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| ColdFusion Enterprise (2016 Release) | ColdFusion Standard (2016 Release) | ||
| API Manager | API monitoring | ✓ | |
|---|---|---|---|
| API version and lifecycle management | ✓ | ||
| API Access Control | ✓ | ||
| API rate limiting and throttling | ✓ | ||
| API developer portal | ✓ | ||
| SOAP gateway | ✓ | ||
| External storage for session scope | ✓ | ||
| API Caching | ✓ | ||
| Enterprise API management | ✓ | ||
| SOAP to REST translation | ✓ | ||
| Mobile development | Client-side database integration | ✓ | ✓ |
| CFML-based mobile app development | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Device detection | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Native device APIs | ✓ | ✓ | |
| On—device debugging | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Remote inspection | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Client-side database access | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Customised tag framework | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Application Development | Full CFSCRIPT support | ✓ | ✓ |
| Command line interface | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Member functions | ✓ | ✓ | |
| QueryExecute and Elvis operator | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Social log in support and social plug-in integration | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Customised serialiser and de-serialiser for JSON and XML | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Multi-site RESTful web services | ✓ | ||
| Object-relational mapping (ORM) | ✓ | ✓ | |
| ORM text search | ✓ | ||
| Advanced caching (ehcache) | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Ajax UI component | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Ajax framework | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Image manipulation | ✓ | ✓ | |
| RSSand atom feed creation and consumption | ✓ | ✓ | |
| ZIP and JAR archive file manipulation | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Database introspection | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Customised server-side chart styles | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Server-side charting and graphing | ✓ | ✓ | |
| ColdFusion components (CFCs) | ✓ | ✓ | |
| XML support | ✓ | ✓ | |
| XPath support | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Web services (SOAP) | Enhanced | Enhanced | |
| Built-in support for REST | ✓ | ✓ | |
| File manipulation | ✓ | ✓ | |
| .NET assembly support (DLL) | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Java, servlet and EJB connectivity | ✓ | ✓ | |
| JDBC and ODBC | ✓ | ✓ | |
| FTP and SFTP servers | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Virtual file systems (RAM) | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Virtual file systems (ZIP, JAR, FTP, SFTP) | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Multi-threaded CFML1 (CFTHREAD) | ✓ | Restricted functionality | |
| Database client connection management | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Support for additional database types | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Database exception handling | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Failover support for database | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Revamped scheduler engine | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Grouping of scheduled tasks | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Misfire and exception handling of scheduled tasks | ✓ | ||
| Scheduled task priority | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Listeners for scheduled tasks | ✓ | ||
| Cluster support for scheduled tasks | ✓ | ||
| Chaining of scheduled tasks | ✓ | ||
| Application-specific scheduled tasks | ✓ | ||
| Support for closures | ✓ | ✓ | |
| CFC auto constructor | ✓ | ✓ | |
| CFC method chaining | ✓ | ✓ | |
| For-in support for queries and lists | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Hotfix installer | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Instant notification for updates in ColdFusion Administrator | ✓ | ✓ | |
| CFScript support | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Flex and Adobe AIR lazy loading | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Advanced protocol support | Gateway architecture | ✓ | Restricted functionality |
| Data management service | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Data services messaging | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Enterprise IM gateways (Sametime and XMPP) | ✓ | Restricted functionality | |
| Asynchronous CFML gateway | ✓ | Restricted functionality | |
| SMS gateway | ✓ | Restricted functionality | |
| JMS gateway | ✓ | Restricted functionality | |
| TCP/IP socket gateway | ✓ | Restricted functionality | |
| Directory watcher gateway | ✓ | Restricted functionality | |
| Document services | PDF digital signatures | ✓ | |
| PDF archiving | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Full PDF DDX support | ✓ | ||
| PDF redaction | ✓ | ✓ | |
| PDF sanitisation | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Exchange comments across files | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Standardised PDF metadata | ✓ | ✓ | |
| PDF attachments | ✓ | ✓ | |
| PDF stamp support | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Cluster support for HTML to PDF conversion | ✓ | ||
| Microsoft Office 2010 PowerPoint file generation | ✓ | ✓ | |
| PDF file conversion from Microsoft Office 2010 Word and PowerPoint | ✓ | ✓ | |
| MS Office 2010 Excel support | ✓ | Restricted functionality | |
| PDF form processing | ✓ | Restricted functionality | |
| PDF document manipulation | ✓ | Restricted functionality | |
| Server-side printing | ✓ | Restricted functionality | |
| Online presentation generation | ✓ | Restricted functionality | |
| PDF file generation from HTML | ✓ | Restricted functionality | |
| Structured reporting | ✓ | Restricted functionality | |
| Enterprise infrastructure | 64-bit support | ✓ | ✓ |
| Administrative user and role management | ✓ | ||
| Request limit management | ✓ | ||
| Operating system virtualisation support2 | ✓ | ||
| High-scalability email engine | ✓ | ||
| Web-based multi-instance manager | ✓ | ||
| Web-based cluster manager | ✓ | ||
| JEE package deployment (EAR/WAR) | ✓ | ||
| Multiple server instances | ✓ | ||
| Instance clustering | ✓ | ||
| Enterprise database drivers | ✓ | ||
| ColdFusion archiving and deployment (CAR) | ✓ | ||
| HTML5 | Cluster support for HTML5 web sockets | ✓ | |
| Port80 support for HTML5 web sockets | ✓ | ✓ | |
| SSLv3 support for HTML web sockets | ✓ | ✓ | |
| HTML5 charts | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Built-in HTML5 videoplayer | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Fall back from HTML5 to Adobe Flash technology and vice versa | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Skinning support for HTML5 videoplayer | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Support for events and JavaScript interface for HTML5 videoplayer | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Geo-location capability with CFMAP | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Suport for HTML5 input types | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Support for websocket protocol on server | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Interface for publish and subscribe using web socket | ✓ | Restricted functionality | |
| Customised styles for HTML5 charts | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Integrated solutions | Embedded Apache Solr full-text search engine | ✓ | ✓ |
| Support for dynamic customised fields for Solr | ✓ | ||
| Data import handler for Solr | ✓ | ||
| Adobe LiveCycle Data Services ES integration | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Eclipse based debugging | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Flash remoting | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Adobe Dreamweaver and Eclipse extensions | ✓ | ✓ | |
| User-defined functions | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Microsoft SharePoint web parts | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Microsoft SharePoint single sign-on | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Java portal integration (JSR-168, JSR-286, WSRP) | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Email servers (POP and IMAP) | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Support for Microsoft Exchange 2010 | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Microsoft Exchange server integration | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Directory servers (Active Directory and LDAP) | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Apache Tomcat integration | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Revamped Adobe Flash videoplayer | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Bi-directional Java integration | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Java classes loaded from customised paths | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Java dynamic proxies from CFCs | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Ability to invoke CFCs from Java classes | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Tight integration with ColdFusion Builder | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Security | Windows NT domain authentication | ✓ | ✓ |
| RSA FIPS 140–compliant strong cryptology | ✓ | ||
| Security sandboxing | ✓ | ||
| Built-in functions to protect against XSS and CSRF | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Log In mechanism | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Security code analyzer | ✓ | ||
| Session cookie management | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Server manager and monitor | Desktop-based server manager | ✓ | |
| Web-based server administration | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Administrator API | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Compiled application deployment (sourceless) | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Server monitoring dashboard | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Server monitoring API | ✓ |