This version contains many new and changed features for application developers.
Starting with Version 8.5.0.2, IMS global transactions are supported. Applications that execute in a global transaction with WebSphere Application Server as the commit coordinator, that call existing IMS applications using the WOLA over OTMA support, can include the IMS transactions in the same global transaction context.
The SCA stateless session bean binding is a protocol binding that you can use to integrate SCA with EJB-based services. The product provides OASIS support for both EJB 3.x and 2.x bindings for services and references.
SCA OASIS specifications support the asynchronous running of request-response services. This enables a client thread to continue doing other work while the service runs. You can use SCA OASIS annotations and APIs in Java interfaces to enable asynchronization in services.
This feature enables the usage of the MongoDB Java Driver and allows DB instances to be configured in the server configuration, injected into managed components such as EJBs, and looked up in JNDI. Applications interact with these DB instances via the normal MongoDB APIs.
Version 8.5 adds support for the Service Component Architecture (SCA) OASIS programming model implementation.