to Books

Application Development Guide Changes

Section Documentation Impact Writer Reviewers Description of Change
11 Developing Java Clients Major Rebecca Parks Tim Quinn Describe the 
<jnlp-doc>
subelement of 
<java-web-start-access>
and cross-reference the Application Deployment Guide. Provide info on the contents of the user's custom JNLP file, including which portions GlassFish Server owns, which portions GlassFish Server provides if the developer does not, and which portions result from merging the GlassFish Server content and the developer's content. See the 1-pager .

Application Deployment Guide Changes

Section Documentation Impact Writer Reviewers Description of Change
2 Deploying Applications Minor Rebecca Parks Tim Quinn Add a mention of custom JNLP files to the section on deploying application clients.
B GlassFish Server Deployment Descriptor Files Minor Rebecca Parks Tim Quinn Add the 
<jnlp-doc>
subelement of 
<java-web-start-access>
to the glassfish-application-client.xml file element hierarchy.
C Elements of the GlassFish Server Deployment Descriptors Moderate Rebecca Parks Tim Quinn Add the 
<jnlp-doc>
subelement of 
<java-web-start-access>
and cross-reference the Application Development Guide for info on the contents of the user's custom JNLP file.

Changes to Online Help

None

Changes to Man Pages

None

Review Schedule

The review schedule for the documentation items that are affected by this feature is provided in the following table.

Item Review Start Date Review End Date
Application Development Guide 11 Developing Java Clients    
Application Deployment Guide 2 Deploying Applications    
Application Deployment Guide B GlassFish Server Deployment Descriptor Files    
Application Deployment Guide C Elements of the GlassFish Server Deployment Descriptors    

Reviewers are listed in the Statement of Work.

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