<s>
WebObjects	B-Language
was	O
a	O
Java	B-Language
web	B-Application
application	I-Application
server	I-Application
and	O
a	O
server-based	O
web	B-Application
application	I-Application
framework	I-Application
originally	O
developed	O
by	O
NeXT	O
Software	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WebObject	O
's	O
hallmark	O
features	O
are	O
its	O
object-orientation	B-Language
,	O
database	O
connectivity	O
,	O
and	O
prototyping	O
tools	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Applications	O
created	O
with	O
WebObjects	B-Language
can	O
be	O
deployed	O
as	O
web	O
sites	O
,	O
Java	B-Application
WebStart	I-Application
desktop	O
applications	O
,	O
and/or	O
standards-based	O
web	O
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
deployment	O
runtime	B-Device
is	O
pure	O
Java	B-Language
,	O
allowing	O
developers	O
to	O
deploy	O
WebObjects	B-Language
applications	O
on	O
platforms	O
that	O
support	O
Java	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
can	O
use	O
the	O
included	O
WebObjects	B-Language
Java	B-Language
SE	I-Language
application	B-Application
server	I-Application
or	O
deploy	O
on	O
third-party	O
Java	B-Language
EE	I-Language
application	B-Application
servers	I-Application
such	O
as	O
JBoss	B-Language
,	O
Apache	B-Language
Tomcat	I-Language
,	O
WebLogic	B-Language
Server	I-Language
or	O
IBM	B-Language
WebSphere	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
WebObjects	B-Language
was	O
maintained	O
by	O
Apple	O
for	O
quite	O
a	O
while	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
community	O
calls	O
it	O
"	O
Project	B-Language
Wonder	I-Language
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WebObjects	B-Language
now	O
also	O
has	O
a	O
few	O
competitors	O
:	O
see	O
below	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WebObjects	B-Language
was	O
created	O
by	O
NeXT	O
Software	O
,	O
Inc.	O
,	O
first	O
publicly	O
demonstrated	O
at	O
the	O
Object	O
World	O
conference	O
in	O
1995	O
and	O
released	O
to	O
the	O
public	O
in	O
March	O
1996	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
time	O
and	O
cost	O
benefits	O
of	O
rapid	O
,	O
object-oriented	B-Language
development	O
attracted	O
major	O
corporations	O
to	O
WebObjects	B-Language
in	O
the	O
early	O
days	O
of	O
e-commerce	O
,	O
with	O
clients	O
including	O
BBC	O
News	O
,	O
Dell	O
Computer	O
,	O
Disney	O
,	O
DreamWorks	O
SKG	O
,	O
Fannie	O
Mae	O
,	O
GE	O
Capital	O
,	O
Merrill	O
Lynch	O
,	O
and	O
Motorola	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
NeXT	O
's	O
merger	O
into	O
Apple	O
Inc	O
.	O
in	O
1997	O
,	O
WebObjects	B-Language
 '	O
public	O
profile	O
languished	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
early	O
adopters	O
later	O
switched	O
to	O
alternative	O
technologies	O
,	O
and	O
currently	O
Apple	O
remains	O
the	O
biggest	O
client	O
for	O
the	O
software	O
,	O
relying	O
on	O
it	O
to	O
power	O
parts	O
of	O
its	O
online	O
Apple	O
Store	O
and	O
the	O
iTunes	O
Store	O
—	O
WebObjects	B-Language
 '	O
highest-profile	O
implementation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WebObjects	B-Language
was	O
part	O
of	O
Apple	O
's	O
strategy	O
of	O
using	O
software	O
to	O
drive	O
hardware	O
sales	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
2000	O
the	O
price	O
was	O
lowered	O
from	O
$	O
50,000	O
(	O
for	O
the	O
full	O
deployment	O
license	O
)	O
to	O
$699	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
May	O
2001	O
,	O
WebObjects	B-Language
was	O
included	O
with	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
Server	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
no	O
longer	O
required	O
a	O
license	O
key	O
for	O
development	O
or	O
deployment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WebObjects	B-Language
transitioned	O
from	O
a	O
stand-alone	O
product	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
part	O
of	O
Mac	B-Device
OS	I-Device
X	I-Device
with	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
version	O
5.3	O
in	O
June	O
2005	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
developer	O
tools	O
and	O
frameworks	O
,	O
which	O
previously	O
sold	O
for	O
US$699	O
,	O
were	O
bundled	O
with	O
Apple	O
's	O
Xcode	B-Operating_System
IDE	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Support	O
for	O
other	O
platforms	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
was	O
then	O
discontinued	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apple	O
said	O
that	O
it	O
would	O
further	O
integrate	O
WebObjects	B-Language
development	O
tools	O
with	O
Xcode	B-Operating_System
in	O
future	O
releases	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
included	O
a	O
new	O
EOModeler	O
Plugin	O
for	O
Xcode	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2006	O
,	O
Apple	O
announced	O
the	O
deprecation	O
of	O
Mac	B-Device
OS	I-Device
X	I-Device
's	O
Cocoa-Java	O
bridge	O
with	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Xcode	B-Operating_System
2.4	O
at	O
the	O
August	O
2006	O
Worldwide	O
Developers	O
Conference	O
,	O
and	O
with	O
it	O
all	O
dependent	O
features	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
entire	O
suite	O
of	O
WebObjects	B-Language
developer	O
applications	O
:	O
EOModeler	O
,	O
EOModeler	O
Plugin	O
,	O
WebObjects	B-Language
Builder	O
,	O
WebServices	O
Assistant	O
,	O
RuleEditor	O
and	O
WOALauncher	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apple	O
had	O
decided	O
to	O
concentrate	O
its	O
engineering	O
resources	O
on	O
the	O
runtime	B-Device
engine	I-Device
of	O
WebObjects	B-Language
,	O
leaving	O
the	O
future	O
responsibility	O
for	O
developer	O
applications	O
with	O
the	O
open-source	O
community	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
main	O
open-source	O
alternative	O
—	O
the	O
Eclipse	B-Application
IDE	I-Application
with	O
the	O
WOLips	O
suite	O
of	O
plugins	O
—	O
had	O
matured	O
to	O
such	O
an	O
extent	O
that	O
its	O
capabilities	O
had	O
,	O
in	O
many	O
areas	O
,	O
surpassed	O
those	O
of	O
Apple	O
's	O
own	O
tools	O
,	O
which	O
had	O
not	O
seen	O
significant	O
updates	O
for	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
years	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
posting	O
to	O
the	O
webobjects-dev	O
mailing	O
list	O
,	O
Daryl	O
Lee	O
from	O
Apple	O
's	O
WebObjects	B-Language
team	O
publicly	O
disclosed	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
new	O
strategy	O
for	O
WebObjects	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
promised	O
to	O
"	O
make	O
WebObjects	B-Language
the	O
best	O
server-side	O
runtime	B-Device
environment	I-Device
"	O
by	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
WebObjects	B-Language
5.4	O
,	O
which	O
shipped	O
with	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
X	I-Application
Leopard	I-Application
in	O
October	O
2007	O
,	O
removed	O
the	O
license	O
key	O
requirement	O
for	O
both	O
development	O
and	O
deployment	O
of	O
WebObjects	B-Language
applications	O
on	O
all	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2009	O
,	O
Apple	O
stopped	O
issuing	O
new	O
releases	O
of	O
WebObjects	B-Language
outside	O
Apple	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
community	O
decided	O
to	O
continue	O
development	O
with	O
Project	B-Language
Wonder	I-Language
,	O
an	O
open-source	O
framework	O
which	O
is	O
built	O
on	O
top	O
of	O
the	O
core	O
WebObjects	B-Language
frameworks	O
and	O
which	O
extends	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
Project	B-Language
Wonder	I-Language
has	O
updated	O
development	O
tools	O
and	O
provides	O
a	O
REST	O
framework	O
that	O
was	O
not	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
WebObjects	B-Language
package	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Though	O
once	O
included	O
in	O
the	O
default	O
installation	O
of	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
