Apple WebObjects 5 - Manual (Page 49)

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Apple Computer, Inc. January 2002
C H A P T E R 5
5 Direct to Web Applications
Direct to Web is a technology that creates HTML-based Web applications that use
enterprise objects and consequently access databases. All you need to provide is the
model that specifies the database-to-objects mapping and Direct to Web instantly
creates an application.
Direct to Web applications have a particular structure. Every Direct to Web
application begins on a login page (
Figure 5-1 ). By default, this page provides an
interface to authenticate the user but does not actually perform any authentication.
Because the login page is a standard WebObjects component, you can change its
behavior.
Figure 5-1 A login page