Application Server

[takaya]

I started to read about Application Server but after hundreds documents I really didn't get all the features.
I mean the typical example is a web client that try to read something from a database in a syncronous way(maybe I simplify too much :-)). For example it is useful to have, for example, an application server for a client connected in RMI, that ask to receive a CORBA service in asyncronous mode? Which are the advantages? It is quite clear in the docs about the client connections but I find really vague about the services (third layer).
Someone can give me some tips?
Thanks

[freesoft_2000]

hi eveyone,
I once did this but it did not involve corba. Basically what i used was more of sockets. First you have to create your own data packet system.

Example:

byte b = -1;
writeBoolean(true);// This how the client will know it receive
// something
write(yourdata);

writeByte(-1); // This is how the client will know when to stop
// reading in the data. You can use write writeBoolean
// if you like as well.

Now what happens is this is the structure of your data packet.
[boolean] + [yourdata] + [byte or boolean]

what i showed you is extremely simple and you can incorporate any other function structure if you like. What i showed is the server side but the client side is the opposite.

Did you understand what i explained?

If not post any other questions you have here again

Yours Sincerely

Richard West