Seam Framework: Experience the Evolution of Java EE (2nd Edition) - Softcover

Yuan, Michael; Orshalick, Jacob; Heute, Thomas

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0137129394 ISBN 13: 9780137129393

Publisher: Pearson, 2009

Synopsis

Fully Updated to Cover Major Enhancements to Seam 2.x

 

In Seam Framework, Second Edition, the authors of the leading guide to Seam programming have systematically updated their text to reflect the major improvements introduced with Seam 2.x. This author team–all key Seam project contributors–teach Seam 2.x through detailed example applications that reveal how Seam simplifies many tasks that were previously difficult or impractical. Their robust descriptions are complemented by in-depth feature discussions that demonstrate how to use Seam’s power to the fullest. Whether you’re new to Seam programming or a seasoned Seam developer who wants to achieve deeper mastery of Seam 2.x, this book will be an indispensable resource.

 

Coverage includes

• Using improvements to Seam’s conversation model, transaction management, and other features
• Enhancing security, performing end-to-end validation, and providing custom exception pages
• Using Quartz to execute timer jobs in your application
• Generating bookmarkable RESTful Web pages the easy way
• Developing highly scalable applications with Seam 2.x’s new multilayer caching
• Simplifying development with Groovy, the scripting language that runs directly on the JVM
• Using jBPM business processes to improve page flow
• Previewing Web Beans (JSR-299), the future core of Seam that will transform Java EE Web development

 

*Download source code for this book’s case study application at solutionsfit.com/seam.

About this title

About the Author

Michael Juntao Yuan is cofounder of Ringful, LLC, a company that develops RESTful APIs for telephone voice and mobile messaging solutions. He contributes code to the Seam project and writes about Seam at www.michaelyuan.com/blog. Formerly technical product manager at Red Hat’s JBoss division, Yuan is author of five books on software development.

 

Jacob Orshalick is an independent consultant and the owner of Focus IT Solutions, LLC. He has developed enterprise software solutions that span the retail, financial, media, and telecommunications industries. He specializes in developing enterprise Java solutions utilizing open source technologies and agile techniques. He is a committer to the Seam project, and you can find Jacob writing about Seam, Web Beans, and related Java EE technologies in his blog, www.solutionsfit.com/blog.

 

Thomas Heute was a contributor to the pre-JBoss Portal project before being hired by JBoss, Inc., in 2004. He started as a member of the JBoss Portal team but became a JBoss Seam coleader in 2005, with a plan to bring EJB3 closer to JSF (where it really should be). At the end of 2006, Thomas returned to the JBoss Portal team to work on a range of tasks.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0137129394
• ISBN 13: 9780137129393
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 473