The iSeries™ Navigator is a graphical interface for your Windows® desktop. It is part of iSeries Access for Windows and covers many iSeries functions that administrators or users need to accomplish their daily work.
iSeries Navigator supports Java™ as a plugin contained in the File Systems option of iSeries Access for Windows. To use the iSeries Navigator Java plugin, you need to install the IBM® Developer Kit for Java on your iSeries server. Then, to install the Java plugin on your personal computer, select File Systems through Selective Setup in the Client Access folder.
Class, JAR, ZIP, and Java files reside in the integrated file system. iSeries Navigator allows you to see these files in the right pane. Right-click the class, JAR, ZIP, or java file that you want to use. This brings up a context menu.
Selecting Associated Java Program --> New... from the context menu starts the Java transformer, which creates iSeries Java programs that are associated with your class, JAR, or ZIP file. A dialog box allows you to specify details on how to create the program. You can create the programs for either Java transformation or Java interpretation.
Note: If you select transformation, the bytecodes in your class file transform into RISC instructions that result in better performance than if you used interpretation.
Selecting Associated Java Program --> Edit... from the context menu changes attributes of Java programs that are attached to Java class files, ZIP files, or JAR files.
Selecting Associated Java Program --> Run... from the context menu runs your class file on your iSeries server. You may also select a JAR or ZIP file and run a class file located within that JAR or ZIP file. A dialog appears to allow you to specify details on how to run the program. If you have already selected Associated Java Program --> New..., the iSeries Java program that is associated with your class file is used when running the program. If an iSeries Java program is not already associated with your class file, then the iSeries Java program is created before the program runs.
Selecting Associated Java Program --> Delete... from the context menu deletes the iSeries Java programs that are associated with your class, JAR, or ZIP file.
Selecting Properties from the context menu displays a properties dialog box which contains the Java Programs and Java Options tabs. These tabs allow you to see the details on how the associated iSeries Java programs were created for your class, JAR, or ZIP file.
Note: These panels are the Display Java Program information.
Selecting Compile Java file from the context menu converts any java files that you have selected into their class file bytecodes.
See the help information, included with iSeries Navigator, for the parameters and options of the New Java Program, Edit Java Program, Run Java Program, Java Programs, Java Options, Compile Java file, and Delete Java Program iSeries Navigator dialogs.