Adobe LiveCycle is J2EE-based enterprise software
that consists of services that operate within a shared infrastructure.
Service operations typically consume or produce documents. By using
LiveCycle, you can combine process management with electronic
forms, document security, and document generation in an integrated
and cohesive set of services. These services can be accessed from
inside and outside the firewall.
Client applications can programmatically invoke LiveCycle services using a Java API, web services, Remoting, and REST. Using
Administration Console, you can configure a service to expose an
endpoint that lets LiveCycle services by programmatically
invoked. By default, most services are pre-configured to expose
Remoting, Java, and web service endpoints.
Your business requirements determine which invocation method
to use. For example, using the Java API, you can integrate LiveCycle functionality into your Java enterprise applications, such
as Java Entity and Message beans. Likewise, you can integrate LiveCycle functionality into .NET projects (or other projects developed
with development environments that support web service standards)
using web services.
Services require a service container to run, similar to how Enterprise
JavaBeans™ (EJBs) require a J2EE container.
LiveCycle includes only one implementation of a service
container. The service container is responsible for managing the
lifetime of a service, including deploying it and ensuring that
all requests are sent to the correct service. It also manages documents
that a service consumes or produces.
Note: Programming with LiveCycle does not
include information on how to invoke LiveCycle using Watched
Folders or e-mail.
