Java Servlet Environment

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Remote method invocation across
the network
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Dramatically simplifies programming
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Applet or Servlet can initiate
action
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Peer to peer communications between
applets and servlets
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Example: Servlet stock ticker
can update browser applet
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Servlet/JDBC optimizes database
performance
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Database connections held open
for session
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Proper management number of connections
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Available with Sun Java Web
Server running Java 1.1
References
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Java Web Server http://jeeves.javasoft.com/products/java-server/webserver/
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Servlet Development Kit http://jeeves.javasoft.com/products/java-server/sdk/index.shtml
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"Server-side applets in Java generate developer
anticipation", by Trisha Gorman, NetscapeWorld, July 1996.


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