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diff --git a/java/jboss4/pkg-descr b/java/jboss4/pkg-descr new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..b4b75ac4b9eb --- /dev/null +++ b/java/jboss4/pkg-descr @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +JBoss is an implementation of the EJB 1.1 (and parts of 2.0) specification, +that is, it is a server and container for Enterprise JavaBeans. In this it +is similar to Sun's 'J2SDK Enterprise Edition' (J2EE), but the JBoss core +server provides only an EJB server. The JBoss core does not include a web +container for servlets/JSP pages, although there are bundles available that +include either Tomcat or Jetty. The minimal core offering means that JBoss +has minimal memory and disk space requirements. JBoss will run very +effectively on a machine with 64 megabytes of RAM, and requires only a few +megabytes of disk (including source code!). Sun's J2EE requires a minimum of +128 megabytes of RAM, and 31 megabytes of disk space. Because of its small +memory footprint, JBoss starts up about 10 times faster than J2EE. There is +a built-in SQL database server for handling persistent beans, and this +starts up automatically with the server (J2EE ships with the CloudScape SQL +server, which has to be started separately). + +One of the nicest features of JBoss is its support for `hot' deployment. What +this means is that deploying a Bean is a simple as copying its JAR file into +the deployment directory. If this is done while the Bean is already loaded, +JBoss automatically unloads it, then loads the new version. Contrast this +with the rigmarole that other J2EE server makes us go through... JBoss is +distributed under the LGPL, which means that it's free, even for commercial +work, and the LGPL ensures that it remains that way. + +WWW: http://www.jboss.org/ |