Distributed Multitiered Applications

The J2EE platform uses a distributed multitiered application model for enterprise applications. Application logic is divided into components according to function, and the various application components that make up a J2EE application are installed on different machines depending on the tier in the multitiered J2EE environment to which the application component belongs. Figure 1-1 shows two multitiered J2EE applications divided into the tiers described in the following list. The J2EE application parts shown in Figure 1-1 are presented in J2EE Components (page 3).

  • Client-tier components run on the client machine.

  • Web-tier components run on the J2EE server.

  • Business-tier components run on the J2EE server.

  • Enterprise ...

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