外文资料翻译(2011届大学本科)题目:学院:专业:班级:姓名:学号:主指导教师:2011年02月24日教务处印制外文原文JSPapplicationframeworksbrianwright、michaelfreedman:Aframeworkisareusable,semi-completeapplicationthatcanbespecializedtoproducecustomapplications[Johnson].Likepeople,softwareapplicationsaremorealikethantheyaredifferent.Theyrunonthesamecomputers,expectinputfromthesamedevices,outputtothesamedisplays,andsavedatatothesameharddisks.Developersworkingonconventionaldesktopapplicationsareaccustomedtotoolkitsanddevelopmentenvironmentsthatleveragethesamenessbetweenapplications.Applicationframeworksbuildonthiscommongroundtoprovidedeveloperswithareusablestructurethatcanserveasthefoundationfortheirownproducts.Aframeworkprovidesdeveloperswithasetofbackbonecomponentsthathavethefollowingcharacteristics:1.Theyareknowntoworkwellinotherapplications.2.Theyarereadytousewiththenextproject.3.Theycanalsobeusedbyotherteamsintheorganization.Frameworksaretheclassicbuild-versus-buyproposition.Ifyoubuildit,youwillunderstanditwhenyouaredone—buthowlongwillitbebeforeyoucanrollyourown?Ifyoubuyit,youwillhavetoclimbthelearningcurve—andhowlongisthatgoingtotake?Thereisnorightanswerhere,butmostobserverswouldagreethatframeworkssuchasStrutsprovideasignificantreturnoninvestmentcomparedtostartingfromscratch,especiallyforlargerprojects.Othertypesofframeworks:Theideaofaframeworkappliesnotonlytoapplicationsbuttoapplicationcomponentsaswell.Throughoutthisarticle,weintroduceothertypesofframeworksthatyoucanusewithStruts.TheseincludetheLucenesearchengine,theScaffoldtoolkit,theStrutsvalidator,andtheTilestaglibrary.Likeapplicationframeworks,thesetoolsprovidesemi-completeversionsofasubsystemthatcanbespecializedtoprovideacustomcomponent.Someframeworkshavebeenlinkedtoaproprietarydevelopmentenvironment.ThisisnotthecasewithStrutsoranyoftheotherframeworksshowninthisbook.YoucanuseanydevelopmentenvironmentwithStruts:VisualAgeforJava,JBuilder,Eclipse,Emacs,andTextpadareallpopularchoicesamongStrutsdevelopers.IfyoucanuseitwithJava,youcanuseitwithStruts.Enablingtechnologies:ApplicationsdevelopedwithStrutsarebasedonanumberofenablingtechnologies.ThesecomponentsarenotspecifictoStrutsandunderlieeveryJavawebapplication.AreasonthatdevelopersuseframeworkslikeStrutsistohidethenastydetailsbehindacronymslikeHTTP,CGI,andJSP.AsaStrutsdeveloper,youdon’tneedtobeanalphabetsoupguru,butaworkingknowledgeofthesebasetechnologiescanhelpyoudevisecreativesolutionstotrickyproblems.HypertextTransferProtocol(HTTP):Whenmediatingtalksbetweennations,diplomatsoftenfollowaformalprotocol.Diplomaticprotocolsaredesignedtoavoidmisunderstandingsandtokeepnegotiationsfrombreakingdown.Inasimilarvein,whencomputersneedtotalk,theyalsofollowaformalprotocol.Theprotocoldefineshowdataistransmittedandhowtodecodeitonceitarrives.WebapplicationsusetheHypertextTransferProtocol(HTTP)tomovedatabetweenthebrowserrunningonyourcomputerandtheapplicationrunningontheserver.ManyserverapplicationscommunicateusingprotocolsotherthanHTTP.Someofthesemaintainanongoingconnectionbetweenthecomputers.Theapplicationserverknowsexactlywhoisconnectedatalltimesandcantellwhenaconnectionisdropped.Becausetheyknowthestateofeachconnectionandtheidentityofeachpersonusingit,theseareknownasstatefulprotocols.Bycontrast,HTTPisknownasastatelessprotocol.AnHTTPserverwillacceptanyrequestfromanyclientandwillalwaysprovidesometypeofresponse,eveniftheresponseisjusttosayno.Withouttheoverheadofnegotiatingandretainingaconnection,statelessprotocolscanhandlealargevolumeofrequests.ThisisonereasonwhytheInternethasbeenabletoscaletomillionsofcomputers.AnotherreasonHTTPhasbecometheuniversalstandardisitssimplicity.AnHTTPrequestlookslikeanordinarytextdocument.ThishasmadeiteasyforapplicationstomakeHTTPrequests.YoucanevensendanHTTPrequestbyhandusingastandardutilitysuchasTelnet.WhentheHTTPresponsecomesback,itisalsoinplaintextthatdeveloperscanread.ThefirstlineintheHTTPrequestcontainsthemethod,followedbythelocationoftherequestedresourceandtheversionofHTTP.ZeroormoreHTTPrequestheadersfollowtheinitialline.TheHTTPheadersprovideadditionalinformationtotheserver.Thiscanincludethebrowsertypeandversion,acceptabledocumenttypes,andthebrowser’scookies,justtonameafew.Ofthesevenrequestmethods,GETandPOSTarebyfarthemostpopular.Oncetheserverhasreceivedandservicedtherequest,itwillissueanHTTPresponse.ThefirstlineintheresponseiscalledthestatuslineandcarriestheHTTPprotocolversion,anumericstatus,andabriefdescriptionofthestatus.Followingthestatusline,theserverwillreturnasetofHTTPresponseheadersthatworkinawaysimilartotherequestheaders.Aswementioned,HTTPdoesnotpreservestateinformationbetweenrequests.Theserverlogstherequest,sendstheresponse,andgoesblissfullyontothenextrequest.Whilesimpleandefficient,astatelessprotocolisproblematicfordynamicapplicationsthatneedtokeeptrackoftheirusers.(Ignoranceisnotalwaysbliss.CookiesandURLrewritingaretwocommonwaystokeeptrackofusersbetweenrequests.Acookieisaspecialpacketofinformationontheuser’scomputer.URLrewritingstoresaspeci