patrickdlogan wrote:
>> A challenge was posted to the Jini folks on this list a long time
>> ago by John Apps as to how Jini would handle a widely heterogenous
>> IT environment, including IBM mainframes, Tandem systems, DEC
>> minicomputers running VMS, COBOL, PL/I, C++, CORBA, Tuxedo,
>> WebSphere MQ, etc. That has still gone unanswered.
>
> My understanding is that any of these can be placed behind a Jini
> service just as they can be placed behind a SOAP service.
>
> Or they could be placed behind a SOAP service and place that behind
> a Jini service.
>
Yep - either works and there are still other options like intelligent
gateway services, integration via custom protocols already understood by
the existing system and so on.
Dan.
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