Explore your options
Integration is a key element of any rich Internet application (RIA). Adobe offers two data services solutions to accommodate varying needs. At the low end is BlazeDS, an open source offering that combines Adobe's server-side remoting and messaging technologies. For more sophisticated applications, Adobe® LiveCycle® Data Services ES2 is a full-featured framework for developing enterprise RIA solutions. View the comparison chart to determine which product is right for you.
| Features | BlazeDS | LiveCycle Data Services ES2 |
|---|---|---|
| RPC services | ||
| Java remoting/Action Message Format (AMF) | Yes | Yes |
| Ajax client libraries to Java™ remoting | Yes | Yes |
| WS/JSON proxy service | Yes | Yes |
| Messaging | ||
| Servlet-based messaging services (hundreds of clients per CPU) | Yes | Yes |
| Java NIO high-performance messaging (thousands of clients per CPU) | No | Yes |
| Real Time Messaging Protocol (RTMP) | No | Yes |
| Data throttling | No | Yes |
| Reliable communications | No | Yes |
| Data management | ||
| Transaction (batch processing) | No | Yes |
| Data paging | No | Yes |
| Lazy loading (on demand) | No | Yes |
| Conflict resolution and synchronization | No | Yes |
| SQL adapter | No | Yes |
| Hibernate adapter | No | Yes |
| "Fiber-aware" assembler | No | Yes |
| Offline web applications | No | Yes |
| Development and deployment | ||
| Spring integration support | Yes | Yes |
| Adobe Flash® Builder™ modeling plug-in | No | Yes |
| Enterprise support | No | Yes |
| RIA PDF generation | No | Yes |
| WSRP portal integration | No | Yes |
| Load/stress testing tool | No | Yes |
| Edge server | No | Yes |
| Enterprise support plans | No | Yes |
