NonStop Server for Java (NSJ) Programmer's Guide (NSJ 2.0+)

catalog
In Compaq NonStop
TM
SQL/MP, a set of tables containing the descriptions of SQL
objects such as tables, views, columns, indexes, files, and partitions.
CGI
See Common Gateway Interface (CGI).
CISC
See complex instruction set computing (CISC).
class path
The location where the JVM and other Java programs that are located in the
/usr/tandem/java/bin directory search for class libraries (such as classes.zip).
You can set the class path explicitly or with the CLASSPATH environment variable.
CLOB
A data type used to represent Character Large OBjects. These are typically used to store,
in Enscribe files, images or serialized objects in the database. The internal structure and
content of a Clob object are immaterial to the NonStop
TM
Server for Java.
ClassLoader
The class that loads other classes, often from the network. Used in implementing security
policy, along with SecurityManager and SPP.
client
A software process, hardware device, or combination of the two that requests services
from a server. Often, the client is a process residing on a programmable workstation and
is the part of a program that provides the user interface. The workstation client might also
perform other portions of the program logic. Also called a requester.
command
The operation demanded by an operator or program; a demand for action by, or
information from, a subsystem. A command is typically conveyed as an interprocess
message from a program to a subsystem.
Common Gateway Interface (CGI)
The World Wide Web standard interface for servers, often written in C. NonStop
TM
Server for Java supports CGI-like use of Java using servlets with iTP Secure WebServer.
See also Pathway CGI.
Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA).
The OMG standard that allows objects that adhere to it to interact over a network
regardless of the types of machines or operating systems on which they reside. Java
interoperates with this standard using Java IDL and JTS.
Compaq NonStop
TM
Java Transaction API
An implementation of Java Transaction API (JTA). One version of NonStop
TM
Java
Transaction API uses JTS and another uses TMF.