2.3. Application Configurations Supported by the J2EE Architecture

This section looks at some of the ways in which the J2EE architecture can be used to configure various multitier applications.

In a typical multitier Web application, a Web server implemented using JSP or servlets sends HTML or XML to a Web browser client. It generates dynamic content by making calls to database systems or existing enterprise services using JNDI, JDBC, JavaIDL, and other J2EE supported technologies (see Figure 2.7).

Figure 2.7. Multitier Application with Web Server/JSP Interface

A multitier J2EE application uses Web components and accesses multiple databases, with ...

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