J2EE Web Services Versus .NET

Microsoft's answer to J2EE Web Services is its .NET Web Services. Table 22.1 compares the technologies used in J2EE and .NET.

Table 22.1. Comparison of Technologies Used in the J2EE and .NET Web Services Framework
 J2EE .NET
Runtime environment Java Virtual machine Common Language runtime
Web Services ebXML/UDDI/SOAP SOAP
Standards (finalized by organization) OMG ECMA
Method of intercommunication IIOP, RMI, XML, SOAP SOAP, XML
Method of data persistence JDBC, XML ADO+, XML
Components on server side EJB, JSP ASP+, COM+
Core programming languages Java VB.NET, C#, J#, COBOL

You should consider the following factors when selecting a framework:

  • The freedom of standards offered by the framework to the existing network ...

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