Glossary

This glossary provides brief definitions of the main technical terms used in this book.

Action A command that can be run from a builder call. There are a number of actions available by default (such as Assignment and System Out) but actions can also be defined using builder calls (such as Method, Web Service Call, Action List, or Page builder calls). Actions are called from builder inputs—for example, the Button builder has an Action builder input that lets you specify the action that is run when the button is clicked.

Ajax See Asynchronous JavaScript and XML.

Ant script An XML file often used to automate the process of building Java projects. Requires the Ant software library from Apache, which is an open source library that is freely ...

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