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Sun Java System Application Server Platform Edition 8 Developer's Guide 

About This Guide

This guide describes how to create and run Java™ 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE™ platform) applications that follow the new open Java standards model for Java™ Servlet, JavaServer Pages™ (JSP™), Enterprise JavaBeans™ (EJB™), and other J2EE components in the Sun Java™ System Application Server Platform Edition 8 environment. In addition to describing programming concepts and tasks, this guide offers sample code, implementation tips, reference material, and a glossary. Topics include application design, developer tools, security, assembly, deployment, debugging, and creating lifecycle modules.

This preface contains information about the following topics:


Who Should Use This Guide

The intended audience for this guide is the person who develops, assembles, and deploys J2EE applications in a corporate enterprise.

This guide assumes you are familiar with the following topics:


Using the Documentation

The Sun Java System Application Server Platform Edition manuals are available as online files in Portable Document Format (PDF) and Hypertext Markup Language (HTML).

The following table lists tasks and concepts described in the Sun Java System Application Server manuals.

Table 1  Sun Java System Application Server Documentation Roadmap 

For information about

See the following

Late-breaking information about the software and the documentation. Includes a comprehensive, table-based summary of supported hardware, operating system, JDK, and JDBC/RDBMS.

Release Notes

Installing the Sun Java System Application Server software and its components, such as sample applications, the Administration Console, and the high-availability components. Instructions for implementing a basic high-availability configuration are included.

Installation Guide

Creating and implementing Java™ 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE™ platform) applications intended to run on the Sun Java System Application Server that follow the open Java standards model for J2EE components and APIs. Includes general information about application design, developer tools, security, assembly, deployment, debugging, and creating lifecycle modules. A comprehensive Sun Java System Application Server glossary is included.

Developer’s Guide

Using J2EE 1.4 platform technologies and APIs to develop J2EE applications and deploying the applications on the Sun Java System Application Server.

J2EE 1.4 Tutorial

Information and instructions on the configuration, management, and deployment of the Sun Java System Application Server subsystems and components, from both the Administration Console and the command-line interface. Topics include cluster management, the high-availability database, load balancing, and session persistence. A comprehensive Sun Java System Application Server glossary is included.

Administration Guide

Editing the Sun Java System Application Server configuration file, domain.xml.

Reference

Migrating your applications to the new Sun Java System Application Server programming model, specifically from iPlanet Application Server 6.x and from Netscape Application Server 4.0. Includes a sample migration.

Migrating and Redeploying Server Applications Guide

Information on solving Sun Java System Application Server problems.

Troubleshooting Guide

Utility commands available with the Sun Java System Application Server; written in manpage style.

Utility Reference Manual

Using the Sun™ Java System Message Queue 3.5 software.

The Sun Java System Message Queue documentation at:

http://docs.sun.com/db?p=prod/s1.s1msgqu


How This Guide Is Organized

This guide provides a Sun Java System Application Server environment overview for developing applications, and includes the following topics:

Finally, an Index is provided.


Related Information

You can find a directory of URLs for the official specifications at install_dir/docs/index.htm. Additionally, the following resources may be useful:

General J2EE Information:

The J2EE 1.4 Tutorial:

http://java.sun.com/j2ee/1.4/docs/tutorial/doc/index.html

Core J2EE Patterns: Best Practices and Design Strategies by Deepak Alur, John Crupi, & Dan Malks, Prentice Hall Publishing

Java Security, by Scott Oaks, O’Reilly Publishing

Programming with Servlets and JSPs:

Java Servlet Programming, by Jason Hunter, O’Reilly Publishing

Java Threads, 2nd Edition, by Scott Oaks & Henry Wong, O’Reilly Publishing

Programming with EJB components:

Enterprise JavaBeans, by Richard Monson-Haefel, O’Reilly Publishing

Programming with JDBC:

Database Programming with JDBC and Java, by George Reese, O’Reilly Publishing

JDBC Database Access With Java: A Tutorial and Annotated Reference (Java Series), by Graham Hamilton, Rick Cattell, & Maydene Fisher


Documentation Conventions

This section describes the types of conventions used throughout this guide:

General Conventions

The following general conventions are used in this guide:

Conventions Referring to Directories

By default, when using the Solaris package-based or Linux RPM-based installation, the application server files are spread across several root directories. This guide uses the following document conventions to correspond to the various default installation directories provided:


Contacting Sun

You might want to contact Sun Microsystems in order to:

Give Us Feedback

If you have general feedback on the product or documentation, please send this to appserver-feedback@sun.com.

Obtain Training

Application Server training courses are available at:

http://training.sun.com/US/catalog/enterprise/web_application.html/

Visit this site often for new course availability on the Sun Java System Application Server.

Contact Product Support

If you have problems with your system, contact customer support using one of the following mechanisms:

Please have the following information available prior to contacting support. This helps to ensure that our support staff can best assist you in resolving problems:



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