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Configuring the JBoss application server

Who's the Boss?

Article from ADMIN 04/2011

By Thorsten Scherf

Web-based, enterprise-capable applications often rely on the vendor-independent Java Platform, Enterprise Edition. We provide an introduction to Java EE based on the JBoss application server.

Java EE provides a development platform based on various software components and services that has become pretty much the standard for developing enterprise applications. Clearly defined APIs allow components from a variety of vendors to collaborate without any trouble. Every Java EE--based application naturally needs the appropriate environment to run in, and the environment must provide the required components and services, such as transaction management, name and directory services, persistency and deployment services, and a security framework (Figure 1). A complete list is available in the Java EE specifications [1].

Figure 1: An application server comprises various components that can access an Enterprise Information System.

On the commercial scene, two widely used heavyweights, IBM WebSphere and BEA WebLogic, support this specification. JBoss provides a Java application server as an open source product under the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL). It provides all the necessary software components, services, and containers defined by the specification and adds its own server-specific configuration options. For example, JBoss has a container for Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB)

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