How does ColdFusion 9 run on J2EE application servers?
The ColdFusion 9 runtime environment is a Java application that takes advantage of the many powerful services in the J2EE platform to connect to databases, manage security, and process application requests. When ColdFusion 9 Enterprise edition is installed in the J2EE configuration on top of a Java application server, it uses that server’s J2EE infrastructure to execute ColdFusion applications as pure Java bytecode. Developers can then continue to develop and deploy ColdFusion pages while easily managing ColdFusion server settings using the ColdFusion Administrator.