Oracle9i Application Server Concepts -- Index

access control

portals, 3-12

adapters

Oracle9iAS integration feature, 7-7

supported types, 7-7

advanced queuing

integration feature, 7-9

agent

definition, 7-7

Apache HTTP Server, 2-23

applications

deploying, 2-2

developing, 2-2

distributed, 2-5

FastCGI, 2-23

forms, 2-21

integration support, 7-2

J2EE clients, 2-7

J2EE packaging, 2-8

packaging,J2EE, 2-8

portals, 3-2, 3-9, 3-11

types, 2-2

application-to-application (A2A)

integration support, 7-4

architecture

OC4J, 2-3

Oracle HTTP Server, 2-25

Oracle9iAS Forms Services, 2-22

Oracle9iAS Web Cache, 5-4

portals, 3-9

Web services, 2-16

wireless, 4-2

automatic content compression, 5-9

availability, 1-5, 2-28

BC4J, 2-14

bean-managed persistence, 2-11

bridge

definition, 7-7

business challenges, 3-3

Business Components for Java

See BC4J

business intelligence, 1-9, 6-2

business logic

Java, 2-4

C++

Oracle HTTP Server, 2-23

XML, 2-18

caching, 1-5, 1-9

clustering, 5-11

Java, 2-13

overview, 5-2

portals, 3-8

categories, 3-6

CGI

Oracle HTTP Server, 2-27

PL/SQL, comparison, 2-20

challenges

deployment, 1-4

development, 1-2

clickstream data, 6-3

Clickstream Data Warehouse, 6-5

clickstream loader, 6-7

clustering, 2-28

application server instance

role, 2-34

benefits, 2-28

caches, 5-11

DCM, 2-36, 2-37

farms, 2-29

hardware load balancer, 2-33

instances, 2-29

Oracle Enterprise Manager, 2-31

Oracle9iAS Web Cache, 2-35

terminology, 2-28

using infrastructure, 2-34

collector agents, 6-7

collector server, 6-7

commit

two-phase, 2-12

connection rerouting, 2-40

connectivity, remote, 2-10

container managed transactions, 2-11

container-managed persistence, 2-11

content

delivery, 3-7

personalization, 3-7

sharing, 3-4

subscribers, 3-7

content publishing, 3-5

content syndication, 3-7

Convenience, 8-10

cookies, 6-4

core, wireless, 4-5

corporate portals, 3-3

customization, wireless, 4-11

data packets, 6-7

database events, 6-14

database providers, 3-9

DCM

clustering, 2-38

role in clustering, 2-36, 2-37

dcmctl, 2-37

death detection, 2-39

deployment challenges, 1-4

development challenges, 1-2

Discoverer reports

portals, 3-10

distributed applications

Java, 2-5

Distributed Configuration Management

See DCM

DMS, 2-25

Document Object Model

See DOM

DOM, 2-2

APIs, 2-17

DTDs, 2-17

dynamic

pages, 2-20

Dynamic Configuration Management, 2-33

dynamic HTML, 2-7

PL/SQL, 2-19

dynamic monitoring service, 2-25

e-business

definition, 7-2

integration, 1-9

portals, 3-3

solution, 1-6

e-business dashboard, 6-22

edge side includes (ESI), 5-7

Edge Side Includes for Java (JESI), 5-7

EJBs, 2-2

bean-managed persistence, 2-11

container, 2-8, 2-10

container-managed persistence, 2-11

JDBC, relationship, 2-11

managing, 2-10

persistence, 2-11

running, 2-10

types, 2-10

version supported, 2-3

e-mail

notifications, Java, 2-12

wireless, 4-8

end user layer, 6-6

enhanced report bursting and distribution, 6-15

enterprise beans, 2-7

enterprise integration, 1-3

Enterprise JavaBeans

See EJBs

enterprise warehousing environment, 6-5

entity beans, 2-10

ETL scripts, 6-7

Extensible Stylesheet Language

See XSLT

failover, 2-28, 2-39, 5-10

farms, 2-29

FastCGI, 2-23, 2-27

fault tolerance, 2-39

features

wireless, 4-5

file management, 2-23

flexible deployment options, 5-12

FormFiller, wireless, 4-10

forms

applications, 2-21

forms applications, 2-2

full-page static and dynamic content caching, 5-5

Gateway Provider, wireless, 4-2

hardware load balancer, 2-33

high availability

benefits

connection rerouting, 2-40

death detection and restart, 2-39

failover, 2-39

fault tolerance, 2-39

HTML, 3-5

dynamic, 2-7

PL/SQL, 2-19

forms, 2-19

HTTP Adapter

wireless, 4-3

IDAP, 2-2

information sharing, 3-4

instances, 2-29

integration