Server	I-Operating_System
,	O
WebObjects	B-Language
was	O
no	O
longer	O
installed	O
by	O
default	O
starting	O
with	O
Mac	B-Device
OS	I-Device
X	I-Device
Snow	I-Device
Leopard	I-Device
Server	I-Device
and	O
shortly	O
after	O
,	O
Apple	O
ceased	O
promoting	O
or	O
selling	O
WebObjects	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
2016	O
,	O
WebObjects	B-Language
is	O
actively	O
supported	O
by	O
its	O
developer	O
community	O
,	O
the	O
"	O
WOCommunity	O
Association	O
"	O
,	O
by	O
extending	O
the	O
core	O
frameworks	O
and	O
providing	O
fixes	O
with	O
Project	B-Language
Wonder	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
organization	O
last	O
held	O
a	O
Worldwide	O
WebObjects	B-Language
Developer	O
Conference	O
,	O
WOWODC	O
,	O
in	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2016	O
,	O
Apple	O
confirmed	O
that	O
WebObjects	B-Language
had	O
been	O
discontinued	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
2016	O
most	O
WebObjects	B-Language
architects	O
and	O
engineers	O
are	O
using	O
the	O
tools	O
being	O
developed	O
by	O
the	O
WebObjects	B-Language
community	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
tools	O
run	O
within	O
the	O
Eclipse	B-Application
IDE	I-Application
and	O
are	O
open-source	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
WebObjects	B-Language
plug-ins	O
for	O
Eclipse	B-Application
are	O
known	O
as	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Building	O
WebObjects	B-Language
frameworks	O
and	O
applications	O
for	O
deployment	O
is	O
typically	O
achieved	O
using	O
the	O
WOProject	O
set	O
of	O
tools	O
for	O
Apache	B-Application
Ant	I-Application
or	O
Apache	B-Language
Maven	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
WebObjects	B-Language
application	O
is	O
essentially	O
a	O
server-side	O
executable	O
,	O
created	O
by	O
combining	O
prebuilt	O
application	O
framework	O
objects	O
with	O
the	O
developer	O
's	O
own	O
custom	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WebObjects	B-Language
 '	O
frameworks	O
can	O
be	O
broken	O
down	O
into	O
three	O
core	O
parts	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
WebObjects	B-Language
Framework	O
(	O
WOF	O
)	O
is	O
at	O
the	O
highest	O
level	O
of	O
the	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
uses	O
a	O
template-based	O
approach	O
to	O
take	O
that	O
object	O
graph	O
and	O
turn	O
it	O
into	O
HTML	B-Language
,	O
or	O
other	O
tag-based	O
information	O
display	O
standards	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
XML	B-Protocol
or	O
SMIL	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Components	O
are	O
chunks	O
of	O
presentation	O
(	O
HTML	B-Language
)	O
and	O
functionality	O
(	O
Java	B-Language
code	I-Language
)	O
often	O
with	O
a	O
parameter	O
list	O
to	O
enhance	O
reusability	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WebObjects	B-Language
Builder	O
is	O
used	O
to	O
create	O
the	O
HTML-templates	B-Application
and	O
creates	O
the	O
linking	O
,	O
for	O
instance	O
,	O
a	O
Java	B-Language
String	O
object	O
to	O
interface	O
objects	O
like	O
an	O
input	O
field	O
in	O
a	O
web	O
form	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Enterprise	B-General_Concept
Objects	I-General_Concept
Framework	I-General_Concept
(	O
EOF	B-General_Concept
)	O
is	O
,	O
perhaps	O
,	O
the	O
hallmark	O
feature	O
of	O
WebObjects	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
EOF	B-General_Concept
communicates	O
with	O
relational	B-Application
databases	I-Application
and	O
turns	O
database	O
rows	O
into	O
an	O
object	O
graph	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Using	O
EOModeler	O
the	O
developer	O
can	O
create	O
an	O
abstraction	O
of	O
the	O
database	O
in	O
the	O
forms	O
of	O
Java	B-Language
objects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
order	O
to	O
access	O
or	O
insert	O
information	O
into	O
the	O
database	O
the	O
