Application architecture

This high-level overview describes the technologies that make up Jive.

Access points
Here you can find information on access points to Jive.
Application logic
Application logic is implemented as Java classes. This includes classes for representing the various containers (such as projects) and content types (such as documents), as well as managers for handling them, data access objects for interacting with the database, and classes to support services such as web services, feeds.
Database access
The application stores data about content and users in its database. It can also be configured to use another data source, such as an LDAP database, to authenticate user accounts when people log in.
Flow between UI and logic
The application is based in part on what's known as a model-view-controller (MVC) framework. Here you can find a hight-level overview of the implementation.
Security
Authentication and authorization are based on the Spring Security (formerly Acegi) framework.
Customization points
Developers can customize the application, changing its look and feel, adding new widgets or macros, even adding new features. Most of this kind of work is done by developing a plugin that's based on the same technologies that the application itself uses.
Server components
Here you can find an overview of the server components.