JadeCare

Common Service Classes

The common service classes are available to all Jade users and include the following significant functions:

• Global exception handlers:
  • Global (if all else fails) exception handler;
  • Lock exception handler, with default retry mechanism;
  • Deadlock exception handler, with optional retry mechanism;
  • TCP connection exception handler.
• Comprehensive application stack dump utility. This is an essential tool for diagnosing intermittent or data-dependent application faults in a distributed production environment.
• Application diagnostic logging facility.
• SMTP classes, which allows the application developer to send SMTP messages (emails) and attachments.
• LDAP classes, which allow developers to easily code directory access to an LDAP server.
• FTP and HTTP file transfer classes.
• Easy-to-use TCP connection class and methods.
• Methods to allow the application developer to specify the collection of transaction performance data.
• Encapsulated on-line database backup application.
• Miscellaneous utility functions, such as;
  • String handling routines;
  • Time and date handling routines;
  • File path handling methods.

JadeCare Managed Service Classes

This group of classes provides the functionality required by the JadeCare managed service. The functions include:

• Connection to JadeCare Systems Agent at application start up.
• Monitoring and reporting of client start up and shut down.
• Critical application monitoring.
• Application version control and deployment.
• Online and offline backup.
• Online compaction.
• Capture of application and database performance data.
• SDS synchronisation checks.
• Applications to support online deployment.