Re: J2EE application communication method help
Xianzheng Zhou wrote:
Recently, I'm trying to write an application which is divided into 3 tiers:
* business logic level (running on a J2EE server) consists of EJB
components.
* orchestration level (running on a J2EE server) which will accept
requests from client applications (not web browsers) and talk to
business logic level components to achieve certain tasks
* client level will run heavy client applications which will talk to
orchestration level across internet connections.
My question is: what communication method/protocol will be suitable for
the communications between these 3 tiers. The options are:
* RMI-IIOP
* XML-RPC
* SOAP
* Other :)
P.S. Transfer of binary data is also required
Could some one please give me some advices of which communication
methods shall I use? Performance is the priority consideration. Please
help.
Considering that:
- it is fat client not web client
- performance is prioritized
then I would suggest you go for EJB calls (some RMI-IIOP on the
wire, but you do not care about wire format).
Arne
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