On 23/10/2012 21:14, Albretch Mueller wrote: >> Using Java Web Start does not require any Java on the backend >> whatsoever. You can serve a Java Web Start app from a vanilla IIS with >> no dynamic content at all. So, Tomcat itself has really nothing to do >> with it all. > ~ > Not quite. The JNLP/java did most of the work itself, but if you use > advanced server support with elaborate versioning descriptors you have > to declare and handle the logical (URL) to physical (file system) > mapping, declare new mime types for jardiff functionality, handle > Locale related issues, ...
All of that seems like things that can be handled with Apache HTTPD. > If using Java Web Start would not require any Java on the back end > whatsoever, then Marinilli on this JNLP wouldn't have dedicated a > chapter to it ;-) I'm curious - what functionality is required to serve JNLP apps - is there something more than HTTP requests? p >> Is he asking if Tomcat has an AppStore for JNLP apps? > ~ >>> I *think* he's asking if anybody has started a project to create an app >>> store that runs under TC, as an open-source project. I.E. he's looking >>> for code to make his own app store. > ~ >> For JNLP. Right... > ~ > No exactly. I do have two things in mind. I have developed a full > blown application based on Swing (its features are a bit too > complicated for a mobile device) and there are some light > functionalities with a nails and thumbs kind of GUI for client mobile > devices > ~ > I have noticed (and confirmed by your reactions) that this is > something that most people are not interested in > ~ > lbrtchx > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org > -- [key:62590808]
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