The
SAS/CONNECT
driver for Java provides the Java classes that enable you to write
Java programs that communicate with a
SAS/CONNECT server. It enables
you to take advantage of the computational capabilities of SAS from
within your Java applications, applets, and servlets. (While the
SAS/CONNECT
driver for Java classes can be used to create Java applets, applications,
and servlets, this documentation focuses primarily on applet development.)
Using the
SAS/CONNECT driver for Java, you can create
Java applications or applets that start a SAS session, connect to
that session, create data sets, access existing SAS data, run procedures
to analyze SAS data, and retrieve the results. The
SAS/CONNECT driver
for Java enables you to take advantage of remote computing resources
on the SAS server machine. These remote capabilities turn your Java
applications and applets into thin-client Web applications. The
SAS/CONNECT
driver for Java classes provide a subset of the functionality provided
by
SAS/CONNECT software.
In addition to enabling
you to submit SAS statements, the
SAS/CONNECT driver for Java classes
also provide a way to submit SQL statements, so you can access and
update SAS data from your
SAS/CONNECT driver for Java applets. The
application also offers the
tunnel feature, which enables you to move your SAS server software to
a machine other than your Web server and provides a way to navigate
firewalls.
The
SAS/CONNECT driver for Java
sample applet demonstrates some of the capabilities that you can write
into your own Java programs using
SAS/CONNECT driver for Java classes.
You can find this applet in the SAMPLE directory of the Java Tools
archive. The Readme file contains instructions about how to configure
this applet to work at your site.
The class documentation for the
SAS/CONNECT driver for
Java is generated using the Javadoc tool. The documentation is installed
with your software. To view the class documentation from the SAS Web
site, go to
http://support.sas.com/rnd/javadoc/93.