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Example 2: A Case Study in Management Integration (J2EE)
A company called FlowerPwr.com sells flowers over the Internet. They are a successful East Coast-
based firm that has an aggressive management profile. They are currently in the process of acquiring a
West Coast competitor - let’s call it Yourflowers.com - that provides a similar service.
FlowerPwr.com has its own website: Its various enterprise applications are written in PHP.
Yourflowers.com also has its own Website: However, all its applications are Java-based and were
developed for J2EE. They have their own J2EE application server. FlowerPwr.com needs to begin
operating as an integrated commercial entity as soon as possible, in a way that conceals the fact that the
companies have merged.
Using the Java Bridge, FlowerPwr.com can create a common portal in PHP. The company can leave
Java up and running and take full advantage of their acquisition’s existing Java services. FlowerPwr.com
can do this over an existing portal using PHP.
The following code example illustrates how the Java Bridge can apply to this business scenario and
others like it:
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