You can write client applications that run separately from your application server and
use the framework provided by an underlying client to access the resources provided by WebSphere® Application Server.
About this task
The high-level procedure for creating and using client application is generally the same
for all types of client.
Procedure
- Choose the type of client application that you want to use. Your choice of client application depends on the objects and functions you want to exploit,
and the programming model that you want to use.
- Develop the client application. On your development machine, you install the software development resources needed to develop
client applications for use with WebSphere Application
Server. During code development, you do not need access to the WebSphere Application Server. However, to assemble some types of client
applications you need to install the client that provides the framework for the client
application.
Development ends with you assembling the client application. This creates the JAR or
EAR file that you can deploy to make the client application available for use.
- Deploy and run the client application. Deploying a client application depends on installing appropriate supporting files on the
client machine, usually some configuring actions, and adding the program files for the client
application. When the client application has been deployed, the application can be run. The steps
required to deploy and run a client application depend on the type of client and the programming
model used.