> It's more or less based on JDBC, where most JDBC driver URLs begin > with "jdbc:". It prevents any confusion when comparing to other URLs. > It's a contrived example, but imagine if some database product had the > acronym "http" or "ftp" or something. By beginning everything with > "deployer:" it's clear what you're talking about. As for why it's not > required, I don't recall exactly, but a lot of vendors are sensitive about > over-specifying, and it didn't seem terribly urgent to make it required.
Oh yes, I understand. > I don't know of any specific server vendors, but supposedly there > are going to be J2EE 1.4 implementations announced the second the spec is > finalized (any day now), so they must be out there. I know Netbeans has a > tool implementation (at least in progress, if not final) -- I can ask what > kind of server implementation they've been testing against. You might try > following up with the J2EE 1.4 spec team and see if they'll release some > names. Unfortunately most closed source vendors do not publish their drivers before the next release of their server. :-( Have Fun Markus
