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| <b>Tapestry</b> is a comprehensive web application framework, written in Java. |
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| <p>Tapestry is not an application server. |
| It is designed to be used inside an application server. |
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| <p>Tapestry is not an application. |
| Tapestry is a framework for creating web applications. |
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| <p>Tapestry is not a way of using JavaServer Pages. |
| Tapestry is an <i>alternative to</i> using JavaServer Pages. |
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| <p>Tapestry is not a scripting environment. |
| Tapestry uses a component object model, not simple scripting, |
| to create highly dynamic, interactive web pages. |
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| <p>Tapestry is based on the Java Servlet API version 2.2. |
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| <p>Tapestry uses a sophisticated component model to divide a web application into |
| a hierarchy of {@link net.sf.tapestry.IComponent components}. |
| Each component has specific responsibilities for rendering web pages |
| (that is, generating a portion of an HTML page) and responding to HTML queries |
| (such as clicking on a link, or submitting a form). |
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| <p>The Tapestry framework takes on virtually all of the responsibilities |
| for managing application flow and server-side client state. |
| This allows developers to concentrate on the business and presentation aspects of the application. |
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| <p>Tapestry is distibuted under the <a |
| href="http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/lesser.html">GNU Lesser General |
| Public License (LGPL)</a>. This allows it to be distributed within |
| both open and non-open source applications. |
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| <p>Visit Tapestry's home page at |
| <a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/tapestry">http://sourceforge.net/projects/tapestry</a> |
| for more details on licensing. |
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| @author Howard Ship <a href="mailto:hship@users.sf.net">hship@users.sf.net</a> |
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