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1 | = The REQUEA Platform = |
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3 | The REQUEA Platform is a component that is typically installed in a standard web application server (J2EE such as Tomcat, JBoss, OracleAS, JonAs) and provides: |
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5 | * An OSGi architecture within the web application for modularity and extensibility of the platform |
6 | * An document based model architecture (MDA) for creating document based application where the data manipulated is easily and effitiently stored in a database (such as Oracle, MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server). |
7 | * A web user interface that is optimized for speed, ergonomics and complex interactivity with the user. |
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9 | = Platform services = |
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11 | The platform runs on top of standard J2EE application server and uses J2EE services provided by the environment (such as Servlets, JDBC, ...). |
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13 | The platform provides the following services: |
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15 | * database storage persistence service |
16 | * application business rules |
17 | * user interface service |
18 | * import / export services |
19 | * WebServices interfaces (SOAP) |
20 | * Java Content Repository interface |
21 | * Workflow services |
22 | * Reporting services (JasperReports integration) |
23 | * Graphs and Statistics services |
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25 | All those base services are provided as OSGi services (packaged in bundles) |
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27 | On top of those base services, we find the applications that are also OSGi bundles: |
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29 | * Core applications, such as security and user definitions |
30 | * Standard applications, such as calendar, events, resources and catalog management |
31 | * Applications such as ITIL incident management |
32 | * Customer Specific applications where customer specific code may be created |
33 | * Customer customization where changes in labels, workflows, ... for a specific implementation can be added. |
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35 | [[image:architecture.png]] |
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37 | See a general architecture presentation: |
38 | [[General Architecture Presentation>>attach:architecture-general.pdf]] |
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40 | = Applications and Bundles = |
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42 | Applications are packaged in OSGi bundles (see bundles: [[Bundles>>Bundles]]) that can be deployed on a modular fashion. This provides flexibility and modularity to the platform. |