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For Immediate Release
Project Report
Date: February 1,
2007
Contact: Damodar Periwal - 408-282-3606 - dperiwal@softwaretree.com
Software Tree
Announces JFlixTM
Movie Rental Application
demonstrates the power of combining
JDX OR-Mapper, Struts
web-framework, and MySQL database
Santa Clara, Calif.
February 1, 2007: Software Tree has announced JFlixTM, a
web-based movie rental application powered by JDX Object-Relational
Mapper (OR-Mapper), which simplifies data integration. JFlix facilitates the typical
activities of a staff member working at a movie rental store counter.
Using this application, a staff member can easily check-in, checkout, and
check the availability of requested movies.
JFlix uses the popular
Struts framework following the Model View Controller (MVC) design
pattern. It utilizes Sakila,
the MySQL sample database, for storing all the movie and rental data. This application demonstrates how
JDX OR-Mapper reduces the amount and complexity of the data access code
in the business logic layer by seamlessly bridging the gap between an
object model and a relational model.
Adhering to some well
thought-out KISS (Keep It Simple and Straightforward) principles, JDX
facilitates an easy and efficient way to exchange data between the plain
old Java object (POJO) model and SQL relational model provided by popular
databases like MySQL, IBM DB2, Oracle, Sybase, and Microsoft SQL Server. JDX is fast, flexible, and
feature-rich. The simple
mapping specification of this lightweight and practical solution avoids
the merciless XML torture treatment administered by other OR-Mapping
products.
“Utilizing JDX’s
intuitive, flexible, and powerful programming interfaces makes the
business logic code simple, concise, and easy to understand,” comments
Smita Joshi, the lead developer of the JFlix application. “The same logic, if implemented
using the standard JDBC interface, would be much more complicated,
error-prone, and difficult to maintain. I really enjoyed developing JFlix because JDX
eliminated the harsh complexity of writing low-level data access code out
of the development process.”
“It is gratifying to know
that JDX simplified and accelerated the development of a sophisticated
web application like JFlix,” says Damodar Periwal, President & CEO of
Software Tree. “We welcome
Java developers all over the world to boost their productivity by using
JDX, the KISS OR-MapperTM for Java.”
Licensing and
Availability
The JFlix Movie Rental
application along with detailed documentation is shipping with JDX
OR-Mapping software. There
is no licensing fee to use this application for non-commercial purposes. Contact Software Tree for
commercial usage of JFlix or any derivative applications. A 21-day evaluation version of
JDX is available for free from Software Tree’s web site at
http://www.softwaretree.com.
About Software Tree
Founded in 1997,
Software Tree is a Silicon Valley-based technology leader in providing
superior software infrastructure that simplifies data integration.
Software Tree has licensed its products to leading-edge organizations
around the world, such as British Telecom, Xerox, CNT, Los Alamos
National Labs, UAB Medical Center, Electronic Arts, and Darden Business
School. For more
information, visit http://www.softwaretree.com.
Note: JDX, “The KISS OR-Mapper“, and
JFlix are trademarks of Software Tree. Java is a registered trademark of Sun
Microsystems. All
other marks are the property of their respective owners.
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