Sun GlassFish Mobility Platform 1.1 Developer's Guide for Enterprise Connectors

Preface

This guide explains how to develop Enterprise Connectors for Sun GlassFish Mobility Platform 1.1.

Sun GlassFish Mobility Platformis a comprehensive mobility solution that enables offline data access, data synchronization, and secure access to EIS/EAI, ERP, CRM, and database applications.

Sun GlassFish Mobility Platform is based entirely upon open standards, including the following:

Java Platform, Mobile Edition (Java ME)
Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE)
The dominant industry standard OMA DS and its SyncML protocols. The specifications for Open Mobile Alliance Data Synchronization V1.1.2 and V1.2.1 are available at http://www.openmobilealliance.org/Technical/release_program/ds_v112.aspx and http://www.openmobilealliance.org/Technical/release_program/ds_v12.aspx.

Who Should Use This Book

This guide is intended for developers who have experience creating Java applications.

Sun GlassFish Mobility Platform Documentation

The Sun GlassFish Mobility Platform 1.1 documentation set is available at http://docs.sun.com/coll/1918.1. To learn about Sun GlassFish Mobility Platform, refer to the books listed in the following table.

Table P–1 Books in the Sun GlassFish Mobility Platform Documentation Set


Book Title	Description
Sun GlassFish Mobility Platform 1.1 Release Notes	Late-breaking information about the software and the documentation. Includes a comprehensive summary of the supported hardware, operating systems, application server, Java^TM Development Kit (JDK^TM), databases, and EIS/EAI systems.
Sun GlassFish Mobility Platform 1.1 Architectural Overview	Introduction to the architecture of Sun GlassFish Mobility Platform.
Sun GlassFish Mobility Platform 1.1 Installation Guide	Installing the software and its components, and running a simple application to verify that installation succeeded.
Sun GlassFish Mobility Platform 1.1 Deployment Guide	Deployment of applications and application components to Sun GlassFish Mobility Platform.
Sun Glassfish Mobility Platform 1.1 Developer’s Guide for Client Applications	Creating and implementing Java Platform, Mobile Edition (Java ME platform) applications for Sun GlassFish Mobility Platform that run on mobile devices.
Sun Glassfish Mobility Platform 1.1 Developer’s Guide for Enterprise Connectors	Creating and implementing Enterprise Connectors for Sun GlassFish Mobility Platform intended to run on Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server.
Sun GlassFish Mobility Platform 1.1 Administration Guide	System administration for Sun GlassFish Mobility Platform, focusing on the use of the Sun GlassFish Mobility Platform Administration Console.

For up-to-the-minute information about Sun GlassFish Mobility Platform from the Sun GlassFish Mobility Platform technical team at Sun, see the Enterprise Mobility Blog at http://blogs.sun.com/mobility/.

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Typographic Conventions

The following table describes the typographic conventions that are used in this book.

Table P–2 Typographic Conventions


Typeface	Meaning	Example
`AaBbCc123`	The names of commands, files, and directories, and onscreen computer output	Edit your `.login` file. Use `ls -a` to list all files. `machine_name% you have mail.`
`AaBbCc123`	What you type, contrasted with onscreen computer output	`machine_name%` `su` `Password:`
`aabbcc123`	Placeholder: replace with a real name or value	The command to remove a file is `rm` `filename`.
AaBbCc123	Book titles, new terms, and terms to be emphasized	Read Chapter 6 in the User's Guide. A cache is a copy that is stored locally. Do not save the file. Note: Some emphasized items appear bold online.

Shell Prompts in Command Examples

The following table shows the default UNIX® system prompt and superuser prompt for the C shell, Bourne shell, and Korn shell.

Table P–3 Shell Prompts


Shell	Prompt
C shell	`machine_name%`
C shell for superuser	`machine_name#`
Bourne shell and Korn shell	`$`
Bourne shell and Korn shell for superuser	`#`