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Chapter 2: Borland Enterprise Server overview and architecture 13
The Partition and its services
Connector Service
The Connector Service, also known as VisiConnect, is the Borland
implementation of the Connectors 1.0 standard, which provides a simplified
environment for integrating various EISs with the Borland Enterprise Server.
The Connectors provide a solution for integrating J2EE-platform application
servers and EISs, leveraging the strengths of the J2EE platform - connection,
transaction and security infrastructure - to address the challenges of EIS
integration. For more information see Chapter 26, “VisiConnect overview”.
EJB Container
The Borland Enterprise Server provides integrated EJB container services.
These services allow you to create and manage integrated EJB containers or
EJB containers across multiple Partitions. Use this service to deploy, run, and
monitor EJBs. Tools include a Deployment Descriptor Editor (DDEditor) and a
set of task wizards for packaging and deploying EJBs and their related
descriptor files. EJB containers can also make use of J2EE connector
architecture, which enables J2EE applications to access Enterprise
Information Systems (EISs).
JDataStore Server
Borland's JDataStore is a relational database service written entirely in
Java. You can create and manage as many JDataStores as desired. For more
information on JDataStore, see the JDatastore online documentation at
www.borland.com/techpubs/bes.
Lifecycle Interceptor Manager
You can use Lifecycle Interceptors to further customize your implementation.
Partition Lifecycle Interceptors allow you to perform operations at certain
points in a Partition's lifecycle. For more information see Chapter 25,
“Implementing Partition Interceptors”.
Naming Service
The Naming Service is provided by the VisiBroker ORB. It allows developers,
assemblers, and/or deployers to associate one or more logical names with an
object reference and store those names in a VisiBroker namespace. It also
allows application clients to obtain an object reference by using the logical
name assigned to that object. Object implementations can bind a name to one
of their objects within a namespace which client applications can then use to
resolve a name using the resolve() method. The method returns an object
reference to a naming context or an object. For more information refer to the
VisiBroker for Java Developer's Guide Using the Smart Agent section.