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IBM Java SDK for z/OS

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Add support for HWIREST to JZOS

BCPii is an important z/OS specific API that currently supports several languages but NOT Java. Having this support within JZOS would make java applications relying on HWI communications (such as monitoring applications or system automation tasks)...
about 2 years ago in IBM Java SDK for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Javadoc for JZOS as JAR or ZIP

Make the javadoc for JZOS available in a method that can be imported into an IDE as a standard part of the Java order and install, such as a zip or JAR.
over 7 years ago in IBM Java SDK for z/OS 1 Future consideration

JZOS file/stream classes should implement Closeable for try with resources

JZOS file and stream classes, such as ZFile should implement Closeable to support try with resources.
about 3 years ago in IBM Java SDK for z/OS 2 Future consideration

z/OSMF opens unnecessary Java RMI-Ports on public IP

When starting z/OSMF, it openes the configured Socket for normal work. And it also openes an secondary Port with moving port-number (every restart a different port), which gives (on usage) a message which sounds like Java RemoteMethodInvocation.Ne...
11 months ago in IBM Java SDK for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Update JAVA to honor default Keyring certificate

Update JAVA so it will honor the default Keyring certificate instead of picking the first personal certificate it finds in a Keyring. JAVA is being invoked by products like Liberty for z/OS server in a JVM and Java is using JSSE to get digital cer...
almost 4 years ago in IBM Java SDK for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Support for Elliptic Curves x448 and x25519 in Java 8 SDK for z/OS.

Java 8 is globally used by a number of applications in Traditional zWebSphere v8.5 and v9.0, the company standard requires the latest elliptic curves to secure applications externally and internally.
about 1 year ago in IBM Java SDK for z/OS 2 Future consideration

IBM Monitoring and Diagnostics Tools - Health Center under AQUA 3.3

We provide a consolidated eclipse environment for our mainframe Tools such as MQ, zOS, CICS explorer, Debug tools, Data Studio and with AUQA 3.3 , tool "BM Monitoring and Diagnostics Tools - Health Center" is not available.
about 1 year ago in IBM Java SDK for z/OS 1 Future consideration

in Healthcenter authorization.file It should be able to have more than a readWrite value.

if there is a option for readOnly. you can have users that only is allowed to read and other that can read + ask JVM to take dumps.
over 1 year ago in IBM Java SDK for z/OS 0 Future consideration

IBM JVM needs to support default credentials cache file created by native kinit program

IBM JVM needs to support default credentials cache file created by native kinit (/usr/bin/kinit) program, like Oracle JVM does today. Our client OCC (big US financial company) requires to secure access to HDFS with Kerberos. We anticipate that mor...
over 6 years ago in IBM Java SDK for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Provide library javax.smartcardio

requires support for javax.smartcardio in IBM JDK 8.
about 4 years ago in IBM Java SDK for z/OS 5 Future consideration

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