Jay Harper wrote:
>
> who said anything about a web server? servlets are not just about http- http is
> just the first major implementation of the concept of servlets.
>
> unless my understanding on the subject is incomplete, i don't think jndi spi
> quite does what i need... the jndi spi is targeted to making existing
> directories available within java via jndi. on the other hand, i want to create
> an ldap server- or rather, provide access to portions of our oracle server via
> ldap. just as javax.servlet.http gives me the tools i need to serve the data
> via the http protocal without having to think about the protocal itself, i'm
> trying to find out whether there is work that has been done to do the same via
> ldap.
The Apache JServ folks are doing something like this for SMTP. However,
Sun rejected their proposed extensions, saying that they want to keep
the Servlet API focused on HTTP.
http://java.apache.org/ look at the news item "JavaSoft officially
rejects MailServlets extentions".
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