J2EE & Intermittent Connectivity
We have an existing J2EE application. We have acquired a company that does not have connectivity at its sales sites - in Mexico (they go to people's homes). We have to have these people be able to use our J2EE application.
How, short of putting Tomcat on their PC's (my initial suggestion) can we provide them with access to the application? My boss is worried about supporting hundreds of application servers and keeping them in synch with each other.
They want the solution to run in a browser.
I thought of:
1. A pure HTML/JavaScript solution with some active x component or applet that saves the state at the end (filling out a contract) to XML on the PC in a known location that is uploaded to the server the next time they are connected.
2. Having 2 versions of the application - one application one JSP.
Ideally the solution should:
1. Not require too much maintenance.
2. Be simple to develop and maintain.
3. Run in browser.
4. Use the same code base as the current J2EE JSP solution.
Any ideas would be appreciated!
