WebObjects
WO
<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 sits
between them and the web server. Adaptors are either {CGI}
programs or web server plug-ins ({NSAPI} or {ISAPI}).
The server processes special tags in {HTML} pages to produce
dynamic but standard HTML. Tools are provided to easily set
and get object properties and invoke methods from these tags.
Applications can maintain {state} over multiple {HTTP}
request-response transactions (which are intrinsically
stateless). Applications can also use Apple's {Enterprise
Object Framework} {object relational mapping} libraries for
{object persistence} and database access.
WebObjects was originally based on {Objective C} and a simple
scripting language but now is more likely to be used with
{Java}. Versions are available for {OS X}, {Windows} and
{Unix}.
Apple acquired WebObjects from {NeXT}, along with {Steve
Jobs}.
WebObjects Home (http://apple.com/webobjects/).
(2005-01-14)