Chapter 9. The JNLP Protocol

IN THIS CHAPTER

  • When Adopting JNLP Technology Makes Sense

  • The Stages

  • The JNLP File Structure

  • Describing Applications and Applets

  • Describing Extensions and Installers

  • Summary

As we saw from the examples in the previous chapter, there are a few simple concepts associated with the JNLP technology. We will examine many of them in detail here in this chapter, while leaving those related to the client environment definition (refer to Chapter 2, “An Abstract Model for Deployment”) for Chapter 10, “Defining the Client Environment.”

Let's introduce the principal concepts we will see in this chapter.

  • Resources. With this term are gathered together four types of objects: system properties, extensions, native libraries, and of course, ...

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