developer	O
simply	O
accesses	O
the	O
Java	B-Language
Enterprise	I-Language
Objects	O
(	O
EOs	O
)	O
from	O
their	O
business	O
logic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
that	O
EOF	B-General_Concept
manages	O
the	O
Enterprise	O
Objects	O
and	O
automatically	O
creates	O
the	O
required	O
SQL-code	O
to	O
commit	O
the	O
changes	O
to	O
the	O
database	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Java	B-Language
Foundation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
Enterprise	O
Objects	O
and	O
WebObjects	B-Language
rest	O
on	O
the	O
aptly	O
named	O
Java	B-Language
Foundation	O
classes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
framework	O
contains	O
the	O
fundamental	O
data	O
structure	O
implementations	O
and	O
utilities	O
used	O
throughout	O
the	O
rest	O
of	O
WebObjects	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Examples	O
include	O
basic	O
value	O
and	O
collection	O
classes	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
arrays	O
,	O
dictionaries	B-Application
(	O
objects	O
that	O
contain	O
key-value	O
pairs	O
)	O
and	O
formatting	O
classes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Java	B-Language
Foundation	O
is	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
Foundation	O
framework	O
contained	O
in	O
Apple	O
's	O
Cocoa	B-Operating_System
API	I-Operating_System
for	O
macOS	B-Application
desktop	O
applications	O
,	O
however	O
Java	B-Language
Foundation	O
is	O
written	O
in	O
Pure	O
Java	B-Language
as	O
opposed	O
to	O
Cocoa	B-Operating_System
's	O
Objective-C	B-Language
(	O
with	O
its	O
Java	B-Operating_System
bridge	I-Operating_System
runtime	B-Device
wrapper	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Foundation	O
classes	O
are	O
prefixed	O
with	O
the	O
letters	O
"	O
NS	O
"	O
(	O
a	O
reference	O
to	O
their	O
NeXTSTEP	B-Application
OS	I-Application
heritage	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
the	O
transition	O
of	O
WebObjects	B-Language
to	O
Java	B-Language
in	O
2000	O
,	O
the	O
functionality	O
of	O
many	O
of	O
Apple	O
's	O
Java	B-Language
Foundation	O
classes	O
is	O
replicated	O
in	O
Sun	O
's	O
own	O
JDK	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
WebObjects	B-Language
features	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
rapid	O
development	O
technologies	O
that	O
can	O
automatically	O
create	O
a	O
Web	O
application	O
without	O
the	O
need	O
to	O
write	O
any	O
Java	B-Language
code	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Given	O
a	O
model	O
file	O
for	O
a	O
database	O
,	O
WebObjects	B-Language
will	O
create	O
an	O
interface	O
supporting	O
nine	O
common	O
database	O
tasks	O
,	O
including	O
querying	O
,	O
editing	O
and	O
listing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Such	O
applications	O
are	O
useful	O
for	O
prototyping	O
or	O
administering	O
a	O
database	O
,	O
perhaps	O
to	O
check	O
relationships	B-Architecture
or	O
to	O
seed	O
the	O
database	O
with	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
user	O
interface	O
is	O
generated	O
dynamically	O
,	O
on-the-fly	O
at	B-Library
runtime	I-Library
using	O
a	O
rules-based	O
system	O
—	O
no	O
code	O
is	O
generated	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Consequently	O
,	O
one	O
can	O
modify	O
an	O
application	O
's	O
configuration	O
at	B-Library
runtime	I-Library
(	O
using	O
an	O
assistant	O
program	O
)	O
without	O
recompiling	O
or	O
relaunching	O
the	O
application	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Direct	O
To	O
Web	O
(	O
D2W	O
)	O
allows	O
developers	O
to	O
rapidly	O
create	O
an	O
HTML-based	O
Web	O
application	O
that	O
accesses	O
a	O
database	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Direct	O
To	O
Java	B-Language
Client	O
allows	O
developers	O
to	O
rapidly	O
create	O
a	O
client	O
desktop	O
application	O
using	O
the	O
Java	B-Language
Swing	I-Language
toolkit	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
