Long-running applications are
J2EE applications that do not fit well in the traditional J2EE request/response
processing model. WebSphere Extended Deployment provides a programming model
and runtime support with which you can host these applications in your environment.
About this task
WebSphere Extended Deployment supports two styles of long-running application:
compute-intensive and transactional batch applications. Each
type of application has a distinct programming model, but both share a common
infrastructure for submitting and managing work.
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