WAS (J2EE) Functions Compared to Domino
In this section, we discuss the main areas where WAS and Domino overlap in function and present the conventional wisdom (and our view) about using one over the other.
Servlets vs. Web Agents
At a high level, J2EE servlets and Domino Web agents are pretty much equivalent—they provide a means to run server-side programs triggered by client-side (browser) events. The Domino “Web agent” function is new with Domino 6 and basically extends the traditional Domino agent function to include triggering from Web events. The traditional Domino agent was restricted to server-side programs triggered by time or by Domino database events. Both servlets and Web agents can return HTML to the client.
Domino Web agents can ...
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