Interaction with WebSphere Application Server

See this topic for information about how IBM^® Survey Creator interacts with the WebSphere^® Application Server.

IBM Survey Creator contains a Web application packaged in an enterprise archive (.ear) file that is deployed into a WebSphere Application Server run time environment. After the application is deployed, it handles requests routed to it through the application server. The application server provides various access paths and has various security features enabled for the server as a whole or specifically for the application. Requests must pass through the server to be routed to and handled by the IBM Survey Creator application. Once requests reach the application, the application handles the required LDAP interactions.

WebSphere Application Server provides the runtime environment, including support for Java™ runtime APIs, for the application. The application uses these features of WebSphere Application Server:

• WebSphere Application Server V5 provides standard Java runtime environment APIs (J2SE version 1.3). J2SE 1.3 provides basic Java utility functions, context, and socket factories used to communicate with LDAP servers, and Java locale support for internationalization.
• WebSphere Application Server V5.1 and V6 provide standard Java runtime environment APIs (J2SE version 1.4). J2SE 1.4 provides basic Java utility functions, context, and socket factories used to communicate with LDAP servers, and Java locale support for internationalization.
• Enterprise application runtime environment APIs (J2EE version 1.3), which provide Web application support for HTTP servlets (HTTP Servlet Specification Level 2.3) and JavaServer Pages (JSP) files (JSP Specification Level 1.2).
• Web application deployment utilities (J2EE version 1.3), which provide deployment of the application using Enterprise Archive (.ear) files, Web Archive (.war) files, and Java Archive (.jar) files.

See the following Web sites for more details on the application deployment environment and Web application packaging tools and services:

WebSphere Application Server (http://www.ibm.com/servers/eserver/iseries/software/websphere/wsappserver).