Replication is a process of synchronizing data among the participants (or
entities) in the operator cloud. The cloud acts as a single logical entity or
entry to the outside world. The goal of replication is to facilitate
uniformity and consistency in the data present in the UBR. This can be
achieved by the set of replication messages defined in the UDDI Version 2
Replication Specification. Nodes represent operators and are used
synonymously in the replication specification. Identified sets of entities
form the operator cloud.
This article looks at the importance of replication and its coexistence with
the UDDI service. I'll also cover the replication APIs that are implemented
by the operators and will discuss the business advantages. I assume you are
familiar with XML, SOAP, and UDDI.
UDDI Business Registry Cloud
Figure 1 shows the UBR cloud with the operators repli... (more)
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to the language and its convincing feature set. J2SE 1.5, code named "Tiger,"
is being developed under the Java Community Process (JCP). The umbrella Java
Specification Request (JSR) for this release is JSR 176. This article
outlines the major features that are shipped with J2SE 1.5.0 Beta 1, which
was released in February 2004. The final RI and TCK are targeted to be
released in the summer of 2004.
Component JSRs in Tiger
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