of applications, 7-2

Oracle9iAS Business Intelligence, 6-22

Oracle9iAS Portal and Oracle9iAS Clickstream Intelligence, 6-22

internet applications, 1-8

Internet Data Access Presentation

See IDAP

intranet, 3-3

introduction

wireless, 4-2

invalidation for cache consistency management, 5-8

items, 3-5, 3-6

J2EE, 1-2, 1-8

application clients, 2-7

application components, 2-7

applications, 1-3, 2-2, 2-5

applications, distributed, 2-5

BC4J

caching, 2-13

clients, 2-7

components, 2-7

Connector API

version supported, 2-3

connector API, 2-12

containers, 2-7

distributed applications, 2-5

Java Object Cache, 2-13

modelling, 2-14

packaging, 2-8

security, 2-13

services, 2-12, 2-13

J2SE, 2-4

JAAS, 2-2, 2-13

Oracle Internet Directory, 2-13, 8-13

Oracle9iAS Single Sign-On, 2-13

version supported, 2-3

Java

Object Cache, 2-13

Oracle HTTP Server, 2-23

See J2EE

XML, 2-18

Java API for XML

See JAXP

Java Authentication and Authorization Service

See JAAS

Java Authentication and Authorization Service (JAAS), 8-11

Java Database Connectivity

See JDBC

Java Message Service

See JMS

Java Naming and Directory Interface

See JNDI

Java servlets

See servlets

Java Transaction API

See JTA

Java2 Platform

Enterprise Edition

See J2EE

Standard Edition

See J2SE

JavaBeans

Activation Framework

version supported, 2-3

JavaMail, 2-12

version supported, 2-3

JavaServer Pages

See JSPs

JAXP, 2-12

version supported, 2-3

JDBC, 2-2, 2-12

DataDirect drivers, 2-12

EJBs, relationship, 2-11

non-Oracle connectivity, 2-12

version supported, 2-3

JDeveloper

See Oracle9i JDeveloper

JMS, 2-2, 2-8, 2-12

version supported, 2-3

JNDI, 2-2, 2-12

EJBs, relationship, 2-10

JSPs, 2-2, 2-7

HTML, 2-9

JDBC, 2-12

managing, 2-9

request flow, 2-10

running, 2-9

servlets, relationship, 2-9

translator, 2-10

version supported, 2-3

XML, 2-9

JTA, 2-2, 2-12

version supported, 2-3

listener, 2-23

load balancing, 5-10

management, 1-9

m-Commerce

drivers, wireless, 4-10

wireless, 4-9

message-driven beans, 2-10

Microsoft Internet Information Server, 2-25

mobile wallet, wireless, 4-9

MobileXML, wireless, 4-7

mod_fastcgi, 2-23

mod_oc4j, 2-23

mod_oradav, 2-23

mod_ossl, 2-24

mod_osso, 2-24

mod_perl, 2-23

mod_plsql, 2-23

Model-View Controller, 2-14

modules, 2-23

monitoring

dynamic monitoring service, 2-25

MVC, 2-14

MVC framework for J2EE, 2-14

namespace

XML APIs, 2-18

Netscape iPlanet, 2-25

OC4J

architecture, 2-3

monitoring, 2-25

Web container, 2-8

off-line management, wireless, 4-12

OLTP, 6-17

online, 6-3

Online Studio, wireless, 4-10

online transaction processing systems, 6-3, 6-17

OPMN

role in clustering, 2-38

Oracle Advanced Queuing

Oracle9iAS integration feature, 7-9

Oracle Enterprise Manager, 8-4

Oracle Forms, 2-2

Oracle HTTP Server, 2-23

architecture, 2-25

CGI, 2-27

components, 2-23

FastCGI, 2-27

features, 2-25

modules, 2-23

monitoring, 2-25

proxy plug-in, 2-25

request flow, 2-24, 2-27

Oracle Internet Developer Suite, 1-7

Oracle Internet Directory, 8-12

JAAS, 2-13, 8-13

Oracle9iAS Single Sign-On, 8-13

Oracle Internet File System

Oracle9iAS integration feature, 7-10

Oracle Process Management and Notification, 2-33

See OPMN

Oracle Ultra Search, 3-6

Oracle Workflow

Oracle9iAS integration feature, 7-8

Oracle9i, 1-6

Oracle9i Application Server

Overview, 1-7

Oracle9i Database, 6-6

Oracle9i JDeveloper, 2-19

Oracle9i Lite, wireless, 4-12

Oracle9i Reports Builder, 6-12, 6-14, 6-16

Oracle9i Warehouse Builder, 6-5

Oracle9i XML Developer Kit

See XML

Oracle9iAS, 1-7

solutions, 1-8

Wireless, 1-9

Oracle9iAS Clickstream Intelligence, 6-2

features, 6-3

Oracle9iAS Discoverer, 6-3, 6-17

Oracle9iAS Forms Services, 2-21

architecture, 2-22

Oracle9iAS integration

application integration, 7-2

Oracle Advanced Queuing, 7-9

Oracle Internet File System, 7-10

