2.6 Summary

The primary focus of the Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition is a set of component technologies (Enterprise JavaBeans^TM, JavaServer Pages^TM, and servlets) that simplify the process of developing enterprise applications. The J2EE platform provides a number of system-level services that simplify application programming and allow components to be customized to use resources available in the environment in which they are deployed. In conjunction with the component technologies, the J2EE platform provides APIs that enable components to access a variety of remote services, and mechanisms for communication between clients and servers and between collaborating objects hosted by different servers.