4.8. Future Directions
According to Higdon, players such as HomeSide have to embrace change as part of their competitive strategy. For instance, the company in its current form is the product of merger and acquisition. “Mergers and acquisitions are facts of life in our industry,” says Higdon. “Our use of component-based design principles means that we can modify or replace parts of the application without disrupting the business.” For instance, changes could be made to business logic in a service layer EJB without affecting the Web layer. Conversely, JSPs that generate graphics, logos, or other presentation details could easily be swapped out and recompiled, without any disruption to the Web site.
He adds that BEA's support of J2EE standards ...
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