GlassFish is a free, open-source Java EE 5-compliant application server that is quickly gaining massive popularity.
This book explains GlassFish installation and configuration, and then moves on to Java EE 5 application development, covering all major Java EE 5 APIs.
Chapter 1 provides an overview of Glassfish, including how to install it, configure it, and verify the installation.
Chapter 2 covers how to develop server-side web applications using the Servlet API.
Chapter 3 explains how to develop web applications using JavaServer Pages (JSPs), including how to develop and use JSP custom tags.
Chapter 4 discusses how to develop Java EE applications that interact with a relational database system through the Java Persistence API (JPA) and through the Java Database Connectivity API (JDBC).
Chapter 5 explains how to use the JSP Standard Tag Library (JSTL) when developing JavaServer Pages.
Chapter 6 covers how to develop applications using the JavaServer Faces (JSF) component framework to build web applications.
Chapter 7 explains how to develop messaging applications though the Java Messaging Service (JMS) API.
Chapter 8 covers securing J2EE applications through the Java Authentication and Authorization Service (JAAS).
Chapter 9 discusses how to develop Enterprise Java Beans that adhere to the EJB 3 specification.
Chapter 10 explains how to develop and deploy web services that conform to the JAX-WS 2.1 specification.
Chapter 11 covers frameworks that build on top of the Java EE 5 specification, including Seam, Facelets, and Ajax4Jsf.
The appendices cover some of the advanced features of the GlassFish server.
What you will learn from this bookHow to install and configure GlassFish
How to develop web applications using JSPs, JSTL, Servlets, and JSF
How to develop applications that interact with relational database systems through the Java Persistence API and JDBC
How to develop applications using EJB 3, including how to take advantage of container-managed transactions and EJB declarative security through annotations
How to implement messaging applications through the JMS API
How to secure Java EE applications via the JAAS API, including how to implement custom security realms
How to build applications using frameworks that build on top of the Java EE 5 specification, including Seam, Facelets, and Ajax4jsfWho this book is written for
This book is aimed at Java developers wishing to become proficient with Java EE 5, who are expected to have some experience with Java and to have developed and deployed applications in the past, but need no previous knowledge of Java EE or J2EE. It teaches the reader how to use GlassFish to develop and deploy applications.
About the Author
David Heffelfinger has been developing software professionally since 1995, he has been using Java as his primary programming language since 1996. He has worked on many large scale projects for several clients including Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae and the US Department of Defense. He has a Masters degree in Software Engineering from Southern Methodist University. David is editor in chief of Ensode.net (http://www.ensode.net), a web site about Java, Linux and other technology topics.
Russ Miles