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2 PATROL for BEA WebLogic User Guide
common object
request broker
(CORBA)
CORBA is a language independent distributed object model.
domain
A WebLogic environment. Typically consists of multiple servers:
one administration server and several managed servers.
enterprise Java bean
(EJB)
EJBs are reusable objects of Java code. The EJB encapsulates
business logic in secure, transaction-oriented components.
event catalog
A collection of event classes associated with a particular
application. PATROL provides a standard event catalog that
contains predefined standard event classes for all computer
classes and application classes. You can add, customize, and
delete an application event catalog only from a PATROL
Developer Console.
event manager
A graphical user interface for monitoring and managing events;
can be used with or without the PATROL Console. There are two
event managers: PATROL Event Manager (PEM) works with
PATROL for Unix, and PATROLWATCH works with PATROL
for Windows products.
instrumentation
Process of dynamically inserting temporary code into an object
at runtime so that it generates timing data that can be used for
granular object monitoring and management. PATROL for BEA
WebLogic provides instrumentation of EJBs, servlets, and SQL
statements.
J2EE Connector
Architecture (JCA)
JCA is a framework for linking the J2EE platform to enterprise
software, including databases and ERP applications.
Java 2 Enterprise
Edition (J2EE)
J2EE adds capabilities of EJBs, servlets, JSP, and XML to J2SE.
Information is at http://java.sun.com.
Java 2 Standard
Edition (J2SE)
J2SE is the core Java specification for development; it includes
JDBC, CORBA, security, JMX, and more. Information is at
http://java.sun.com.
Java archive (JAR)
Collection of Java files in a single, platform-independent archive
format. A JAR that contains EJBs is referred to as an EAR.
