Mani Malarvannan

In Part 1 of this article (JDJ, Vol. 6, issue 2) we discussed the problems associated with J2EE's Servlet/JSP container. In Part 2 we'll discuss Cybelink's Jlink architecture and how it solves those problems. Jlink Architecture Jlink is built on various architectural and software design patterns. In this section we'll discuss the software patterns, specifically, the Model-View-Controller (MVC) patterns. MVC Architectural Pattern MVC is an architectural pattern that's been widely used in architecting distributed component-based applications. It facilitates the division of the application into logical components that can be designed and developed independently. This division increases the reusability of components by reducing the couplings between them. In the MVC pattern the Model components represent the business logic (e.g., JavaBeans and EJBs), the View components ... (more)

Jlink: Cybelink's Framework

When Sun released J2EE to capture the growing e-business market, it changed Java from a language to an enterprise platform. Several key players such as BEA and Oracle have pledged their support and endorse J2EE standards in their application server products. Several other companies are either already using the Java application server or are thinking of using it in the near future. These companies are scrambling to come up with a scalable enterprise architecture that works with existing technology and also grows with future changes. However, developing scalable and adaptable ente... (more)