Is JBoss Bundled with J2EE SDK, and Where are the J2EE SDK f

[ngonidan]

I know this might sound silly, but i have been using JBoss for the last 1 and a Half years , but can't figure out where JBoss J2EE SDK files are.

Glass Fish clearly states "Sun bundles a GlassFish(Sun Java Application Server) distribution with the Java EE 5 SDK. ". And it makes sense coz during the J2EE SDK installation, you will be taken to install GlassFish.

BUT, when installing JBoss you don't go over a step of installing J2EE SDK, Obviously, it HAS J2EE SDK installed somewhere for it to run EJB's

Can someone shed light please, coz such basic stuff cozes confusion

Thanks in advance

[wolfgangknauf]

JBoss somehow IS another JavaEE SDK, as the Sun J2EE SDK is nothing more than a bundle of IDE, AppServer, and some tools.
So pick e.g. JBossIDE and JBoss and you have another flavor of a JavaEE SDK.

JavaEE is just a standard, so you need an appserver which is compatible to this standard, and an IDE supporting it.

Hope this makes it a bit clearer

Wolfgang

[itsme]

In addition to Wolfgang's post the JBoss AS is nothing more than an implementation of the J2EE API. The JavaDoc of it can be downloaded at Sun's website.

The JAR's in question (i.e. jboss-j2ee.jar) are in <JBOSS_HOME>/server//lib.

Sandor

[ngonidan]

Guys, thanx a lot !!!!, I had a Misconception !!!!!, Light Now Shines !!!!

Thanx for fast response

[dimitris]

It is an implementation of the Java EE standard; and a lot more ;-)