Flash Remoting: The Definitive Guide

Setting Up Flash Remoting for J2EE

Chapter 2 describes using the Flash Remoting for J2EE installer to install Flash Remoting. Be sure to use the latest update from Macromedia, which at the time of this writing is the Flash Remoting MX for J2EE Updater 1. The updater is available in ZIP archive format from http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash_remoting/updaters.html.

The updater provides several different distributions of Flash Remoting:

• WAR archive with no examples

• WAR archive with examples

• EAR archive with no examples

• EAR archive with examples

• JAR archive

If you want to run the examples in a servlet container, install the WAR archive with examples. If you want to run the examples in a servlet and EJB container, install the EAR archive with examples. The installation procedure is described under Section 2.1.3.

To install Flash Remoting for use in your own application, place the JAR archive, flashgateway.jar, in your web application’s WEB-INF/lib directory and add the following servlet definition and mapping to your web application’s WEB-INF/web.xml file:

<servlet>
  <servlet-name>FlashGatewayServlet</servlet-name>
  <servlet-class>flashgateway.controller.GatewayServlet</servlet-class>
</servlet>

<servlet-mapping>
  <servlet-name>FlashGatewayServlet</servlet-name>
  <url-pattern>/gateway</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>

The servlet definition maps the Flash Remoting gateway servlet to the /gateway URL within your web application. If your web application context root is /mywebapp and viewable ...