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 19:47:10 +0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 47 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> <5223d7f3$0$300$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 19:47:10 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: mx05.eternal-september.org; posting-host="e5160e2be48f1ea550cf61512446f525"; logging-data="2152"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18cdyrsQkMOy4hwv39pFZMgGHYbWCsioNE=" User-Agent: Pan/0.139 (Sexual Chocolate; GIT bf56508 git://git.gnome.org/pan2) Cancel-Lock: sha1:EzSwHxOuVToWL6ohq6rQdqoHpj8= Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.java.programmer:25212 On Sun, 01 Sep 2013 20:12:35 -0400, Arne Vajhøj wrote: > On 9/1/2013 8:10 PM, Martin Gregorie wrote: >> 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. > > Java Web Start does exactly that. And I will strongly recommend using > that. > > But I thought we were talking about web services. > My bad. I thought Java Web Start was part of web services. -- martin@ | Martin Gregorie gregorie. | Essex, UK org |