advantage	O
of	O
Java	B-Language
Client	O
applications	O
is	O
that	O
they	O
can	O
take	O
advantage	O
of	O
the	O
processing	O
power	O
of	O
the	O
client	O
computer	O
to	O
perform	O
operations	O
such	O
as	O
sorting	O
a	O
list	O
of	O
items	O
received	O
from	O
the	O
server	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fully	O
utilizes	O
the	O
validation	O
services	O
provided	O
by	O
WebObjects	B-Language
and	O
Enterprise	O
Objects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WebObjects	B-Language
is	O
a	O
100%	O
Java	B-Language
product	O
with	O
the	O
following	O
Java-based	O
features	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Deployment	O
:	O
Applications	O
can	O
be	O
deployed	O
on	O
any	O
operating	O
system	O
that	O
has	O
Java	B-Language
1.3	O
or	O
later	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
developers	O
have	O
successfully	O
deployed	O
on	O
Windows	B-Application
and	O
various	O
Linux	B-Application
systems	O
such	O
as	O
Red	O
Hat	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
Debian	O
and	O
SUSE	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Applications	O
can	O
also	O
be	O
hosted	O
on	O
any	O
Java	B-Language
EE	I-Language
compatible	O
application	B-Application
server	I-Application
such	O
as	O
JBoss	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Java	B-Language
EE	I-Language
integration	O
:	O
WebObjects	B-Language
applications	O
can	O
be	O
packaged	O
in	O
a	O
single	O
directory	O
(	O
an	O
exploded	O
.war	O
file	O
)	O
that	O
make	O
it	O
easier	O
to	O
deploy	O
to	O
a	O
Java	B-Language
EE	I-Language
servlet	B-Application
container	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
JDBC	B-Language
:	O
Since	O
WebObjects	B-Language
uses	O
JDBC	B-Language
for	O
database	O
connectivity	O
any	O
DBMS	B-General_Concept
that	O
has	O
a	O
JDBC-driver	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
within	O
WebObjects	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Swing	B-Language
interface	O
:	O
WebObjects	B-Language
applications	O
can	O
be	O
delivered	O
to	O
the	O
user	O
as	O
a	O
"	O
Java	B-Language
Client	O
application	O
"	O
or	O
as	O
a	O
Java	B-Language
applet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WebObjects	B-Language
was	O
originally	O
released	O
by	O
NeXT	O
Computer	O
in	O
March	O
1996	O
,	O
but	O
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
Apple	O
Inc	O
.	O
with	O
their	O
acquisition	O
of	O
NeXT	O
in	O
December	O
of	O
that	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pre-release	O
version	O
of	O
WebObjects	B-Language
Builder	O
application	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Supports	O
a	O
subset	O
of	O
the	O
Java	B-Language
APIs	O
(	O
NT	O
only	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Enhanced	O
Java	B-Language
support	O
(	O
NT	O
only	O
)	O
:	O
all	O
objects	O
and	O
components	O
can	O
be	O
worked	O
on	O
as	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
Java	B-Language
APIs	O
based	O
on	O
a	O
complete	O
implementation	O
of	O
the	O
JDK	B-Language
1.1.3	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
First	O
version	O
of	O
WebObjects	B-Language
to	O
run	O
on	O
the	O
Mac	O
platform	O
—	O
specifically	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
Server	I-Operating_System
1.0	I-Operating_System
(	O
a	O
public	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
beta	O
OS	O
formerly	O
code-named	O
'	O
Rhapsody	B-Operating_System
 '	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OPENSTEP	B-Operating_System
4.2	O
OS	O
no	O
longer	O
supported	O
;	O
Windows	B-Application
NT	O
now	O
uses	O
a	O
new	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
OpenStep	B-Operating_System
base	O
of	O
libraries	O
and	O
binary	O
support	O
called	O
Yellow	O
Box	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WebObjects	B-Language
and	O
Enterprise	B-General_Concept
Objects	I-General_Concept
