These features are completely configurable for each application. Alternatively, they can be eliminated by using message-based protocols. Java servlets are server side components that are similar to applets except they have no GUI interface. Servlet architecture is similar to CGI, but with better performance because it doesn't need to launch a new process for each client request. For applications that use JDBC, DISC provides a native JDBC interface.
Some Web developers use cookies to maintain state.
While they are very popular and developers can put a lot of information into them, some users disable cookies for privacy reasons, which makes them problematic for Web applications. DISC developed a State Manager to solve the problems of statelessness using CGI programs on the Web. It also provides configurable session time-out capabilities to allow automatic disconnection of inactive client sessions. Executive Overview 2. Keyword searches 2.