> > Isn't there a Bluedragon product that creates WAR files for deployment > on any J2EE server, whereby the only Bluedragon cost is for the > development machine used to create the WAR? > > Perhaps I misread something...
A WAR file is fine.... unless you're actually taking advantage of J2EE features like EJB, JMS, etc. Then you're looking at an EAR file (Enterprise ARchive) and a ton of other issues. Lots of confusion over EJB, J2EE, etc typically on this list. I'll give it a shot though it's late and I'm weary :) An EJB container is required for a complete J2EE implementation. That and the Web container and whatever other current java acronyms -- I actually don't know of the top of my head (JMS, JCA, JMX, etc). But the point is that *BY ITSELF* Tomcat is not a full J2EE implementation -- it's at best a J2EE-compliant Web container. It's missing all the truly *enterprise* J2EE components. JBoss has the whole J2EE spec -- the web container (supplied by Jetty or Tomcat) and EJB container, etc in JBoss. They have a good diagram http://www.jboss.org/overview.jsp. Same thing with JRun, Websphere, BEA, and WebLogic -- they have the EJB and Web containers plus all the rest (JCA, JMX, and dozens of other acronyms required for J2EE compliance :) For pure Coldfusion (e.g. a WAR), there's only minimal advantage to running it under JRun, etc as opposed to CFMX Enterprise. (I'm talking architecture here -- not performance which I haven't tested) If you *are* taking advantage of serious J2EE and using CF as part of that (as a replacement, let's say for a Java Struts front-end or an alternative to a .NET client), then you're probably after the EJB features and you *must* have an EJB container, thus a full-fledged J2EE app server. Not Tomcat. Maybe Tomcat and JBoss -- but I don't think MM is there yet for CFMX on JBoss. I'd put my money on BlueDragon for that one -- someone from MM want to chime in? Jesse? That said, the one large scale (>$1 M) project I've seen with ColdFusion/Java EJB was a nightmare (probably management, definitely iXcoughcoughLcoughdefunct consultants/architects). Of course that was pre CFMX so no surprise. (for the record, it's now it's pure struts/EJB on JBoss). Someone else chime in and help me out. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
