ILOG JViews class library can be used on the client side where you develop Java applets or applications. It can also be used on the server side. Some "Web browser" applications require that the client stay very light, with most of the functionality residing in the server. The "thin-client" support in ILOG JViews Framework allows you to create such types of applications easily. You can use the power of the ILOG JViews class library to build complex two-dimensional representations on the web server and use the Dynamic HTML thin-client support of on your Web browser to display and interact with those images created by the server.
In this section, we will see how to use the ILOG JViews packages and classes on both the server side and the client side. The topics are: