Understanding the Services Containers Supply to Components

Previously, you learned that there are a variety of J2EE containers, and that these containers house J2EE components and provide methods and protocols that allow components to communicate with each other and with platform services. You also learned that a J2EE server underlies the container. This server is often known as the J2EE Product; there are other possible J2EE products that you will learn about later today in the “J2EE Product Provider” section of today's lesson.

J2EE products must provide components with certain standard services. Yesterday you were introduced to some of these services; today you will explore them in a little more detail and see how they work in conjunction with ...

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