METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INCORPORATING LEGACY APPLICATIONS INTO A DISTRIBUTED DATA PROCESSING ENVIRONMENT

摘要

A system and method incorporating existing or legacy software applications into a distributed data processing environment by encapsulating each legacy application into a new application which adheres to the Enterprise JavaBean (EJB) interface specifications. The new application with the EJB interfaces allows use of the application in a distributed processing environment such as the Internet or a virtual private network such as an intranet.