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Introduction v
1. Help Contribute ............................................................................................................... v
1. The JBoss Server - A Quick Tour 1
1.1. Server Structure ........................................................................................................... 1
1.2. Server Configurations ................................................................................................... 1
1.2.1. Server Directory Structure .................................................................................. 3
1.2.2. Server Configuration Directory Structure ............................................................. 5
1.2.3. The default Server Profile File Set .................................................................. 7
1.2.4. The all Server Profile File Set ........................................................................ 14
1.2.5. EJB3 Services ................................................................................................ 14
1.3. Starting and Stopping the Server ................................................................................ 15
1.3.1. Start the Server ............................................................................................... 15
1.3.2. Start the Server With Alternate Configuration ..................................................... 16
1.3.3. Using run.sh .................................................................................................... 17
1.3.4. Stopping the Server ......................................................................................... 17
1.3.5. Running as a Service under Microsoft Windows ............................................... 18
1.4. The JMX Console ...................................................................................................... 18
1.5. The JNDIView Service ................................................................................................ 19
1.6. Hot-deployment of services in JBoss ........................................................................... 21
1.6.1. Hot-deployment configurations .......................................................................... 21
1.6.2. Adding a custom deploy folder ......................................................................... 22
1.7. Basic Configuration Issues .......................................................................................... 23
1.7.1. Setting your application as the default application on the server .......................... 23
1.7.2. Bootstrap Configuration .................................................................................... 24
1.7.3. Legacy Core Services ...................................................................................... 24
1.7.4. Logging Service ............................................................................................... 25
1.7.5. Security Service .............................................................................................. 27
1.7.6. Additional Services .......................................................................................... 28
1.8. The Service Binding Manager ..................................................................................... 29
2. EJB3 Caveats in JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5.0 31
2.1. Unimplemented features ............................................................................................ 31
2.2. Referencing EJB3 Session Beans from non-EJB3 Beans ............................................. 31
3. Sample Applications 33
4. Sample JSF-EJB3 Application 35
4.1. Data Model ................................................................................................................ 35
4.2. JSF Web Pages ......................................................................................................... 36
4.3. EJB3 Session Beans .................................................................................................. 38
4.4. Configuration and Packaging ...................................................................................... 40
4.4.1. Building The Application ................................................................................... 40
4.4.2. Configuration Files ........................................................................................... 41
4.5. The Database ............................................................................................................ 43
4.5.1. Creating the Database Schema ........................................................................ 43
4.5.2. The HSQL Database Manager Tool .................................................................. 43
4.6. Deploying the Application ............................................................................................ 43
5. Using Seam 47
5.1. Data Model ............................................................................................................... 47
5.2. JSF Web Pages: index.xhtml and create.xhtml ............................................................ 48
5.3. Data Access using a Session Bean ............................................................................ 50
5.4. JSF Web Pages - todos.xhtml and edit.xhtml .............................................................. 51
