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WebORB for Java Servers® is a platform enabling development and runtime for Rich Internet Applications (RIAs). The product facilitates connectivity between rich Internet applications  and server-side components including Java classes (POJOs), Spring beans, Enterprise Java Beans (EJB) and XML web services. Supported clients include Adobe Flex, Flash, Microsoft Silverlight, JavaScript(AJAX), Android and Windows Phone.

 

WebORB supports Adobe's Action Message Format (AMF) version 0 and 3 and can be used to process Flex and Flash Remoting requests. Additionally, WebORB provides an implementation of the RTMP protocol and supports the following real-time messaging and streaming features: Flash Video streaming, video recording, data push, server-to-client invocation and remote shared objects.

 

To facilitate creation of HTML/JavaScript rich client applications, WebORB includes a JavaScript library enabling remoting functionality between JavaScript code and supported Java services. The library provides a framework that significantly simplifies connectivity between JavaScript clients and Java services. The APIs provide a communication stack designed to connect and execute synchronous and asynchronous invocations on a variety of server-side objects.

 

WebORB for Java Servers can be easily deployed into any Java servlet container or application server. Additionally, WebORB for Java Servers can run in the standalone mode which does not require any additional deployment steps.