Re: Application written with Servlets
Lew wrote:
Arne Vajh?j wrote:
EJB is not a replacement for servlets.
If you need a web GUI then servlets is a possibility, but
nowadays I would recommend JSP with JSF and possible
an AJAX taglib.
JSP are really servlets,
Yes. Implementation wise/internally. Which is very relevant
for the question about comparing performance og JSP and servlet.
Not so relevant if the question is about what to write.
but that aside, there is still a need for a few
servlets in many Web projects. If you follow the MVC pattern, there is a
controller servlet (possibly provided by the Struts framework, e.g.),
there might be a few helper servlets for special purposes.
It is rather rare to write those one self now a days.
JSF comes with a controller servlet as well.
The only good usage I can see for a user written servlet
is one for displaying graphics.
If you have big transactional and scalability requirements,
then consider putting EJB's behind your web app.
EJBs scare me, but Java 6 offers hope to make it easier. But that only
has to do with the implementation details - they clearly serve a useful
architectural niche.
Java 6 does not have anything about EJB.
Do you mean J2EE (or JEE) 5 ?
EJB is a rather big niche in J2EE.
Arne
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