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Chapter 12The VisiClient Container
VisiClient is a container that provides a J2EE environment for services for
application clients.
Containers are an integral part of J2EE applications. Most applications provide
containers for each application type. Application clients depend on their
containers to supply system services to all J2EE components.
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Application Client architecture
J2EE application clients are first tier client programs that execute in their own
Java virtual machines. Application clients obey the model for Java technology-
based applications, in that they are invoked at their main method and run until
the virtual machine is terminated. Like other J2EE application components,
application clients depend on a container to provide system services; though
in the case of application clients, these services are limited.