The line is blurring. With EJB 3.1 (Java EE 6) there is talk of using various profiles so that you can essentially deploy a WAR file that bootstraps a subset of an application server feature set within a servlet container. OpenEJB already does something like this:
http://openejb.apache.org/ Derek On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 1:54 PM, Jeppe Nejsum Madsen <je...@ingolfs.dk>wrote: > > On 23 Jun 2009, Naftoli Gugenhem wrote: > > > > What's the difference between an application server and a servlet > > container? > > Depends on who you ask :-) Application server usually means a J2EE > implementation which support things such as EJBs, message services, > transaction monitors, database pools (and a servlet container). > > A servlet container, as the name implies, is a service that can be used > to host servlets. > > So while applications can run using only a servlet container, an > "application server" typically means a servlet container and a lot of > extra services which you may or (most likely) may not need..... > > /Jeppe > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Lift" group. To post to this group, send email to liftweb@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to liftweb+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/liftweb?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
