Application Client for WebSphere® Application Server is the
package that you can use to install a variety of clients. Application Client
also forms the runtime for Java™ EE clients and Java thin
clients on a system that does not have the Application Server installed.
The Application Client for WebSphere Application Server is packaged
with the following components:
- Java Runtime Environment (JRE) (or an optional
full Software Development Kit) that IBM® provides.
- The runtime environment for Java EE client applications (that use services
provided by the Java EE Client Container)
- The runtime environment for Java thin client applications (Java SE
applications that do not use services provided by the Java EE
Client Container)
An ActiveX to EJB Bridge for ActiveX programs to access
enterprise beans through a set of ActiveX automation objects. (Windows® only)
IBM plug-in for Java platforms for Applet client applications
(Windows only)
- A variety of stand-alone thin clients, as embeddable JAR files
- A pluggable client, as a version of the Java thin client to use the Sun JRE and
Software Development Kit (Windows only). The Sun JRE has to be
the same version as the IBM JRE.