The J2Ee Tutorial (Java Series) - Softcover

Green, Dale; Haase, Kim; Jendrock, Eric; Pawlan, Monica; Stearns. Beth; Bodoff, Stephanie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0201791684 ISBN 13: 9780201791686

Publisher: Addison-Wesley, 2002

Synopsis

This guide offers technical advice on developing and deploying applications using the J2EE platform. Employing an interactive, example-driven approach, the book illustrates J2EE's basic concepts and outlines its application to several program architectures. Sample programs and source code are provided. A companion CD-ROM contains other tutorials, software development kits, and sample applications. The authors are associated with Sun Microsystems. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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About the Author

Stephanie Bodoff is a staff writer at Sun Microsystems. In previous positions she worked as a software engineer on distributed computing and telecommunications systems and object-oriented software development methods. Since her conversion to technical writing, Stephanie has documented object-oriented databases, application servers, and enterprise application development methods.

Dale Green is a staff writer with Sun Microsystems, where he documents the J2EE platform. In previous positions he programmed business applications, designed databases, taught technical classes, and documented RDBMS products. In his current position he writes about Enterprise JavaBeans technology and the J2EE SDK.

Kim Haase is a staff writer with Sun Microsystems, where she documents the J2EE platform. In previous positions she has documented compilers, debuggers, and floating-point programming. She currently writes about the Java Message Service and J2EE SDK tools.

Eric Jendrock is a staff writer with Sun Microsystems, where he documents the J2EE platform. Previously, he documented middleware products and standards. Currently, he writes about the J2EE Compatibility Test Suite and J2EE security.

Monica Pawlan is a staff writer for the Java Developer Connection (JDC), and was a contributing author for The Java™ Tutorial. She has a background in 2D and 3D graphics, security, and database products, and loves to study and write about emerging technologies. When not writing, she spends her spare time gardening, studying classical piano, and dreaming of far away places—some of which she occasionally visits. Beth Stearns is the principal partner of ComputerEase Publishing, a computer consulting firm she founded in 1982. Among her publications are Java Native Interface in The Java Tutorial Continued (Addison-Wesley), “The EJB Programming Guide” for Inprise Corporation, and “ Understanding EDT, ” a guide to Digital Equipment Corporation's text editor.

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From the Back Cover

You're familiar with Java™ programming, but now it's time for you to take it to the next level and begin creating enterprise applications with the Java™ 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE™). The J2EE™ Tutorial is the hands-on, example-driven guide that offers unparalleled technical guidance into developing and deploying applications on the J2EE platform.

Written by the uniquely qualified members of the Java Software team at Sun Microsystems, The J2EE™ Tutorial uses the same effective interactive approach as the successful Java™ Tutorial collection. Throughout this book's development, hundreds of suggestions and volumes of feedback from both users and architects were integrated to ensure great writing and truly useful guidance.

Inside you'll find a smart mix of example programs—including source code—that are used to illustrate key J2EE concepts. In addition, clear explanations will help you make easy work of the range of technologies collected into the J2EE platform, including:

• Enterprise JavaBeans™
• Java™ Servlets
• JavaServer Pages™
• Java™ Message Service (JMS)
• Java Naming and Directory Interface™ (JNDI)
• XML
• J2EE™ Connector Architecture
• JavaMail™
• JDBC™

When you're ready to create your own great enterprise applications, turn to the unmatched guidance, understanding, and experience you'll find only in The J2EE™ Tutorial.

The accompanying CD-ROM is filled with a wealth of valuable resources, including all three Java™ Tutorial books, the J2SE 1.3.1 and J2EE 1.3.1 software development kits, the Java BluePrints sample application and book, and Forte for Java Plugin for the J2EE SDK.

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Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.

The Java™ Tutorial has been an indispensable resource for many programmers learning the Java programming language. This tutorial hopes to serve the same role for developers encountering the Java™ 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE™) for the first time. It follows an example-oriented focus similar to The Java™ Tutorial.Who Should Use This Tutorial

This tutorial is intended for programmers interested in developing and deploying J2EE applications. It covers the technologies comprising the J2EE platform and describes how to develop J2EE components and deploy them on the J2EE Software Development Kit (SDK).

