The HTML Adaptor

Due to the limitations of the HTML protocol, the HTML adaptor does not provide the same management view as a connector. For example, you cannot set attributes individually in the MBean view--all setters are called every time the "Apply" button is selected, even if the content hasn't changed.

Also, the HTML adaptor can only represent a limited set of types through an HTML interface. The values of attribute or operation results which rely on an unsupported type cannot be displayed or entered by the user. This means that some component functionality is inaccessible through the HTML adaptor.