Web Services Tier

Design strategies for the Web Services tier are directly influenced by the characteristics of the software components that run on the Web server. These components include static Web pages, Java Server Pages (JSP), and servlets. In this section we describe the important characteristics, how they work, and how they impact the design of the network architecture.

The Sun ONE Web server will be used to illustrate the concepts presented in this chapter. It is important to note that the Sun ONE Web server can be deployed as a standalone product or as an integrated component within the Sun ONE Application server. This has implications on the design strategies detailed in this chapter.

FIGURE 2-4 provides an overview of a high-level ...

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