May 2001
Intermediate to advanced
1088 pages
30h 13m
English
B2B applications generally have greater flexibility in choosing a communication method. Although most B2C applications must assume that the user only has a Web browser, a B2B application might require its users to support CORBA, RMI, or other protocols.
Your choice of protocol for a B2B application depends on your potential users. Each protocol has distinct advantages and disadvantages.
From a Java standpoint, RMI is one of the easiest communication mechanisms. You define a remote interface and then create stubs and skeletons. For B2B applications, however, you must consider some of RMI's limitations. First and foremost, RMI is a Java-only solution. If RMI is the only way to access the application, ...
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