The Java EE 5 Tutorial
For Sun Java System Application Server 9.1
Part No: 821–1743–10
September 2010 (originally published 2007)
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Contents
Preface ...................................................................................................................................................29
Part I Introduction .........................................................................................................................................37
1 Overview ...............................................................................................................................................39
Java EE Application Model ................................................................................................................. 40
Distributed Multitiered Applications ............................................................................................... 40
Security .......................................................................................................................................... 41
Java EE Components ................................................................................................................... 42
Java EE Clients .............................................................................................................................. 42
Web Components ........................................................................................................................ 44
Business Components ................................................................................................................. 45
Enterprise Information System Tier .......................................................................................... 46
Java EE Containers .............................................................................................................................. 46
Container Services ....................................................................................................................... 47
Container Types ........................................................................................................................... 47
Web Services Support ......................................................................................................................... 49
XML ............................................................................................................................................... 49
SOAP Transport Protocol ...........................................................................................................50
WSDL Standard Format ..............................................................................................................50
UDDI and ebXML Standard Formats ....................................................................................... 50
Java EE Application Assembly and Deployment ............................................................................. 50
Packaging Applications ...................................................................................................................... 51
Development Roles ............................................................................................................................. 52
Java EE Product Provider ............................................................................................................ 53
Tool Provider ................................................................................................................................ 53
Application Component Provider ............................................................................................. 53
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Application Assembler ................................................................................................................ 54
Application Deployer and Administrator ................................................................................. 54
Java EE 5 APIs ...................................................................................................................................... 55
Enterprise JavaBeans Technology .............................................................................................. 55
Java Servlet Technology .............................................................................................................. 56
JavaServer Pages Technology ..................................................................................................... 56
JavaServer Pages Standard Tag Library ..................................................................................... 56
JavaServer Faces ........................................................................................................................... 57
Java Message Service API ............................................................................................................ 57
Java Transaction API ................................................................................................................... 57
JavaMail API ................................................................................................................................. 57
JavaBeans Activation Framework .............................................................................................. 58
Java API for XML Processing ..................................................................................................... 58
Java API for XML Web Services (JAX-WS) .............................................................................. 58
Java Architecture for XML Binding (JAXB) ............................................................................. 59
SOAP with Attachments API for Java ........................................................................................ 59
Java API for XML Registries ....................................................................................................... 59
J2EE Connector Architecture ..................................................................................................... 59
Java Database Connectivity API ................................................................................................. 60
Java Persistence API ..................................................................................................................... 60
Java Naming and Directory Interface ........................................................................................ 60
Java Authentication and Authorization Service ....................................................................... 61
Simplied Systems Integration ................................................................................................... 61
Sun Java System Application Server 9.1 ............................................................................................ 62
Tools .............................................................................................................................................. 62
2 Using the Tutorial Examples ..............................................................................................................65
Required Software ............................................................................................................................... 65
Tutorial Bundle ............................................................................................................................ 65
Java Platform, Standard Edition ................................................................................................. 66
Sun Java System Application Server 9.1 ..................................................................................... 66
NetBeans IDE ............................................................................................................................... 67
Apache Ant ................................................................................................................................... 67
Starting and Stopping the Application Server .................................................................................. 68
Starting the Admin Console ............................................................................................................... 69
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Starting and Stopping the Java DB Database Server ........................................................................ 69
Building the Examples ........................................................................................................................ 69
Building the Examples Using NetBeans IDE ............................................................................ 69
Building the Examples on the Command-Line Using Ant ..................................................... 70
Tutorial Example Directory Structure .............................................................................................. 71
Debugging Java EE Applications ....................................................................................................... 72
Using the Server Log .................................................................................................................... 72
Using a Debugger ......................................................................................................................... 72
Part II TheWeb Tier ......................................................................................................................................... 75
3 Getting Started with Web Applications ........................................................................................... 77
Web Applications ................................................................................................................................ 77
Web Application Life Cycle ................................................................................................................ 80
Web Modules ....................................................................................................................................... 81
Packaging Web Modules .............................................................................................................83
Deploying a WAR File ................................................................................................................. 84
Testing Deployed Web Modules ................................................................................................ 85
Listing Deployed Web Modules ................................................................................................. 86
Updating Web Modules ..............................................................................................................86
Undeploying Web Modules ........................................................................................................ 88
Conguring Web Applications .......................................................................................................... 89
Mapping URLs to Web Components ........................................................................................ 89
Declaring Welcome Files ............................................................................................................ 91
Setting Initialization Parameters ................................................................................................ 92
Mapping Errors to Error Screens ............................................................................................... 93
Declaring Resource References .................................................................................................. 94
Duke’s Bookstore Examples ............................................................................................................... 96
Accessing Databases from Web Applications .................................................................................. 97
Populating the Example Database ............................................................................................. 97
Creating a Data Source in the Application Server .................................................................... 97
Further Information about Web Applications ................................................................................. 98
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