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Given the undeniable popularity of the Web, providing efficient and secure access to remote databases using a Web browser is crucial for the emerging cooperative information systems and applications. In this paper, we evaluate all currently available Java-based approaches that support persistent connections between Web clients and database servers. These approaches include Java applets, Java Sockets, Servlets, Remote Method Invocation, CORBA, and mobile agents technology. Our comparison is along the dimensions of performance and programmability.
This work was partially supported by NSF IRI-9502091 and IIS-9812532, and AFOSR F49620-98-1-043 awards.
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Papastavrou, S., Chrysanthis, P., Samaras, G., Pitoura, E. (2000). An Evaluation of the Java-Based Approaches to Web Database Access. In: Scheuermann, P., Etzion, O. (eds) Cooperative Information Systems. CoopIS 2000. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1901. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/10722620_9
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