Chris, ColdFusion is a fully compliant J2EE application. If you have a J2EE server, it should work, period. However, Adobe doesn't officially support the OS/400 platform. That's just a support issue, but because of its certified 100% Java nature, it should deploy on any J2EE server native to any platform.
When you say "getting CF to use Java resources on a remote server," the basic answer is "yes" but with work. CF can invoke EJBs if that's what you're asking. It can call a JMS service, and it can natively handle SOAP. It may not be the easiest thing, but it will totally work. Yes, when you move to a SOA with any platform, you will probably have to work on performance-related issues. Native calls in memory to HTTP-based calls over the network, that is a big difference. To lessen that, you could go EJB, but that's not easy, to say the least. While you can access Java objects directly, I don't understand your question about CF not sitting on the same server as the bytecode, but it sounds interesting. Hopefully I've answered enough of your questions to get you going. -nathan strutz http://www.dopefly.com/ On 5/12/06, Peters, Christopher D. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello all. I have a very Enterprise-level question here. (Whatever that > means! :) > > My agency has a solid investment in IBM iSeries equipment, and we have > several large applications written in Java running on OS/400. ColdFusion > is not supported on OS/400, but I have seen one article on the Web > claiming that it will run on WebSphere on OS/400. I cannot get support > from Adobe on this issue. Has anyone ever gotten this to work? > > Let's assume that we can't get CF running on OS/400. Does anyone here > have any experience getting CF to use Java resources on a remote server? > For performance reasons, I'm not sure yet if we're interested in taking > the SOA approach and making the CF server consume tons of SOAP-based web > services. Am I right in my assumption that there would be a significant > performance hit in doing that? > > If CF can tap into Java objects directly and that results in better > performance, can we do that without CF needing to sit on the same server > as the Java bytecode? > > Our other option is running PHP in some kind of AIX converter on OS/400, > but I'd love to continue using ColdFusion! > > Any solutions/suggestions involving the mangled mess of possibilities > listed above would DEFINITELY be appreciated. I'm not very familiar with > these low-level technology issues because I've relied on scripting > languages in common configurations up to this point. Our Java > programmers here scratch their heads at these questions. > > > Chris Peters > Web Development Team Lead > Franklin County Data Center > (614) 462-5065 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:240396 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
