three tier DESKTOP Application

Could anyone please help me.

I want to know different JAVA technologies which are used to develop a three tier DESKTOP application. e.g. SWING,AWT in presentation tier etc. and how to connect them with each other . e.g. sockets etc. ( i dont have any idea about all this )

I'm not much of a Java guy, but I suspect the two extremes are to use J2EE or to use a socket server as your middle tier. I would imagine a middle of the road approach might be to use a Java-friendly Web server in the middle and use web services between the client and the central site... which could easily be on the desktop in rare cases as could the database tier.

Some people may be using Java implementations of CORBA instead of web services or fiarly naked sockets. I suppose there are Java things like JMI which might serve as the "remote glue" layer as well.

Your choices might be dictated by the type of network you'd be using. LANs usually allow the use of more tightly bound and powerful transports, while WANs generally mean you have to place security uppermost and consider transports that operate in a more loosely connected manner.

Thanks,
Thank you very much, specially for the third point regarding Lan and Wan aspect.
Mainly my problem is middle tier and its connection to the presentation tier, you commented on that only, thanks again.


But as human nature, want some more. Is there any other way except these and for all three tier.

(Please bear with my great knowledge of English as well. )