14/04/2008

BlazeDS Vs LCDS

Many people think that BlazeDS and LCDS (Live Cycle Data Services) are the same thing, they are wrong. BlazeDS is just a part of LCDS. Sujit Reddy G has created a great table in wich we can see the differences between both services:


Features BlazeDS LCDS
Data management Services

Client-Server synchronization
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Conflict resolution
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Data paging
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SQL adapter
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Hibernate adapter
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Document Services

LiveCycle remoting
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RIA-to-PDF conversion
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Enterprise-Class Flex application services

Data access/remoting :) :)
Proxy service :) :)
Automated testing support
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Software clustering :) :)
Web tier compiler
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Enterprise Integration

WSRP generation
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Ajax data services :) :)
Flex-Ajax bridge :) :)
Runtime configuration :) :)
Open adapter architecture :) :)
JMS adapter :) :)
Server-side component framework integration :) :)
ColdFusion integration
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Offline Application Support

Offline data cache
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Local message queuing
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Real - Time Data

Publish and Subscribe messaging :) :)
Real -time data quality of service
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RTMP tunneling
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For anyone thinking about using BlazeDS or LCDS I would recommend to read this Sujit entry about both options performance.

Hope it helps :)

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