Java 2 Enterprise Edition 1.4 Bible -- About the Authors -- Credits -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Contents at a Glance -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part I: Introduction -- Chapter 1: Understanding Java and the J2EE Platform -- Reviewing a Brief History of Java -- Understanding J2SE -- Examining the Origin of ( J2EE) -- Working with the Model-View-Controller -- Understanding J2EE APIs -- Discovering What's New in J2EE 1.4 -- Looking toward the Future of J2EE -- Understanding the Java Community Process ( JCP) -- Summary -- Chapter 2: Reviewing XML Fundamentals -- Explaining XML -- Understanding XML Document Structure -- Examining XML Parsers -- Implementing XML DTDs -- Understanding XML Namespaces -- Exploring XML Schema -- Working with eXtensible Stylesheet Language Transformations ( XSLT) -- Introducing J2EE XML - Based APIs -- Summary -- Chapter 3: Introducing Application Servers -- Implementing the J2EE Platform -- Understanding the Features of an Application Server -- Examining Full J2EE Implementations -- Examining Partial J2EE Implementations -- Avoiding Vendor Lock-In -- Summary -- Chapter 4: Understanding Remote Method Invocation -- Providing an Overview of RMI -- Developing Applications with RMI -- Pushing Data from the RMI Server -- RMI over Inter-ORB Protocol ( IIOP) -- Summary -- Part II: The Presentation Tier -- Chapter 5: Studying Servlet Programming -- Creating a Magazine Publisher Application Using Servlets -- Using the Servlet Context -- Performing URL Redirection -- Examining the web. xml Deployment Descriptor -- What's New in the Servlet 2.4 Specification -- Summary -- Chapter 6: Going Over JSP Basics -- Introducing JSP -- Examining MVC and JSP -- JSP Scripting Elements and Directives -- Working with Variable Scopes -- Error Pages -- Using JavaBeans -- Designing an Online Store with JSP.

Airline Reservations Business Case -- Summary -- Chapter 7: Using JSP Tag Extensions -- Why Use Tag Extensions? -- Explaining Custom-Tag Concepts -- Explaining taglib Mapping -- Understanding Tag Handlers -- Exploring Dynamic Attributes -- Summary -- Part III: The Enterprise Information System Tier -- Chapter 8: Working with JavaMail -- Exploring the " Hello World" of JavaMail -- Understanding the Protocols for JavaMail -- JavaMail Components -- Using the JavaMail API -- Integrating JavaMail into J2EE -- Summary -- Chapter 9: Understanding the Java Messaging Service -- Explaining Messaging -- Introducing JMS -- Examining Messaging Models -- Understanding the Major JMS Components -- Configuring JMS -- Connexia Airlines Point-to-Point Messaging Business Case -- Magazine-Publisher Publish-Subscribe Messaging Business Case -- Explaining Reliable Messaging -- Introducing Message-Driven Enterprise JavaBeans -- Summary -- Chapter 10: Introducing Java Transactions -- What Are Atomic Transactions? -- Examining Transactional Objects and Participants -- Reviewing Atomicity and the Two-Phase Commit Protocol -- Understanding Local and Distributed Transactions -- Understanding Consistency -- Introducing Isolation ( Serializability) -- Understanding the Role of Durability -- Performing Failure Recovery -- Using Transaction-Processing Monitors -- Transaction Models -- Understanding Transaction Standards -- Understanding the Java Transaction API -- Airline Reservation Using Transactions Business Case -- Summary -- Chapter 11: Examining JNDI and Directory Services -- Explaining Naming Services and Directory Services -- Providing an Overview of X. 500 and LDAP -- Reviewing the JNDI Structure -- Using JNDI and LDAP -- Connecting to DNS -- Considering Other JNDI Service Providers -- Exploring the Enterprise JavaBean Environment -- Airline Reservations Business Case.

Magazine Publisher Business Case -- Summary -- Chapter 12: Understanding Java Authentication and Authorization Services -- Examining the Importance of Java Security -- Understanding Security Realms -- Examining the Java Subject Class -- Authenticating Users -- Debugging the Simple JAAS Module -- Connexia Airlines Business Case -- Summary -- Chapter 13: Exploring Java Cryptography Extensions -- Grasping the Basic Terminology -- Reviewing the Java Cryptography Package -- Writing a Java Program Using JCE -- Magazine Publisher Business Case -- Airline Reservations Business Case -- Summary -- Part IV: The Service Tier -- Chapter 14: Understanding EJB Architecture and Design -- Explaining the EJB Component Model -- Reviewing Roles, Relationships, and Responsibilities -- The Enterprise JavaBean -- Understanding EJB Container Functionality -- Integrating with CORBA -- Performance and Scalability Issues -- Summary -- Chapter 15: Explaining Session Beans and Business Logic -- Writing a Session EJB -- Connexia Airlines Business Case -- Implementing the Session Synchronization Interface -- Storing a Handle -- Collecting Payment Business Case -- Choosing between Stateless and Stateful Beans -- Summary -- Chapter 16: Working with Entity Beans -- Understanding Entity Beans -- Summary -- Chapter 17: Using Message-Driven Beans -- Understanding the Need for MDB -- Reviewing MDB Lifecycle Methods -- Examining MDB Deployment Descriptors -- Understanding Clients and MDB -- Working with EJBs Asynchronously -- Summary -- Part V: The Data Tier -- Chapter 18: Reviewing Java Database Connectivity -- Introducing JDBC Driver Types -- Creating Your First JDBC Program -- Performing Batch Updates -- Using Savepoints -- Configuring the JDBC-ODBC Bridge -- Explaining Database Connection Pools and Data Sources -- Revisiting DBProcessor -- Using the RowSet Interface -- Summary.

Chapter 19: Understanding the J2EE Connector Architecture -- Examining the Contracts -- The Common Client Interface ( CCI) -- Packaging and Deployment -- Summary -- Part VI: Web Services -- Chapter 20: Introducing Web Services -- Defining Web Services -- Why Do We Need Web Services? -- Examining Some Web-Service Scenarios -- Understanding the Technologies behind Web Services -- Summary -- Chapter 21: Digging Deeper into SOAP, WSDL, and UDDI -- Understanding the SOAP Message Architecture -- Explaining WSDL -- Examining UDDI -- Summary -- Chapter 22: Understanding J2EE Web Services -- Integrating J2EE and Web Services -- JSR 109 - J2EE Web Services -- Summary -- Part VII: Patterns -- Chapter 23: Reviewing Presentation-Tier Patterns -- Providing an Overview of Patterns -- Explaining the Session Pattern -- Understanding the Router Pattern -- Reviewing the Model-View-Controller Pattern -- Using the Front-Controller Pattern -- Working with the View-Helper Pattern -- Using the Composite-View Pattern -- Using the Intercepting-Filter Pattern -- Summary -- Chapter 24: Working with Service-Tier Patterns -- Introducing Service-Tier Patterns -- Using the Business-Delegate Pattern -- Understanding the Value-Object Pattern -- Exploring the Session-Facade Pattern -- Explaining the Composite-Entity Pattern -- Using the Service-Locator Pattern -- Working with the Half-Object-Plus-Protocol Pattern -- Summary -- Chapter 25: Using Data-Tier Patterns -- Introducing the Data-Access-Object Pattern -- Implementing the Data-Access-Object Pattern -- Using the Service-Activator Pattern -- Implementing the Service-Activator Pattern -- Examining the Transfer-Object Pattern -- Summary -- Part VIII: Advanced Topics -- Chapter 26: Exploring Frameworks and Application Architecture -- What are Frameworks? -- Understanding Framework Principles.

Understanding Framework Objectives and Benefits -- Reviewing Application Architecture beyond Frameworks -- Building Your Own Framework -- Predicting the Future of Frameworks -- Alternatives to Frameworks -- Evaluating Frameworks -- Summary -- Chapter 27: Using ANT to Build and Deploy Applications -- Introducing ANT -- Getting Comfortable with ANT Vocabulary -- Putting It All Together -- Summary -- Chapter 28: Creating High-Performance Java Applications -- Understanding Different Types of Problems -- Isolating Problems -- Logging -- Managing Memory-Usage Problems -- Summary -- Appendix A: Airline Reservations Business Case -- Executive Summary -- Mission Statement -- The Management Team -- Technology Overview -- Examples in this Book -- Appendix B: Magazine Publisher Business Case -- Executive Summary -- Mission Statement -- Technology Overview -- Examples in this Book -- Appendix C: Additional Reading and References -- Architecture -- BEA WebLogic -- Corba -- Frameworks -- IBM WebSphere -- Jakarta -- Java -- J2EE -- JMS -- Patterns -- UML -- Web Services -- XML -- Miscellaneous Java Books -- Other -- References by Chapter -- Chapter 4, " Understanding Remote Method Invocation" -- Chapter 5, " Studying Servlet Programming" -- Chapter 6, " Going Over JSP Basics" -- Chapter 11, " Examining JNDI and Directory Services" -- Chapter 12, " Understanding Java Authentication and Authorization Services" -- Chapter 17, " Using Message-Driven Beans" -- Chapter 18, " Reviewing Java Database Connectivity" -- Chapter 20, " Introducing Web Services" -- Index.