Datatex brings 'NOW Release 4.0.0.0' technology standard

27 Mar '14

3 min read

Datatex is excited to announce the availability of NOW Release 4.0.0.0 which represents a “small revolution” of our technology.

The Datatex LAB is consistently working to produce the next big change. The new release contains many significant functional and application enhancements and additions. The new release 4.0.0.0 is again a proof or Datatex continuous commitment to stay up to date with technology along with its unique vertical functionality.

NOW release 4.0.0.0 is compatible with J2SE 7.0 up and J2EE 6.0 on, JBoss: EAP 6.1.0 or community 7.2.0.G.A and Clear Report version 13.

Thanks to the new adopted standard above, programming has become simpler enabling customization of an object only where needed instead of in the full class chain. An example will helps understand this feature.

Suppose we have four classes in cascade and that we need to customize only the fourth one. With the previous standard the programmers were forced to modify all the four classes. With the new release it is possible to intervene and customize only the fourth classes. This saves programming activities which is also reflected to our customers. Customization could be easier and more efficient.

The “extension of the entity bean” available in the new release allows to add new fields to an existing entity. For example if we need to add new information to the business partner master file we can “extend” this class using it with the new field like if the new fields were created originally by the lab. The use of the “additional data” allows the same but the AD as we know may have some constrains. On the other hand to extend an existing class requires to write code, not needed if we use the AD. Depending on the cases both possibilities are now available.

NOW release 4.0.0.0 has adopted the concept of “Referential Integrity”. In the previous NOW versions this concept was activated at the “application” level. The referential integrity in NOW release 4.0.0.0 has been included also at the database level.

Another relevant aspect of NOW release 4.0.0.0 is the performance improvement. .NOW performance has been improved by 10%-20% compared to the previous NOW release with no hardware, application server nor database configuration changes. For some particular functions the level of improvement is close to 50%!

The utilization of the “Referential Integrity” improves the overall NOW performance.

About Datatex:

Datatex is the world's leading supplier of IT software solutions to the global textile and apparel industry with the largest installed base of textile software with customers in 42 countries and 5 continents.

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