JBoss AS 5 evaluation

[gdx]

All,
I am looking at several different Java based application servers. I want to compare the various products and then suggest one or more based upon the information and any requirements. As well as provide documentation supporting the suggestion.

Unfortunately, I cannot seem to find a document that states all of the supported specifications that JBoss 5 (any 5.x version) supports. I can see a lot of things like: MTOM, JSP, JMS, etc... Ok, so which verion(s) and it the support 100% or not.

I did find this page: http://www.jboss.org/community/docs/DOC-9024
This does appear to give me the information that I desire. However, most of the links (except the one for JBossASSupport) do not tell you what version of the produce the support is for. Also, the last modification date (even for the JBossASSupport link) is several years old. I know that version 5 of the product is not that old. So I am a bit confused. And then there is the link to the http://jbossws.jboss.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=JBossWSSpecStatus] page. That page is horribly out date. It is so out of date that it even tells you it is out of date. But there is no link to an updated page with updated information. The closest you can get is http://jbossws.jboss.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=JBossWSSupportedStackComparison which gets me back to: what is the supported version?

I am simply finding the process of finding out what standards JBoss 5 very frustrating. How can I give JBoss 5 a fair evaluation when I cannot even find the information to compare it with other COTS products?

[peterj]

JBoss AS is certified for Java EE 5, thus supports all of the Java EE 5 components at their required levels. A complete list is on the Sun web site: http://java.sun.com/javaee/technologies/

[gdx]

PeterJ,
Thanks for the information. I was unaware the Java EE 5 certification implied compliance the the list of JSR's in the link. That does answer many of the questions.

Is there anything that JBoss supports that is not implied with EE 5 certification? For example, I remember seeing documentation regarding single sign on and federated identity(JBoss Federated SSO). SAML support was listed, but not which version.

[peterj]

I don't know of a list or page that outlines those features and their versions. If you know the name of the JAR file for that component, you can look at the META-INF/manifest.mf file within the JAR itself - that often tells you the version number.