WebObjects


WebObjects

(operating system)Apple Computer, Inc.'s application server framework for developing dynamic web applications.

WebObjects applications accept HTTP requests either directly(usually on a specific port) or via an adaptor that sitsbetween them and the web server. Adaptors are either CGIprograms or web server plug-ins (NSAPI or ISAPI).

The server processes special tags in HTML pages to producedynamic but standard HTML. Tools are provided to easily setand get object properties and invoke methods from these tags.Applications can maintain state over multiple HTTPrequest-response transactions (which are intrinsicallystateless). Applications can also use Apple's Enterprise Object Framework object relational mapping libraries forobject persistence and database access.

WebObjects was originally based on Objective C and a simplescripting language but now is more likely to be used withJava. Versions are available for OS X, Windows andUnix.

Apple acquired WebObjects from NeXT, along with Steve Jobs.

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