
Chapter 3. Migration strategy and planning 41
Table 3-3 Interoperability between Apache Tomcat 5.5.9 and WebSphere Application Server V6
HTTP
socket
WebSphere Application Server as client for JBoss
: in the
Java client need to manually open a socket connection and
send HTTP request to custom JBoss remote URL, acting as
a reverse proxy for services on JBoss. This was usually
done before SOAP became popular and is not
recommended. Need to develop a servlet acting as a proxy
and map incoming HTTP requests to EJBs, invoke EJB and
generate HTTP responses back to the client.
WebSphere Application Server as server for JBoss
: same
as above, but in revers ...