Hi all Pretty soon I will be starting development of a system that will encompass part remote computing and part local computing. The local computing part is necessary because we want to allow users of the system (will be educational institutions in developing countries). to download software using Java webstart and basically disconnect from the web, do the computing locally and then whenever they want, they should upload a Pointbase-databse (or something similar) to the main server. But the same computing should be allowed to be done on-line too (for which I definitively want to use JBoss). There should also be a web interface obviously. Now...my dilemma is the fact that these are essentially two different programming environments (local / remote). Remote computing involves more than what you would normally do for local computing. And I dont want to end writing two systems So I guess what I am asking is for a pointer in the right direction. Someone who has done this or thought about it PS. I have been thinking of dynamic proxies which are smart enough to know when they are supposed connect to a local database (maybe using JDO or whatever) and when they are supposed to connect to a JBoss app-server. By the way, what I am describing here is not set in stone (very much in the conceptual phase) but the basic guidlines are going to be approx. the same. ie we want the users to be able to choose whether they want to work locally or remotely. Any ideas are welcome. Ivanhoe Abrahams ______________________________________________________________________ Ernst & Young South Africa - http://www.ey.com/southafrica WARNING: this e-mail contains confidential information and any unauthorised use or interception is illegal. If this e-mail is not intended for you, you may not copy, distribute or disclose the contents to anyone nor take any action in reliance on the content. If you receive this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. -- -------------------------------------------------------------- To subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] List Help?: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