This tutorial is not intended for J2EE server or tool vendors. It does not explain how to implement the J2EE architecture, nor does it explain the internals of the J2EE SDK. The J2EE specifications describe the J2EE architecture and can be downloaded from

java.sun/j2ee/docs.html#specsAbout the Examples

This tutorial includes many complete, working examples. See Examples (page 445) for a list of the examples and the chapters where they appear.Prerequisites for the Examples

To understand the examples, you will need a good knowledge of the Java programming language, SQL, and relational database concepts. The topics in The Java™ Tutorial listed in List P-1 are particularly relevant.List P-1 Prerequisite Topics

JDBC™ java.sun/docs/books/tutorial/jdbc
Threads java.sun/docs/books/tutorial/essential/threads
JavaBeans™ java.sun/docs/books/tutorial/javabeans
Security java.sun/docs/books/tutorial/security1.2
Downloading the Examples

If you are viewing this online and you want to build and run the examples, you need to download the tutorial bundle from

java.sun/j2ee/download.html#tutorial

Once you have installed the bundle, the example source code is in the j2eetutorial/examples/src directory, with subdirectories ejb for enterprise bean technology examples, web for Web technology examples, and connector for connector technology examples. For most of the examples, the bundle also includes J2EE application Enterprise Archive (EAR) files, which are located in the j2eetutorial/examples/ears directory.How to Build and Run the Examples

This tutorial documents the J2EE SDK version 1.3. To build, deploy, and run the examples you need a copy of the J2EE SDK 1.3 and the Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition (J2SE™) SDK 1.3.1 (earlier versions were called JDK). You can download the J2EE SDK from

java.sun/j2ee/download.html#sdk

and the J2SE 1.3.1 from

java.sun/j2se/1.3/

The examples are distributed with a configuration file for version 1.3 of ant, a portable make tool. The ant utility is hosted by the Jakarta project at the Apache Software Foundation. You can download ant from

jakarta.apache/builds/jakarta-ant/release/v1.3/bin

To build the tutorial examples, follow these steps:
* Download and install the J2SE SDK 1.3.1, J2EE SDK 1.3, and ant.
* The installation instructions for the J2SE SDK, J2EE SDK, and ant explain how to set the required environment variables. Verify that the environment variables have been set to the values noted in List P-2.
* Go to the j2eetutorial/examples directory.
* Execute ant target. For example, to build all the examples, execute ant all; to build theWeb layer examples, execute ant web. The build process deposits the output into the directory j2eetutorial/examples/build.List P-2 Settings for Environment Variables

JAVA_HOME &nbspThe location of the J2SE SDK installation.
J2EE_HOME &nbspThe location of the J2EE SDK installation
ANT_HOME &nbspThe location of the ant installation.
PATH &nbspShould include the bin directories of the J2EE SDK, J2SE SDK, and ant installations.
Related Information

This tutorial provides a concise overview of how to use the central component technologies in the J2EE platform. For more information about these technologies, see the Web sites listed in List P-3.List P-3 Information Sources

Enterprise JavaBeans™ (EJB™)   java.sun/products/ejb
Java Servlet &nbspjava.sun/products/servlets
JavaServer Pages™ (JSP™) &nbspjava.sun/products/jsp

The J2EE platform includes a wide variety of APIs that this tutorial only briefly touches on. Some of these technologies have their own tutorials, which are listed in List P-4.List P-4 Other Tutorials

Java Message Service (JMS) &nbspjava.sun/products/jms/tutorial/
Java Naming and Directory Interface™ (JNDI)   java.sun/products/jndi/tutorial/
Java API for XML Processing (JAXP)   java.sun/xml/jaxp/dist/1.1/docs/tutorial/index.html

For complete information on these topics, see the Web sites in List P-5.List P-5 Other Web Sites

J2EE Connector   java.sun/j2ee/connector
JAXP &nbspjava.sun/products/jaxp
JavaMail™ &nbspjava.sun/products/javamail
JMS &nbspjava.sun/products/jms
JNDI &nbspjava.sun/products/jndi
JDBC™ &nbspjava.sun/products/jdbc

Once you have become familiar with the J2EE technologies described in this tutorial, you may be interested in guidelines for architecting J2EE applications. The Java BluePrints illustrate best practices for developing and deploying J2EE applications. You can obtain the Java BluePrints from

java.sun/blueprintsHow to Print This Tutorial

To print this tutorial, follow these steps:
* Ensure that Adobe Acrobat Reader is installed on your system.
* Download the PDF version of this book from

java.sun/j2ee/download.html#tutorial

* Click the printer icon in Adobe Acrobat Reader.Typographical Conventions

List P-6 lists the typographical conventions used in this tutorial.P-6 Typographical Conventions

* Italic &nbspEmphasis, titles, first occurrence of terms
* Monospace &nbspURLs, code examples, file names, command names, programming language keywords
* Italic monospace &nbspProgramming variables, variable file names

Menu selections indicated with the right-arrow character →, for example, First→Second, should be interpreted as: select the First menu, then choose Second from the First submenu.

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Edition details

• Publisher: Addison-Wesley
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0201791684
• ISBN 13: 9780201791686
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 491
• Editor: Bodoff Stephanie