What's New in Release 4.6C? (SAP-Bibliothek - RFC Java Class Library (BC-FES-AIT))

What's New in Release 4.6C?

The Java RFC Class Library can now be used with Java Native Interface (JNI) middleware. The Java RFC Class Library now comes with an SAP implementation of JNI. This is in addition to the supplied CORBA-based middleware (Orbix).

Both the JNI and the Orbix middleware can be used for creating either RFC client or RFC server applications.

See the overview discussion in the Middleware Used by the Java RFC and in CORBA-type Middleware: Orbix, and SAP JNI Middleware. Also see the details of the installation for each of the middleware type.

To accommodate the ability to use different middleware, the SessionInfo object now uses two properties files, instead of one. See the discussion in that topic and in the topic Specifying Middleware Type.

RFC server applications (applications that act as servers to R/3 RFC calls) can now let the Java RFC Class Library automatically create server function objects. This allows for a dynamic creation of parameter objects, and it frees the programmer from the task of manually creating and adding the parameter objects. Manual creation was the only option in the previous release.

Server applications are now multi-thread safe when more than one client makes RFC calls to them.