Framework	I-General_Concept
provide	O
thread-safe	O
APIs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
means	O
that	O
you	O
can	O
write	O
a	O
multithreaded	O
WebObjects	B-Language
application	O
where	O
you	O
could	O
n't	O
before	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Java	B-Language
capabilities	O
are	O
greatly	O
improved	O
over	O
previous	O
version	O
,	O
however	O
compiled	O
Objective-C	B-Language
is	O
still	O
two	O
to	O
three	O
times	O
faster	O
;	O
</s>
<s>
Possible	O
to	O
build	O
a	O
fully	O
capable	O
Java	B-Language
client	O
either	O
as	O
a	O
stand-alone	O
app	O
or	O
as	O
an	O
applet	O
with	O
the	O
Interface	O
Builder	O
-	O
all	O
sorts	O
of	O
Swing	B-Language
and	O
Java	B-Language
Bean	O
components	O
are	O
sitting	O
on	O
IB	O
palettes	O
for	O
wiring	O
up	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
EOF	B-General_Concept
3.0	O
adds	O
support	O
for	O
a	O
new	O
database	O
,	O
OpenBase	O
Lite	O
,	O
which	O
ships	O
with	O
EOF	B-General_Concept
3.0	O
as	O
an	O
unsupported	O
demo	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
EOF	B-General_Concept
3.0	O
introduces	O
new	O
API	O
,	O
mainly	O
in	O
EOUtilities	O
,	O
to	O
facilitate	O
common	O
programming	O
tasks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Integrated	O
XML	B-Protocol
support	O
using	O
IBM	O
's	O
alphaWorks	O
parser	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
New	O
WebObjects	B-Language
Builder	O
interface	O
,	O
specifically	O
in	O
the	O
main	O
window	O
toolbar	O
,	O
the	O
user	O
interface	O
for	O
binding	O
keys	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
table	O
editing	O
user	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
EOF	B-General_Concept
4.5	O
comes	O
with	O
a	O
new	O
sample	O
adaptor	O
:	O
the	O
LDAP	B-Protocol
adaptor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Java	B-Language
Client	O
extended	O
considerably	O
,	O
including	O
a	O
new	O
user	O
interface	O
generation	O
layer	O
,	O
Direct	O
to	O
Java	B-Language
Client	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
First	O
version	O
to	O
support	O
Mac	B-Device
OS	I-Device
X	I-Device
10.x	O
and	O
Windows	B-Application
2000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Last	O
version	O
to	O
support	O
HP-UX	O
and	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
Server	I-Operating_System
1.0	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Last	O
version	O
that	O
supported	O
the	O
Objective-C	B-Language
API	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Major	O
rewrite	O
from	O
Objective-C	B-Language
to	O
Java	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Create	O
and	O
deploy	O
Enterprise	B-Language
JavaBeans	I-Language
using	O
the	O
built-in	O
container	O
based	O
on	O
OpenEJB	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Deploy	O
WebObjects	B-Language
applications	O
as	O
JSPs	O
or	O
Servlets	B-Application
on	O
top	O
of	O
third-party	O
application	B-Application
servers	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Access	O
and	O
manipulate	O
data	O
stored	O
in	O
JNDI	B-Language
or	O
LDAP	B-Protocol
directory	O
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Automatically	O
generate	O
desktop	O
Java	B-Language
client	O
applications	O
with	O
rich	O
,	O
interactive	O
user	O
interfaces	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Utilize	O
the	O
WebObjects	B-Language
template	B-Application
engine	I-Application
and	O
object-relational	O
mapping	O
for	O
seamless	O
XML	B-Protocol
messaging	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Contains	O
general	O
bug	O
fixes	O
for	O
WebObjects	B-Language
5.1	O
on	O
all	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Contains	O
targeted	O
bug	O
fixes	O
for	O
WebObjects	B-Language
5.1	O
on	O
all	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Compatibility	O
with	O
Mac	B-Device
OS	I-Device
X	I-Device
