Contents


Preface

Using the Documentation
About This Guide
How This Guide is Organized
Documentation Conventions

Chapter 1 iPlanet Application Server

Executive Overview
New Features

Certified Compliance with Java 2 Enterprise Edition
J2EE Enhancements
Improved Performance, Scalability and Reliability
Enterprise-Class Development and Deployment Tools

iPlanet Application Builder
Third Party Tools

Enhanced Management and Administration

iPlanet Application Server Administration Tool
Dynamic Application Management
iAS Deployment Tool
iAS Installation Tool
Event Logging and Failure Analysis
Support for Third-Party Management Tools

Tight Integration with iPlanet Directory Server and iPlanet Web Server

iPlanet Directory Server
iPlanet Web Server

Key Features

Application Model
Industry-Standard Application Components
High Scalability
Application Partitioning
Dynamic Load Balancing
High Performance
JSP Caching
Result Caching
Database Connection Caching
Data Streaming
Multi-threaded Capabilities
Optimized Communication with Web Servers
Session and State Management
High Availability
Security

Security Using Access Control Lists

JMS - Java Message Server
Next Generation Applications with XML

Chapter 2 Application Server Architecture

Application Server Overview

The Multitiered Environment
Industry Standard Components

Chapter 3 Architectural Details

Server Processes

Summary of Process Interactions
The Executive Server
The Administrative Server
The Java Server

System Components

Protocol Manager
Load Balancing System
Request Management System
Application Components
Application Services

Services Hosted by KJS

System Services
Transaction Management System

Local versus Global Transactions

Architectural Details
Security
Administrative Services

Chapter 4 J2EE Concepts

J2EE Concepts

The Multi-Tiered Model
J2EE Benefits
J2EE Components
Servlets
Java Server Pages
Enterprise Java Beans

Session Beans and Entity Beans
Entity EJBs

The J2EE Programming Model
Presentation Logic and Layout
Business Logic
Data Access Logic
Rich Clients
Container Managed Persistence
RMI-IIOP
Using JDBC for Database Access
JDBC Overview

Chapter 5 iAS Product Family

iAS in the iPlanet Framework
The iPlanet Application Server Product Family

iPlanet Application Builder
iAS Deployment Tool
iAS Administration Tool

Dynamic Application Management

iPlanet Unified Integration Framework
iAS Enterprise Connectors
iPlanet Process Manager
Sample Applications
Encina Transaction Manager
iPlanet Directory Server
iPlanet Web Server Enterprise Edition

Index