All,

I've programmed Web applications using Java Servlets but felt I was re-
inventing many wheels (User login, Object Persistance etc) - this was a
couple of years ago and things move on...

What in your opinion are the best tools that support to following
functionality (out of the box or at least with minimum coding)

1. Client (Browser ) / Server architecture. (ie Web Application)

2. RDBMS Integration

  I just want a Development environment where I can define a form with
fields and

       bam.. I get a corresponding backend Database table with columns.

       bam.. I get some Java template code or something that I can
            subclass to give it some behaviour. (eg
              when the user creates a new flubar go and do this method...,
              when the user modifies a field do that method ..)

       bam..End user gets a simple database view in HTML where they can
add/delete rows. (depending on User roles) (Server Side XSLT can be used
to tweak)

       bam .. End user gets a form where they can view or modify row
details (Again Server Side XSLT to tweak view?)

     There may be some additional workflow stuff. (Send Email if this
happens , Field A is not editable if field B says "CLOSED" etc)

3. I dont necessarity need a GUI based tool for development but something
that does most of the donkey work re Object/Database and Object/Browser
even if member types are restricted to simple core types.

but I only want to do coding for bits that arent standard parts of 90% of
client/server apps - if that makes any sense.

I'm guessing I'm looking at some kind of Application Server eg JBoss.
Or some tying together of these technologies that is *almost* 4GL but not
quite!

Lordy