I hadn't seen openejb before, thanks for the reference! Kris
On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 8:35 AM, Derek Chen-Becker<[email protected]> wrote: > 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 <[email protected]> > 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 [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/liftweb?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
