These servers typically are used to deploy applications, acting
as a pool of resources that sit between the user and the database tier.
As this multitier architecture grew in popularity, so too did the functionality provided
by these application servers. More and more components, which provided a
broader reach of prebuilt functional areas, were added to the application servers.
Oracle Application Server (AS), the focus of the following sections, is one of the leading
examples of application servers available today, based on both the amount of
functionality and the sales of the product.
Oracle Application Server, which, prior to Oracle Database 10g was known as Oracle
iAS, is the other major component of the ???Oracle platform.??? Oracle Application
Server has continually grown in the number of components it includes and the scope
of functionality those components address. AS both complements and supplements
the capabilities of the Oracle database, combining to create a highly integrated yet
open infrastructure.
The main component of Oracle??™s Fusion Middleware is Oracle Application Server
10g or a more current release (depending on when you are reading this book).
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