Book Excerpts : Java EE 5 Development Ising GlassFish Application Server :

Java EE 5 Development Using GlassFish Application Server

by David Heffelfinger

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.

What You Will Learn from This Book

  • How 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 Ajax4jsf

Approach

The book aims to speed up the reader in Java EE 5 development. All major Java EE 5 APIs and the details of the GlassFish server are covered followed by examples of its use.

Download this excerpt from Chapter 6: "Java Server Faces".

Reproduced from Java EE 5 Development Using GlassFish Application Server by permission of Packt Publishing Ltd., ISBN 1847192602, copyright 2007. All rights reserved.

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