Bookpool: Oracle Application Server 10g: J2EE Deployment and Administration

Oracle Application Server 10g: J2EE Deployment and Administration focuses on the latest version of Oracle's fully J2EE-certified application server (previously called Oracle9iAS). Oracle Corp. is aggressively attacking this market with a new lost-cost version of the server, as well as a program to move BEA customers onto Oracle free of charge. Adoption interest is growing rapidly amidst favorable reports regarding performance and reliability.

Deploying and configuring J2EE applications are some of the trickiest processes in J2EE development, and they unfortunately receive scant attention in general J2EE texts. This book is a focused, no-frills guide to getting J2EE applications up and running on 10g. It covers Oracle's J2EE container, OC4J (available free of charge for development purposes), in full detail. It moves on to explain how to best configure and use the various enterprise-level features that come with the commercial editions. This is the book for anyone wanting to stay ahead in the world of Oracle’s application servers.

Ch. 1--Overview of Features, Versions, and Releases
Ch. 2--Developing with Oracle 10g AS
Ch. 3--OC4J Installation and Runtime Behavior
Ch. 4--General Server Configuration
Ch. 5--Configuring JNDI and JDBC Services
Ch. 6--Configuring Java Message Service
Ch. 7--Security
Ch. 8--Using JavaMail and Java APis for XML
Ch. 9--J2EE Application Deployment
Ch. 10--Web Applications
Ch. 11--Enterprise JavaBeans
Ch. 12--J2EE Connectors
Ch. 13--Configuring Web Services
Ch. 14--Application Clients
Ch. 15--Application and Deployment Topologies
Ch. 16--Installation and Administration
Ch. 17--Configuring J2EE Services
Ch. 18--Deploying Applications
Ch. 19--Configuring Web Caching
Ch. 20--Configuring Enterprise Security
Ch. 21--Configuring Clustering and Failover
Appendix A--Server Configuration Files and Document Type Declaration
Appendix B--Deployment Descriptors and Document Type Declaration
Appendix C--Command-Line Utility Usage
Appendix D--Debugging Tips
Index

Rob Harrop is the lead architect of UK-based software company Cake Solutions Limited (www.cakesolutions.net). As part of Cake Solutions' team, Rob has planned, designed, and built enterprise-level applications for a variety of UK- and U.S.-based clients, including the Metropolitan Police, DTi, and National Union of Students Services Limited. In his spare time, Rob is an avid reader and enjoys "playing" with new technology, his current interests being Python and JavaServer Faces.

Jan Machacek is lead programmer of UK-based software company, Cake Solutions Limited, where he has helped design and implement enterprise-level applications for a variety of UK- and US-based clients. In his spare time, Machacek enjoys exploring software architectures, nonprocedural and AI programming, and playing with computer hardware. Like a proper computer geek, Machacek loves the Star Wars and The Lord of the Rings series. He lives in Manchester in the UK and can be reached at jan@cakesolutions.net.

Erin Mulder has been working with Java since its inception. In recent years, she has helped deliver many successful Java/J2EE applications, including real-time energy usage visualization, network management for video-on-demand servers, financial market analysis, federal government accounting, and contracts management. She uses a combination of open source and commercial tools, and specializes in making them work well together. Erin has also been a technical editor for several publications and has presented on a variety of topics at Java Users Groups and the JavaOne conference.

Michael Wessler received his bachelor's degree in computer technology from Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. He is an Oracle Certified Database Administrator for Oracle 8 and 8i, an Oracle Certified Web Administrator for 9iAS, and a 10g Database Technician. He has administered Oracle databases on NT, and various flavors of UNIX and Linux, including clustered Oracle Parallel Server (OPS) environments. He also performs database and SQL/PLSQL tuning for applications. Michael has worked in many IT shops ranging from small dot-com start-ups to large government agencies and corporations. Currently, Michael is a technical manager at Perpetual Technologies Inc., consulting for the U.S. Department of Defense.

In addition to Oracle DBA consulting, Michael has worked extensively as an Oracle 9iAS Web Application Server Administrator. He manages multiple web applications for the Department of Defense and consults at various government agencies and in the private sector. Michael also frequently lectures on 9iAS and teaches Oracle Performance Tuning classes. Michael is the author of Oracle DBA on UNIX and Linux and coauthor of Oracle Unleashed, Second Edition, UNIX Primer Plus, Third Edition, COBOL Unleashed, and UNIX Unleashed, Fourth Edition. Michael can be reached through his website, http://mike.wessler.name.

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