Re: swing talking to servlets...

[Ed Jenkins <andexor@yahoo.com>]

Try HttpUnit or ServletUnit.

http://httpunit.sourceforge.net/
http://httpunit.sourceforge.net/doc/servletunit-intro.html

Ed

--- Paul Callahan <callapm@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Its not really that complicated.  Did this for a
> high-volume app a couple years back.
> 
> One of the things that you will need to determine
> however, is the communication protocol from Servlet to
> thick client.  Previously I developed a rich Java
> AWT-based app which communicated to a servlet via
> HTTP.  We chose HTTP b/c our client could consitently
> poll the servlet (or a suite of servlets for that
> matter) on a regular basis as well as make specific
> requests.  Another option is to use a TCP/IP
> sockets-based connection.  This has its advantages,
> but if you have a lot of clients, it might not the be
> the way to go (plus there are firewall issues).  
> 
> Finally, you can go a little more heavyweight and use
> an RMI or Web Service based soln...  A little more
> work from a communications standpoint, but it could
> pay dividends later when you want to expose that
> business functionality to another backend process or
> client.
> 
> Hit me back if you have some more specific
> questions...  In addition, I would suggest google'ing:
> 
> "applet servlet communication"
> 
> That should bring you back a ton of articles to check
> out.
> 
> Thanks,
> Paul Callahan
> 
> --- Lee Chalupa <lchalupa@seelink.org> wrote:
> > Hello:
> > 
> > An application I am working on needs rich client gui
> > features and also 
> > needs to talk
> > to servlets. Something like a swing gui running in a
> > browser that talks to 
> > servlets.
> > 
> > Any suggestions about the best way to do this?
> > 
> > What references do you recommend?
> > 
> > Thanks
> > 
> > lee
> > 
> > 
> 


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