Using Your Sybex Electronic Book -- Java 2: Web Developer Certification Study Guide -- Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- What Is the Sun Certified Web Component Developer for J2EE Certification? -- Why Become a Sun Certified Programmer? -- How to Become a Sun Certified Programmer -- Who Should Buy This Book? -- How to Use This Book and the CD -- Tips for Taking the Exam -- About the Author -- Assessment Test -- Answers to Assessment Test -- Chapter 1: The Web Client Model -- Introduction to the J2EE Model -- HTML -- HTML Tags -- Query String -- URI -- HTTP -- The Client Request -- The Server Response -- Request Methods -- Summary -- Exam Essentials -- Key Terms -- Review Questions -- Answers to Review Questions -- Chapter 2: The Servlet Model -- The Servlet Methods -- doXXX (...) -- doGet (...) -- doPost (…) -- doPut (…) -- doHead (…) -- doDelete (…) -- doOptions (…) -- doTrace (…) -- The Request -- ServletRequest and ServletResponse Interface -- HttpServletRequest and HTTPServletResponse Interfaces -- The Session -- The Servlet Life Cycle -- Summary -- Exam Essentials -- Key Terms -- Review Questions -- Answers to Review Questions -- Chapter 3: Servlet Web Applications -- Understanding a Web Application -- Understanding a Directory Structure -- The Context -- Client-Viewed Files -- Using Deployment Descriptor Tags -- Basic Servlet Tags -- Initialization Parameters -- Mapping the URL to the Servlet -- Session Configuration -- MIME Type Mappings -- Welcome File List -- Summary -- Exam Essentials -- Review Questions -- Answers to Review Questions -- Chapter 4: The Servlet Container Model -- ServletContext -- ServletContext Methods and Attributes -- Listener Interfaces and Event Classes -- HttpSession -- HttpSessionListener -- HttpSessionAttributeListener -- HttpSessionActivationListener -- HttpSessionBindingListener.

Distributable Environment -- Deployment Descriptor -- Distributed Containers -- Filters -- The Life Cycle -- The Filter -- Summary -- Exam Essentials -- Key Terms -- Review Questions -- Answers to Review Questions -- Chapter 5: Handling Exceptions -- Problem Notification -- sendError -- setStatus -- Error Pages -- Static Error Page -- Dynamic Error Page -- Passing the Error -- Logging Messages -- Reporting Messages -- Servlet Exceptions -- ServletException -- UnavailableException -- Exception Pages -- Summary -- Exam Essentials -- Key Terms -- Review Questions -- Answers to Review Questions -- Chapter 6: Session Management -- Tracking Sessions -- Using Hidden Form Fields -- Rewriting the URL -- Using Cookies -- Using the HttpSession Object -- HttpSessionBindingListener -- HttpSessionListener -- Invalidating Sessions -- Summary -- Exam Essentials -- Key Terms -- Review Questions -- Answers to Review Questions -- Chapter 7: Secure Web Applications -- Security Issues -- Authentication and Authorization -- Data Integrity -- Auditing -- Malicious Code -- Website Attacks -- Authentication Types -- BASIC -- FORM -- DIGEST -- CLIENT-CERT -- Deployment Descriptor Tags -- Summary -- Exam Essentials -- Key Terms -- Review Questions -- Answers to Review Questions -- Chapter 8: Thread-Safe Servlets -- Variables and Attributes -- Local Variables -- Instance Variables -- Class Variables -- Request Attributes -- Session Attributes -- Context Attributes -- Single-Threaded Servlets -- Single versus Multithreaded Servlets -- Summary -- Exam Essentials -- Key Terms -- Review Questions -- Answers to Review Questions -- Chapter 9: Java Server Pages (JSPs) -- The JSP Model -- JSP Life Cycle -- JSP Elements -- Hidden Comment -- Declaration -- Expression -- Scriptlet -- Directive -- Implicit Objects -- Actions -- jsp:include -- jsp:forward -- jsp:plugin -- jsp:param.

jsp:useBean -- Summary -- Exam Essentials -- Key Terms -- Review Questions -- Answers to Review Questions -- Chapter 10: Using Custom Tags -- A Basic Custom Tag -- Defining a Tag -- Using the taglib Element -- Tag Handler -- Tag Interface -- IterationTag Interface -- BodyTag Interface -- Support Classes -- Summary -- Exam Essentials -- Key Terms -- Review Questions -- Answers to Review Questions -- Chapter 11: Web Tier Design Patterns -- Server Tier Components -- Entity Beans -- Session Beans -- Value Object Pattern -- Updateable (or Mutable) Value Object -- Multiple Value Objects -- Entity Inherits Value Object -- Value Object Factory -- Advantages and Disadvantages -- Data Access Object Pattern -- Basic Database Access Object -- Automatic Code Generated Data Access Object -- Factory for Data Access Object -- Advantages and Disadvantages -- Business Delegate Pattern -- Delegate Proxy -- Delegate Adapter -- Advantages and Disadvantages -- Model View Controller Pattern -- JSP to Servlet -- Servlet to JSP -- Advantages and Disadvantages -- Summary -- Exam Essentials -- Key Terms -- Review Questions -- Answers to Review Questions -- Glossary -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.