This year's edition was an all-time first on JavaPolis. And a try-out edition too; because it takes a lot of guts to program for 12 hours while other people are attending the JavaPolis convention. The JavaPolis RAD Race is a shortened version of the "full" Original RAD Race" in which Java and non-Java teams compete without limitations towards the tools/frameworks/languages/etc. that are being used.

The assignment was a (partial) re-adaptation of an earlier "full" RAD Race case but with a slightly adapted data model and less (=16) than the original 25 deliverables. The RAD Race focuses on delivering real-life functionality. It is not an architecture or algorithm development contest.

The JavaPolis RAD Race 2005 case was about a JUIdicial Universal Insurance Claim Engine ('JUICE'). The 19 pages assignment gave the specific details to build this system. The following is a high-level, summary view of JUICE:

• Every person living in the BENELUX is part of JUICE and pays an annual fee to cover for the costs of JUICE.
• As soon as a person becomes a party in any case of law, he/she has to choose a lawyer from a pool of available lawyers. The choice of lawyers is restricted because each lawyer has a different specialization and seniority, that must be matched against the type of litigation/case/court.
• A law case is based on submissions (or documents) which originate from parties involved in the case, for example lawyers, experts or the police, etc?
• All submissions are logged into JUICE. Creating submissions (for example a pleading note made by a lawyer) costs money. The person involved in the law case must pay his lawyer for the effort of making this submission.
• This cost is logged into JUICE, who will pay back these costs if a number of strict conditions are met. However, JUICE will never make a full refund for the whole cost; refunding is always partial.
• By (partially) paying back the costs made, EUGOV wants to emphasize that going to court is a basic civilian right for all, rich and poor.
• Ultimately, of the 15 registered teams, 11 showed up at the start with their individual toolset. The simple fact that they took the challenge makes them winners because the RAD Race is challenging exercise, benchmark and test environment for development strategies and toolsets.