Preface

This document describes the best practices for Oracle9i Application Server (Oracle9iAS).

This preface contains these topics:

• Audience

• Documentation Accessibility

• Organization

• Related Documentation

• Conventions

Audience

This document is intended for all users of Oracle9iAS: application designers, developers, deployers, and administrators. It is assumed that the reader has sufficient knowledge about J2EE and relevant Web technologies and terms.

The reader is also assumed to be familiar with basicOracle9iAS terminology. This document does not explain the terms to the beginner, but does cover the nuances of different options that a feature may provide.

Documentation Accessibility

Our goal is to make Oracle products, services, and supporting documentation accessible, with good usability, to the disabled community. To that end, our documentation includes features that make information available to users of assistive technology. This documentation is available in HTML format, and contains markup to facilitate access by the disabled community. Standards will continue to evolve over time, and Oracle Corporation is actively engaged with other market-leading technology vendors to address technical obstacles so that our documentation can be accessible to all of our customers. For additional information, visit the Oracle Accessibility Program Web site at

http://www.oracle.com/accessibility/

Accessibility of Code Examples in Documentation

JAWS, a Windows screen reader, may not always correctly read the code examples in this document. The conventions for writing code require that closing braces should appear on an otherwise empty line; however, JAWS may not always read a line of text that consists solely of a bracket or brace.

Organization

This document contains:

Chapter 1, "Introduction"

This chapter describes the Oracle9iAS Best Practices document content.

Chapter 2, "Java Language Best Practices"

This chapter describes best practices for Java language.

Chapter 3, "J2EE Best Practices"

This chapter describes best practices for J2EE language.

Chapter 4, "Oracle9iAS Framework Best Practices"

This chapter describes best practices for Oracle9iAS framework.

Chapter 5, "Oracle9iAS Web Cache Best Practices"

This chapter describes best practices for Oracle9iAS Web Cache.

Chapter 6, "Oracle HTTP Server Best Practices"

This chapter describes best practices for Oracle HTTP Server.

Chapter 7, "Oracle9iAS Portal Best Practices"

This chapter describes best practices for Oracle9iAS Portal.

Chapter 8, "Oracle9iAS Wireless Best Practices"

This chapter describes best practices for Oracle9iAS Wireless.

Chapter 9, "Security Best Practices"

This chapter describes best practices for security.

Chapter 10, "Oracle Enterprise Manager Best Practices"

This chapter describes best practices for Oracle Enterprise Manager.

Chapter 11, "Installation Best Practices"

This chapter describes best practices for installation.

Chapter 12, "Deployment Best Practices"

This chapter describes best practices for deployment.

Chapter 13, "Miscellaneous Best Practices"

This chapter describes best practices for miscellaneous.

Appendix A, "Oracle9iAS Web Cache Best Practices Appendix"

This appendix describes additional best practices for Oracle9iAS Web Cache.

Related Documentation

For more information, see these Oracle resources:

• Oracle9iAS Documentation Library CD-ROM

• Oracle9iAS Platform Specific Documentation

• Oracle9i Application Server Install Frequently Asked Questions at:

  http://otn.oracle.com/products/ias/install-faq.html
  
  

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http://otn.oracle.com/membership/

If you already have a username and password for OTN, then you can go directly to the documentation section of the OTN Web site at

http://otn.oracle.com/documentation/content.html

Conventions

The following conventions are also used in this manual:

Convention	Meaning
. . .	Vertical ellipsis points in an example mean that information not directly related to the example has been omitted.
. . .	Horizontal ellipsis points in statements or commands mean that parts of the statement or command not directly related to the example have been omitted
boldface text	Boldface type in text indicates a term defined in the text, the glossary, or in both locations.
italic text	Italicized text indicates placeholders or variables for which you must supply particular values.
[ ]	Brackets enclose optional clauses from which you can choose one or none.