Cover -- Copyright -- About the Authors -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Introduction to Java EE for IBM WebSphere Application Server, Version 7.0 -- What Is WebSphere? -- A Brief History of Java EE -- The WebSphere Java EE Toolset -- Summary -- Chapter 2: Introduction to IBM Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software, Version 7.5 -- Introducing Perspectives, Views, and Editors -- Commonly Used Perspectives -- IBM Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software Testing Scenarios -- Setting Up the WebSphere Test Environment -- Using the Test Environment to Test Web Components -- Using the Universal Test Client to Test EJBs -- Summary -- Chapter 3: Servlets -- Web Applications -- Introducing Servlets -- Using Servlets -- Servlet Process Flow -- Servlet Life Cycle -- The Servlet Request and Response -- Encoded Data -- GET and POST Requests -- Handling GET Requests -- Handling POST Requests -- Creating and Testing Servlets -- Creating a Dynamic Web Project -- Web Project Folder Structure -- Creating Servlets -- Running the Servlet -- Producing a Response -- Using the Debugger for Servlets -- State Management Using HTTP -- Cookies -- Creating Cookies -- HTTP Session Management -- URL Encoding -- Enabling URL Encoding within Application Developer -- The Model-View-Controller (MVC) Design Pattern -- Using a Request Dispatcher -- Saving Data into the ServletContext -- Best Practices for Saving Servlet Data -- Data Transfer Objects (DTOs) -- Application Lifecycle Events -- Event Types -- Storing and Removing Data -- Binding Listener Example -- Attribute and Life-cycle Event Listeners -- Creating Web Application Life-cycle Event Listeners -- Filters -- Summary -- Chapter 4: JavaServer Pages -- Introducing JavaServer Pages (JSP) -- JSP Syntax -- Overview of JSTLs -- Summary -- Chapter 5: JavaServer Faces (JSF) -- Introducing JSF.

JSF Architecture -- JSF Request-Processing Lifecycle -- JSF Application Architecture -- JSF Syntax -- Implicit JSF Objects -- Using JSF and Rational Application Developer for Development -- Summary -- Chapter 6: Struts -- Introducing Struts -- Struts Architecture -- Struts Application Architecture -- Struts Tag Library Syntax -- Using Struts and Rational Application Developer for Development -- Comparison of Struts and JSF -- Summary -- Chapter 7: Java Persistence API -- Entities -- Persistence and the Java EE Container -- Finding and Updating Entities Using Named Queries -- JPA Persistence Strategies -- Summary -- Chapter 8: Session Enterprise JavaBeans -- Session Beans and the EJB Architecture -- The Lifecycle of Session Beans in the Java EE Architecture -- Developing a Session Bean in Rational Application Developer -- Summary -- Chapter 9: Message-Driven Enterprise JavaBeans -- A Java Message Service (JMS) Primer -- Basic Messaging Administration -- Developing the MDB -- Summary -- Chapter 10: EJB Client Programming -- Available Client Models -- Clients to Entity Objects -- Accessing EJBs from Other Java EE Components -- Running the IBM Thin Client for EJBs -- Clients to Message-Driven EJBs -- Summary -- Chapter 11: Transactions -- Introduction -- The Need for Transactions -- Transaction Properties -- Transaction Types -- Transaction Support in WebSphere Application Server Version 7 -- Best Practices of Using Transactions in EJB -- Summary -- Chapter 12: Security -- Introduction -- Security Basics -- Java EE Application Security -- Securing Web Modules -- Securing EJB Modules -- Securing Enterprise Applications -- Application Client Security -- WebSphere Security -- Summary -- Chapter 13: Web Services -- Introduction -- Web Services Architecture -- Web Services Standards -- Developing Web Services Using Rational Application Developer.

Testing Web Services in Rational Application Developer -- Security of Web Services Using Rational Application Developer -- Summary -- Chapter 14: Web Services Client Programming -- Introduction -- Requirements for Web Services Clients -- Java Web Service Clients -- Developing a Web Service Client in Rational Application Developer -- Summary -- Chapter 15: Profiling and Debugging -- Profiling Background and Overview -- Profiling Setup Procedures -- Probekits -- The Profiling Perspective -- Runtime Problem Determination -- Remote Debug Background -- WebSphere Application Server Debug Procedures -- Creating a Debug Script from the Command Line -- Summary -- Chapter 16: Packaging and Deployment -- Naming -- Deployment Descriptors -- References -- Security -- Packaging -- Installing -- Summary -- Chapter 17: WebSphere Administration -- Server Configuration -- Data Source Configuration -- Security -- Installing Applications -- Summary.