10.2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Java	B-Application
Web	I-Application
Start	I-Application
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Major	O
bug	O
fixes	O
led	O
many	O
developers	O
to	O
hail	O
this	O
as	O
the	O
first	O
stable	O
5.x	O
release	O
of	O
WebObjects	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Resolved	O
some	O
incompatibilities	O
with	O
the	O
latest	O
Java	B-Language
1.4.1	O
implementation	O
for	O
Mac	B-Device
OS	I-Device
X	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Compatibility	O
with	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
10.3	I-Operating_System
Panther	I-Operating_System
and	O
the	O
Xcode	B-Operating_System
IDE	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
JBoss	B-Language
on	O
Panther	B-Operating_System
Server	O
qualification	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Qualified	O
for	O
Java	B-Language
1.4.1	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fixes	O
for	O
EOF	B-General_Concept
runtime	B-Device
and	O
WOFileUpload	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Performance	O
and	O
stability	O
update	O
addressing	O
issues	O
with	O
CLOSE_WAIT	O
states	O
in	O
deployment	O
using	O
JavaMonitor	O
and	O
wotaskd	O
and	O
issues	O
related	O
to	O
EOF	B-General_Concept
under	O
high	O
load	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Qualified	O
for	O
Java	B-Language
1.4.2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Compatibility	O
with	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
X	I-Application
10.4	I-Application
and	O
the	O
Xcode	B-Operating_System
2.0	O
IDE	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
WebObjects	B-Language
developer	O
tools	O
included	O
free	O
with	O
the	O
Xcode	B-Operating_System
IDE	B-Application
(	O
v2.1	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
and	O
deployment	O
on	O
platforms	O
other	O
than	O
Mac	B-Device
OS	I-Device
X	I-Device
no	O
longer	O
supported	O
by	O
Apple	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
EOModels	O
can	O
be	O
created	O
and	O
edited	O
within	O
Xcode	B-Operating_System
with	O
a	O
new	O
EOModeler	O
plugin	O
that	O
integrates	O
with	O
the	O
CoreData	B-Application
modeling	O
tools	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WebObjects	B-Language
Builder	O
has	O
UI	O
enhancements	O
and	O
generates	O
HTML	O
4.0.1	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WebObjects	B-Language
runtime	B-Device
now	O
supports	O
HTML	O
4.0.1	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Installer	O
updates	O
the	O
Application	B-Application
Server	I-Application
components	O
in	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
Server	I-Operating_System
10.4	B-Application
to	O
WebObjects	B-Language
5.3	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Addresses	O
incompatibilities	O
with	O
Xcode	B-Operating_System
2.2	O
Developer	O
tools	O
on	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
X	I-Application
10.4	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Adds	O
a	O
modified	O
Developer	O
tools	O
license	O
that	O
allows	O
WebObjects	B-Language
applications	O
developed	O
with	O
Xcode	B-Operating_System
2.2	O
to	O
be	O
deployed	O
on	O
any	O
compatible	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Adds	O
better	O
SQL	B-Language
Generation	O
in	O
the	O
EOModeler	O
Plug-in	O
design	O
tool	O
in	O
Xcode	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Improved	O
FetchSpecification	O
building	O
in	O
the	O
EOModeler	O
Plugin	O
design	O
tool	O
in	O
Xcode	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Adds	O
a	O
"	O
components	O
and	O
elements	O
"	O
window	O
for	O
improved	O
workflow	O
in	O
WebObjects	B-Language
Builder	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Addresses	O
incompatibilities	O
with	O
Xcode	B-Operating_System
2.4	O
Developer	O
tools	O
on	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
