Chapter 2: Overview of Websphere Application Server V5

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Highlights

This chapter provides a brief overview of Java 2 Platform Enterprise Edition (J2EE), including J2EE architecture, standard services provided by J2EE, application components and their corresponding containers, and platform roles, as well as the benefits derived from adoption of J2EE.

In this chapter we also provide an overview of WebSphere Application Server (WAS) V5.0.2, which is the premier J2EE and Web services technology-based application platform and offers one of the first production-ready application servers for the deployment of enterprise Web services solutions for dynamic e-business on demand. The following topics are discussed for WebSphere Application Server V5.0.2:

• WebSphere Application Server product family

• WebSphere Application Server runtime architecture

• WebSphere Application Server V5 tools

• WAS V5.0.2 and Supported J2EE APIs

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