New Platform Features

Sybase® Unwired Platform 2.2 SP02 includes new features that support development and management of the system.

• REST API Applications
  The REST API exposes the Sybase Unwired Platform features as services that can be consumed from any HTTP-enabled SDK, without Unwired Platform-specific libraries. Develop applications in the native development platform of choice (such as Sencha, Appcelerator, and Cordova—formerly PhoneGap), and use the services with client libraries provided by supported operating systems.
• Security
  This release includes enhancements that increase security for OData clients in specific landscapes, enable you to integrate your existing security landscape with Unwired Platform, implement role-based automatic on-boarding, and control data change notification (DCN) authentication and authorization. Anonymous login capability provides underlying support.
• Architectural Modifications
  Implement Unwired Server scale-out nodes in your landscape to add load balancing for REST API applications.
• Supportability
  This release provides additional integration of supportability tools, including SAP® Solution Manager, SAP Change & Transport System (CTS/CTS+), and HP LoadRunner.
• Mobile Business Objects
  Composite operation support has been added, with enhanced input and output mapping for mobile business objects (MBOs) in a composite relationship.
• Object API Applications
  New or changed features for native client Object API development include using Afaria certificates for device authentication and standalone Afaria libraries; writing to the database while synchronizing; synchronization parameter enhancements; consuming a native (push) notification; tracking KPIs; performing end-to-end trace from the device client; and supporting HTTPS. Customization resource bundles are now available for Object API applications; message text can be localized and customized; and BlackBerry signing is handled through a new API.
• Hybrid App and Hybrid Web Container
  New or changed features for Hybrid App and Hybrid Web Container development include enhancements for Hybrid App Designer and Hybrid Web Container; capability to develop Hybrid Apps using third-party tools such as Sencha and Cordova (formerly PhoneGap); capability to develop Hybrid Apps with OData calls; end-to-end tracing; refactored development APIs, new JavaScript APIs, and enhancements for Hybrid Apps.
• OData SDK
  New or changed features for OData SDK include refactored OData SDK APIs, DataVault classes for iOS, Android, and BlackBerry, standalone Afaria libraries, native notification, streaming support for large objects, and end-to-end tracing for iOS and Android.
• Administration
  New or changed administration features enable you to use Sybase Control Center to configure cluster-level server settings, automate Hybrid App and application distribution by roles, set the BlackBerry messaging portioning response limit, manage HTTP log settings, configure application-specific native notifications, and modify Hybrid App client variables. Security and Notification API SDKs are now available, and the Management API has been enhanced.