which? : tomcat or jboss with Spring

[dr_pompeii]

Hello guys

i need and require your experience

what good reasons i need to work with Spring/Jboss or Spring/tomcat???

i heard that jboss is an ejb container and tomcat not (servlet container),
and maybe jboss is more heavy in resources than tomcat

but now Spring with both, ...... which should i choice and why?
i never work with jboss only with tomcat.

now
is there a special configuration for Spring/Jboss together??
in the context etc etc

thanks for advanced

[dlaidlaw]

I don't think Spring even comes into the consideration of which application container to use. Spring will provide a great value to either container. If you have need for the features that jboss provides, then use jboss, otherwise, use tomcat. As you noted, tomcat is a servlet container, and if that fits your needs, then there is no need to use jboss.

JBoss does include a servlet container (tomcat is one of the possibilities) and adds a lot more besides, like the capability to host EJBs, and a whole lot more.

You may also want to use a jboss container if you anticipate you will grow beyond your current needs, and maybe want to add a workflow, ESB, etc.

Since you are already familiar with Tomcat, why not browse through the JBoss site to see what they offer?

[dr_pompeii]

hi dlaidlaw

thanks for the reply

it seems that each software offers its own features, if you can share a link with differences (test lab) between them , i appreciate

tell me if i use spring/jboss, would i need a special configuration???

regards

[dlaidlaw]

Well, as I mentioned, JBoss includes a servlet container. So the difference is all the things JBoss does in addition to what Tomcat does. Tomcat is also configured in a slightly different way when run inside JBoss.

You do not need a special spring configuration to run Spring inside of JBoss. You can use it they way you have always used it.

I know of nothing that compares and contrasts tomcat and jboss. It would be like comparing an apple to a box of fruit that also contains an apple.

[dr_pompeii]

You do not need a special spring configuration to run Spring inside of JBoss. You can use it they way you have always used it.

good advice

I know of nothing that compares and contrasts tomcat and jboss.

thats the problem, if i want start a project from scratch with spring,
which software should i choice?

i never work before with jboss, before of the existence of Spring, i heard that has a servlet container and of course is a j2ee container too

regards

[karldmoore]

What technologies does your application use? e.g. JMS, JTA, EJB If you don't need all the application server features, Tomcat/Jetty might be the way to go.

[dr_pompeii]

JMS, JTA, EJB

the 2 last are specific in JEE , the first i dont know
but if i dont bad remember Spring can work with both

i am little confuse

regards

[karldmoore]

Spring does have integration with all of these technologies, what I meant though is what are you planning to use in your application? The projects I haven't worked on in the past have all run on a servlet container, we had no real need to deploy on an application server.