Chapter Summary

Application provisioning is the process of delivering application software to devices. Provisioning isn't exclusive to wireless networks, J2ME, or even Java applications. Nevertheless, provisioning systems have become an important component of J2ME application deployment support, particularly in support of OTA provisioning for MIDP applications.

The provisioning process involves many steps that include the registration of applications with a provisioning system and the discovery, selection, purchase, download, installation, and verification of software. The purpose of provisioning systems is to facilitate these steps and to automate the process as much as possible to provide more sophisticated capabilities and error free operation. ...

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