Learning more about the Application Client
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Getting background information on WebSphere Application Clients
  • What is an Application Client?
    WebSphere Application Server provides several Application Clients so that client applications can easily access a WebSphere Application Server. The Application Clients provide a tested and supported framework to interact with WebSphere Application Server, saving time and difficulty in trying to create homemade stand-alone clients.

  • What types of Application Clients does WebSphere Application Server provide?
    The answer can be found here:
    • ActiveX application client (Windows® platforms only)
      WebSphere Application Server provides an ActiveX to EJB bridge that enables ActiveX programs to access WebSphere Enterprise JavaBeans through a set of ActiveX automation objects.

    • Applet client (Windows platforms only)
      The applet client provides a browser-based Java runtime capable of interacting with enterprise beans directly, instead of indirectly through a servlet.

    • J2EE application client
      The J2EE application client programming model provides the benefits of Java™ 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE).

    • Pluggable application client (Windows platforms only)
      The pluggable application client is a thin application client that uses the Sun Java run-time environment (JRE) instead of the IBM JRE environment.

    • Thin application client
      This application client is a Java application client without the J2EE client container support. It uses a different programming model than the J2EE application client.

  • Where is there more information about WebSphere Application Clients?
    The WebSphere Application Server Infocenters contain sections devoted to application clients. Good places to start in the information center are here and here.
 
 
Cross Reference information
Segment Product Component Platform Version Edition
Application Servers WebSphere Application Server - Express AIX, HP-UX, Linux, Solaris, Windows 6.0, 5.1, 5.0
Application Servers Runtimes for Java Technology Java SDK
 
 


Document Information


Product categories: Software > Application Servers > Distributed Application & Web Servers > WebSphere Application Server > Application Client
Operating system(s): Windows
Software version: 6.0
Software edition:
Reference #: 1245014
IBM Group: Software Group
Modified date: Aug 31, 2006