Web services
The bank's computer system is now quite sophisticated, comprising:
| A database for storing the bank's data |
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| A Java application allowing bank employees to access the database |
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| A static Web site, providing information about the bank's branches, products, and services |
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| A Web application, providing Internet banking facilities for customers, with various technology options available |
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| An EJB back-end, providing: |
Centralized access to the bank's business logic through session beans
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Transactional, object-oriented access to data in the bank's database through JPA entities
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| A Java EE Application Client that can use the business logic in session beans |
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