6.4 Standalone J2EE Server
While OC4J is normally installed as part of
Oracle Application Server, it can also be installed as a standalone
J2EE server. This is ideal for creating a lightweight development
environment. One member of a development team can install OC4J
standalone on his personal computer to produce a fully functional
workgroup development environment. Other members of the team can work
directly in a development directory, storing and compiling their Java
code in place.When ready, the completed J2EE application can be packaged from the
development directory and deployed on a complete Oracle Application
Server installation acting as a quality assurance server for testing,
then later moved to a production environment. Using OC4J in this
fashion gives a development team a great deal of control over their
development environment, while not requiring a great deal of expense
to duplicate a production J2EE environment.Oracle provides an OC4J standalone download available on the Oracle
Technology Network (OTN) web site for just this purpose. You can
download OC4J along with its OC4J Standalone
User's Guide. As stated earlier, it can
be run with any JDK of the appropriate version. This also makes it
possible to develop a J2EE application on any platform that supports
Java, not just on platforms that support Oracle Application Server.