Available functions | ActiveX client | Applet client | J2EE client | Pluggable client | Thin client |
Provides all the benefits of a J2EE platform | Yes | No | Yes | No | No |
Portable across all J2EE platforms | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Provides the necessary run-time support for communication between a client and a server | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Supports the use of nicknames in the deployment
descriptor files. Note: Although you can edit deployment descriptor files,
do not use the administrative console to modify them.
|
Yes | No | Yes | No | No |
Supports use of the RMI-IIOP protocol | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Browser-based application | No | Yes | No | No | No |
Enables development of client applications that can access enterprise bean references and CORBA object references | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Enables the initialization of the client application run-time environment | Yes | No | Yes | No | No |
Supports security authentication to enterprise beans | Yes | Limited | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Supports security authentication to local resources | Yes | No | Yes | No | No |
Requires distribution of application to client machines | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Enables access to enterprise beans and other Java classes through Visual Basic, VBScript, and Active Server Pages (ASP) code | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Provides a lightweight client suitable for download | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
Enables access JNDI APIs for enterprise bean resolution | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Runs on client machines that use the Sun Java Runtime Environment | No | No | No | Yes | No |
Supports CORBA services (using CORBA services can render the application client code nonportable) | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Related concepts
ActiveX application clients
Applet clients
J2EE application clients
Thin application clients
Pluggable application clients
Authentication mechanisms
Related tasks
Selecting an authentication mechanism
Enabling security for all application servers
Protecting system resources and APIs (Java 2 security)