Re: What does OC4J comprise?

From: Hans Forbrich <hforbric_at_yahoo.net>
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2004 04:30:37 GMT
Message-ID: <40285E81.3C4CE2E9@yahoo.net>

JZ wrote:
>
> In simple words, what does OC4J comprise?
> Thanks a lot!

It's a J2EE engine. (That's why it's called Oracle Container for J2EE).

What THAT means is: it is a complete standards-conformant environment that can run Java Server Pages, Java Servlets and Enterprise Java Beans per the J2EE spec. (Good supplementary info at http://www.theServerSide.com)

And THAT means it is a direct competitor to BEA WebLogic and IBM's WebSphere container engines. And a competitor to Microsoft's ASP environment.

OC3J, and it's competitors, traditionally sits behind some sort of http (web) server to provide a dynamic response environment for browser requests. Put simplistically, a Java-based alternative to CGI and Perl.

HTH
/Hans Received on Mon Feb 09 2004 - 22:30:37 CST