Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Martin Gregorie Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: J2EE Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2013 00:10:59 +0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 35 Message-ID: References: <521fc2b1$0$300$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> <522159b8$0$291$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> <52229aee$0$299$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> <52233db4$0$303$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> <5223a781$0$304$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2013 00:10:59 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: mx05.eternal-september.org; posting-host="e5160e2be48f1ea550cf61512446f525"; logging-data="14897"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19r+IBeHsAyfZ7oVCV1MtCWnUDc9Fe5PX4=" User-Agent: Pan/0.139 (Sexual Chocolate; GIT bf56508 git://git.gnome.org/pan2) Cancel-Lock: sha1:IPk5CrP8L2JALtdRTTZ4FCw0Luc= Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.java.programmer:25205 On Sun, 01 Sep 2013 16:45:51 -0400, Arne Vajhøj wrote: > On 9/1/2013 2:35 PM, Martin Gregorie wrote: >> On Sun, 01 Sep 2013 09:14:27 -0400, Arne Vajhøj wrote: >> >>> Web service calls is not so much about the deployment model as it is >>> about how the client communicate to the server. >>> >> Noted. Its unlikely I'd ever use it for that, but the deploy/update >> software aspects may be useful fairly soon. As far as the server >> communication aspects go, PHP will most likely do everything I'd need. >> This is fortunate since my web host supports PHP doesn't support >> anything specifically Java-related. > > Java desktop app----(web service call)----PHP web app > > works fine for client/server communication. > Agreed. > I would not use it for deploy/update. > OK, let me restate one of the options: If I decide that any lucky(?) users will need a copy of my app on their PC if they want to use it, is there an easier way for them to get it there than to follow instructions that say (1) install the JRE, (2) unzip this archive onto your machine (3) set up a launcher with the command line "java blah blah blah"? I thought, from what Roedy said in the past that JWS might do that job but, from what you say, it seems this may not be the case. -- martin@ | Martin Gregorie gregorie. | Essex, UK org |