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Java Mapping Specification

The Service Availability Forum™ Java Mapping enhanced specification provides a mapping of the Application Interface Specification (AIS) services to the Java language. Java applications will be able to leverage these services to support High Availability (HA) for all applications, including Operation Administration and Maintenance (OAM) applications.

New: Release 5.1 - June 2008


The enhanced specification release defines a Java language binding that provides access to high availability middleware implementations compliant with the SA Forum's AIS. The AIS standardizes the interface between SA Forum-compliant HA middleware and service applications. This first release of the Java APIs will extend the usage of AIS to this broader community.

Major highlights and functionality of Release 5.1:

  • Hi Availability Access - This release describes the new Java mapping that provides access to SA Forum's high availability functions for Java Standard Editions and more appropriate mappings for the Enterprise Edition.
  • Integration and Support - The intention of the SA Forum and Java community initiatives is to ensure there will be a common and complete, integrated and harmonized support and mapping of Java and C in the same high availability clusters.
  • Supported Applications - The Java APIs supported in the release include the Availability Management Framework (AMF), the Cluster Membership Service (CLM) and the Notification Service (NTF).
  • The Future - Future mapping specifications will enhance current functionality and will generally be available concurrent with, or shortly following, major specification updates to help in highly active industry areas including social and community networking initiatives that may not be completely developed in Java.

Java Mapping Specification Benefits

  • Compliant with the SA Forum's AIS
  • Defines a Java language binding
  • Provides access to HA middleware implementations
  • Allows integration of Java with the SA Forum notification service
  • Telecom application development is adopting Java
  • Enables Java platforms to utilize the AMF API to provide HA to their applications