X	I-Application
10.4	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
simultaneous	O
release	O
of	O
Xcode	B-Operating_System
2.4	O
,	O
the	O
Cocoa	B-Operating_System
Java	B-Operating_System
bridge	I-Operating_System
is	O
deprecated	O
along	O
with	O
the	O
following	O
WebObjects	B-Language
applications	O
:	O
EOModeler	O
,	O
EOModeler	O
Plugin	O
,	O
WebObjects	B-Language
Builder	O
,	O
WebServices	O
Assistant	O
,	O
RuleEditor	O
and	O
WOALauncher	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
WebObjects	B-Language
DST	O
Update	O
"	O
:	O
Updates	O
WebObjects	B-Language
5.3	O
systems	O
to	O
observe	O
the	O
Daylight	O
Saving	O
Time	O
(	O
DST	O
)	O
changes	O
due	O
to	O
come	O
into	O
effect	O
in	O
March	O
2007	O
in	O
many	O
countries	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
and	O
Canada	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
WebObjects	B-Language
5.4.1	O
is	O
an	O
update	O
release	O
for	O
the	O
version	O
of	O
WebObjects	B-Language
included	O
in	O
the	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
X	I-Application
Leopard	I-Application
tools	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
2007	O
,	O
the	O
community	O
has	O
held	O
an	O
annual	O
conference	O
for	O
WebObjects	B-Language
developers	O
,	O
WOWODC	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Interest	O
in	O
OpenSource	O
alternatives	O
to	O
WebObjects	B-Language
that	O
use	O
the	O
Objective-C	B-Language
language	O
grew	O
with	O
WebObjects	B-Language
 '	O
move	O
from	O
Objective-C	B-Language
(	O
last	O
version	O
WO	O
4.5.1	O
)	O
to	O
Java	B-Language
(	O
first	O
version	O
WO	O
5.0	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
two	O
frameworks	O
available	O
are	O
SOPE	O
,	O
which	O
has	O
been	O
used	O
as	O
the	O
basis	O
of	O
the	O
OpenGroupware.org	B-Language
groupware	O
server	O
for	O
about	O
eight	O
years	O
,	O
and	O
GNUstepWeb	B-Application
,	O
which	O
is	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
GNUstep	B-Application
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Open-source	O
rewrites	O
of	O
the	O
EOF	B-General_Concept
frameworks	O
also	O
exist	O
(	O
AJRDatabase	O
,	O
GDL2	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
also	O
Java-based	O
alternatives	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Wotonomy	O
is	O
a	O
project	O
,	O
hosted	O
on	O
SourceForge	B-Application
,	O
that	O
implements	O
a	O
clean-room	O
,	O
open-source	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
WebObjects	B-Language
5.x	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
the	O
project	O
's	O
structure	O
was	O
re-organized	O
in	O
2006	O
around	O
an	O
Apache	B-Language
Maven	I-Language
build	O
infrastructure	O
and	O
migrated	O
to	O
the	O
Subversion	B-Application
revision	B-Architecture
control	I-Architecture
system	I-Architecture
,	O
there	O
has	O
not	O
been	O
any	O
substantial	O
update	O
to	O
the	O
codebase	O
since	O
2003	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apache	B-Language
Tapestry	I-Language
has	O
a	O
design	O
and	O
philosophy	O
similar	O
to	O
that	O
of	O
WebObjects	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tapestry	B-Language
is	O
frequently	O
combined	O
with	O
Apache	B-Language
Cayenne	I-Language
,	O
a	O
persistence	O
framework	O
inspired	O
by	O
EOF	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
GETobjects	O
is	O
another	O
framework	O
with	O
an	O
API	O
similar	O
to	O
WebObjects	B-Language
5.x	O
that	O
is	O
related	O
to	O
SOPE	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
attempt	O
to	O
do	O
a	O
Swift	B-Application
version	O
based	O
on	O
SOPE	O
/	O
GETobjects	O
is	O
available	O
as	O
SwiftObjects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
implementation	O
for	O
Swift	B-Application
4	O
is	O
limited	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
reflection	O
capabilities	O
of	O
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