JavaTM data sources are predefined data sources that allow you to define dynamic views to represent your server object model as a set of Rogue Wave® Server JavaTM data sources.

Server/Java data sources are a specific mapping (also called Server/Java data-source mapping or, for short, Server/Java mapping) designed to interface Rogue Wave Server with a Java GUI and, for example, with Swing gadgets (JList, JTable, JTree), or Rogue Wave JViews gadgets (IlvGrapher, IlvGanttChart, IlvSDMView). There are several kind of Server/Java data sources: