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Sams Teach Yourself BEA WebLogic Server 7.0™ in 21 Days
By Mandar S. Chitnis, Lakshmi Ananthamurthy, Pravin S. Tiwari
Publisher	: Sams Publishing
Date Published	: October 23, 2002
ISBN	: 0-672-32433-4
Pages	: 816
	Copyright
		Acknowledgments
		About the Authors
		Tell Us What You Think!
			Reader Services
		Introduction
			This Book Is for You
			How This Book Is Organized
			Source Code and Updates
			Conventions Used in the Book
		Week 1.  WebLogic Server Fundamentals
			Day 1.  Introduction to BEA WebLogic Server 7.0
				Evolution of Application Servers
				WebLogic Server 7.0
				WebLogic Server 7.0 Features
				Useful Tools in WebLogic Server 7.0
				Summary
				Q&A
				Workshop
				Quiz
			Day 2.  Understanding J2EE Concepts
				Java 2 Enterprise Edition 1.3
				Java Servlet API
				JavaServer Pages (JSPs)
				Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) API
				Java Naming and Directory Interface (JNDI) API
				Enterprise JavaBeans (EJBs)
				Java Transaction API
				Java Message Service (JMS) API
				J2EE Connector Architecture (JCA)
				Enterprise Application Architectures
				The Airline Ticket Booking System Example
				Summary
				Q&A
				Workshop
				Quiz
			Day 3.  Working with Servlets
				Introduction to Servlets
				Core HTTP Servlet API
				Sessions
				Session Handling: URL Rewriting
				Session Handling: Cookies
				Session Handling: HttpSession API
				Summary
				Q&A
				Workshop
				Quiz
				Exercises
			Day 4.  Advanced Servlet Techniques
				Inter-servlet Communication
				Extending the BookShoppingServlet with BookCheckOutServlet
				Sample Program: Writing a Servlet Chain for the BookShoppingServlet
				Filters
				Extending Your BookShoppingServlet with a Simple Logging Filter
				Sample Program: Writing Filters for the BookShoppingServlet
				Listeners and Events
				Sample Program: Writing Listeners for the BookShoppingServlet
				Setting WebLogic Server Specific Parameters
				Sample MVC Application: Controller Servlet
				Summary
				Q&A
				Workshop
				Quiz
				Exercises
			Day 5.  Writing JavaServer Pages (JSP)
				JavaServer Pages and Servlets: A Comparison
				Life Cycle of JSPs
				Flowchart for Developing JSPs
				Directive Tag
				declaration Tag
				expression Tag
				scriptlet Tag
				Action Tags
				Implicit Variables
				Rewriting BookShoppingServlet Using JSPs
				Sample Program
				Summary
				Q&A
				Workshop
				Quiz
				Exercises
			Day 6.  Advanced JavaServer Pages Techniques
				Flowchart for Developing a Custom Tag Library
				Writing a Custom JSP Tag Library
				WebLogic's JSP Tag Library
				Sample Program: Writing Your Custom Tag Library
				Model View Controller Application: View
				Summary
				Q&A
				Workshop
				Quiz
				Exercises
			Day 7.  Using JDBC
				Introduction to JDBC
				JDBC Concepts
				WebLogic's Support for JDBC
				Connections
				Connection Pools
				Configuring Connection Pools in WebLogic Server
				MultiPool
				DataSources
				Performance Tuning Your JDBC WebLogic Applications
				Summary
				Q&A
				Workshop
				Quiz
				Exercises
		Week 2.  Advanced Features of WebLogic
			Day 8.  Advanced JDBC Database Techniques
				Life Cycle of a JDBC Application
				Flowchart for Developing JDBC Applications
				The Statement Interface
				The PreparedStatement Interface
				The CallableStatement Interface
				The ResultSet Interface
				The ResultSetMetadata Interface
				SQL3 Data Types
				The RowSet Interface
				Sample Program
				Handling SQL Exceptions
				A Small Note on JDO and JDBC 3.0
				Summary
				Q&A
				Workshop
				Quiz
				Exercises
			Day 9.  Writing Enterprise Applications with JNDI
				WebLogic's Support for JNDI
				Life Cycle of a JNDI Application (Server and Client)
				Naming-Service Concepts
				Directory Service Concepts
				The Java Naming and Directory Interface
				Sample Program
				Summary
				Q&A
				Workshop
				Quiz
				Exercises
			Day 10.  Stateful Session Beans
				WebLogic's Support for Enterprise JavaBeans
				Life Cycle of a Stateful Session EJB
				Session Bean Concepts
				Strategies for Implementing EJBObject or EJBLocalObject Request Delegation
				Sample Program Restaurant
				Summary
				Q&A
				Workshop
				Quiz
				Exercises
			Day 11.  Creating Stateless Session Beans
				Life Cycle of a Stateless Session EJB
				Stateless Session Bean Concepts
				Components of a Stateless Session EJB
				Sample Program: Restaurant
				Accessing a Session Bean from CORBA and RMI Clients
				MVC Application Model Layer: Stateful and Stateless Session Beans
				Summary
				Q&A
				Workshop
				Quiz
				Exercise
			Day 12.  Developing Entity Beans Using Container-Managed Persistence
				EJBs and Persistence
				WebLogic's Support for Entity Beans
				Life Cycle of an Entity EJB
				Flowchart for Developing an Entity Bean Using CMP
				Entity Bean Concepts
				Components of an Entity Bean
				Internal Classes and Interfaces of an Entity Bean
				Container-Managed Persistence
				EJB QL
				WebLogic QL (WLQL)
				Sample Program Restaurant
				Summary
				Q&A
				Workshop
				Quiz
				Exercise
			Day 13.  Developing Entity Beans Using Bean-Managed Persistence
				Bean-Managed Persistence Concepts
				Components of an Entity Bean Using BMP
				Bean-Managed Persistence and Container-Managed Persistence A Comparison
				Sample Program: Implementing the ItemBean Entity Bean in the Restaurant Application Using BMP
				Java Data Objects An Alternative to Bean-Managed Persistence
				EJB to JSP Integration Tool
				MVC Application
				Summary
				Q&A
				Workshop
				Quiz
				Exercise
			Day 14.  Understanding JTA Transactions
				Introduction to Transactions
				Transaction Life Cycle
				ACID Properties
				Transaction Architecture
				Java Transaction API
				Transaction Attributes
				Transactions in WebLogic
				Summary
				Q&A
				Workshop
				Quiz
				Exercise
		Week 3.  Additional WebLogic Features
			Day 15.  Using the JMS API
				Introduction to Messaging
				JMS API
				JMS API Architecture
				WebLogic Support for JMS
				Life Cycle of a JMS Application
				Configuring Your Destination in WebLogic Server
				Sample Program
				Message-Driven Beans
				Summary
				Q&A
				Workshop
				Quiz
				Exercise
			Day 16.  Deploying Applications
				Before You Assemble the MVC Application
				Assembling Your MVC Application
				Deploying the MVC Application
				Running Your MVC Application
				Important Development Tips
				Troubleshooting
				Summary
				Q&A
				Quiz
			Day 17.  Debugging Applications
				Introduction to Debugging Techniques
				Debugging
				Assertion
				Tracing
				Logging
				Summary
				Q&A
			Day 18.  WebLogic Administration and Security
				Administering Your WebLogic Server
				WebLogic Security
				Summary
				Q&A
				Quiz
			Day 19.  Using WebLogic Tools
				Development Tools
				Compiler Tools
				Deployment Tools
				Administration Tools
				Summary
				Q&A
			Day 20.  Other Tools Supported by WebLogic
				jCOM Concepts
				Supporting Tools for jCOM
				COM to WebLogic Server Communication
				WebLogic Server to COM Communication
				XML Concepts
				XML Parser APIs
				Summary
				Q&A
				Workshop
				Quiz
			Day 21.  J2EE Connector Architecture
				Introduction to JCA
				JCA Concepts
				Resource Adapter (RA)
				System Contracts
				Application Contracts
				Deploying a Resource Adapter in WebLogic Server
				Configuring JCA Connection in WebLogic Server
				Sample Program Using the Common Client Interface
				Summary
				Q&A
				Workshop
				Quiz
		Bonus Day At a Glance
			Day 22.  Working with Web Services
				Introduction
				Web Services Concepts
				SOAP
				WSDL
				UDDI
				Web Services in WebLogic
				WebLogic Server 7.0 and JAX-RPC
				Deploying Web Services in WebLogic Server 7.0
				J2EE Web Services Versus .NET
				Summary
				Q&A
				Workshop
				Quiz
		Appendices
			Appendix A.  Answers to the Quiz and Exercise Questions
				Day 1
				Day 2
				Day 3
				Day 4
				Day 5
				Day 6
				Day 7
				Day 8
				Day 9
				Day 10
				Day 11
				Day 12
				Day 13
				Day 14
				Day 15
				Day 16
				Day 18
				Day 20
				Day 21
				Day 22
			Appendix B.  Installing and Customizing WebLogic
				Where to Get the WebLogic 7.0 Installable Files
				System Requirements
				Methods of Installation
				Configuring Your Domain Using the Configuration Wizard
				WebLogic Constituents and Directory Structure
				Steps after Installation
				Important Files
				Customizing Your Development Environment
				Configuring a Virtual Host for Your Application
				Setting Up Your HTTP Access Logs
				Setting Up Your WebLogic Server to Prevent Overloading with Phony Requests
				Summary
			Appendix C.  Source Code for the MVC Application
				Listing for JSPs (Web Components)
				Listing of Servlet (Controller): AirlineTicketBookingServlet (Web Component)
				Utility Files (EJB Components)
				Constants Files (EJB Components)
				EJBs: Entity Beans (EJB Components)
				EJBs: Session Beans (EJB Components)
				Business Objects (EJB Components)
				Exception Files (EJB Components)
				Deployment Descriptors
				Batch Files
				SQL Script