Oracle Workflow, 7-8

Oracle9iAS InterConnect, 7-3

Oracle9iAS InterConnect Adapters, 7-7

Oracle9iAS Unified Messaging, 7-11

Oracle9iAS InterConnect

adapters, 7-7

Oracle9iAS integration feature, 7-3

Oracle9iAS InterConnect adapters

supported types, 7-7

Oracle9iAS Metadata Repository, 2-29

Oracle9iAS Personalization, 6-3, 6-16

features, 6-9

Oracle9iAS Portal Developer Kit, 3-9, 3-11

Oracle9iAS Reports Services, 6-3, 6-12, 6-14

features, 6-13

Oracle9iAS security, 8-7

Oracle9iAS Single Sign-On, 8-9

features

convenience, 8-10

ease of administration, 8-10

increased security, 8-10

JAAS, 2-13

Oracle Internet Directory, 8-13

partner and external applications, 8-11

Oracle9iAS Syndication Server, 3-7

Oracle9iAS Unified Messaging

Oracle9iAS integration feature, 7-11

Oracle9iAS Web Cache

architecture, 5-4

automatic content compression, 5-9

cache clustering, 5-11

edge side includes (ESI), 5-7

Edge Side Includes for Java (JESI), 5-7

features, 5-5

flexible deployment options, 5-12

full-page static and dynamic content caching, 5-5

invalidation for cache consistency management, 5-8

overview, 5-2

page assembly components, 5-6

partial-page caching and personalized content assembly, 5-6

performance assurance heuristics, 5-8

security, 5-14

certificate, 5-16

certificate authority, 5-15

restricted administration, 5-14

secure sockets layer support, 5-15

wallet, 5-16

web server load balancing and failover, 5-10

Oracle9iAS Web Cache

clustering, 2-35

Oracle9iAS Web Services

See Web services

Oracle9iAS Wireless

introduction, 4-2

overview

caching, 5-2

Oracle9iAS Web Cache, 5-2

cost savings, 5-3

high availability, 5-3

performance, 5-3

reduce network traffic, 5-3

scalability, 5-3

pages, portals, 3-2

parallel page engine, 3-8

parsing

XML, 2-17

XML APIs, 2-18

partial-page caching and personalized content assembly, 5-6

partner and external applications, 8-11

partner portlets, 3-11

PDK, 3-9, 3-11

performance, 1-5

assurance heuristics, 5-8

Perl

interpreter, 2-24

Oracle HTTP Server, 2-23, 2-27

persistence

EJBs, 2-11

personal information management, wireless, 4-8

personalization, 1-4

portal views, 3-4

portals, 3-7

perspectives, 3-6

PL/SQL, 2-19

applications, 2-2

CGI, comparison, 2-20

Oracle HTTP Server, 2-23

Server Pages

See PSP

Web toolkit, 2-2, 2-20

portals, 1-4, 1-8, 3-3

access control, 3-12

applications, 3-2, 3-9, 3-11

architecture, 3-8, 3-9

building blocks, 3-5

caching, 3-8

categories, 3-6

content syndication, 3-7

developer kit, 3-9, 3-11

features, 3-4

introduction, 3-2

pages, 3-5

parallel page engine, 3-8

perspectives, 3-6

providers, 3-9

request flow, 3-9

security, 3-12

single signon, 3-4, 3-12

user authentication, 3-12

wireless access, 3-8

portlets, 3-4, 3-5

applications, 3-9, 3-11

partner, 3-11

providers, 3-10

programming languages, 2-2

protocol, wireless, 4-6

providers

portlets, 3-10

proxy plug-in, 2-25

PSP, 2-2, 2-20

public Key Interface (PKI), 8-10

publishing content, 3-5

query management, 6-8

regions, 3-5

registries

UDDI, 2-16

reliability, 2-28

remote connectivity, 2-10

Remote Method Invocation

See RMI

Remote Procedure Call

See RPC

reports

portals, 3-10

request flow

Java

JSPs, 2-10

servlets, 2-9

Oracle HTTP Server, 2-24, 2-27

Oracle9iAS Forms Services, 2-22

portals, 3-9

Request Processor, wireless, 4-2

RMI, 2-8

RPC, 2-16

runtime administrator, 6-6, 6-7

SAX, 2-2

APIs, 2-17

scalability, 1-6, 2-28

schemas

XML, 2-2

XML processors, 2-18

security features, 1-9, 8-9

Java, 2-13

Java Authentication and Authorization Service (JAAS), 8-11

Oracle Internet Directory, 8-12

features, 8-13

password management, 8-12

self-service console, 8-12

synchronization with Third Party LDAP servers, 8-12

Oracle9iAS Single Sign-On, 8-9

portals, 3-12

security management, 1-6

self-service, 3-4, 3-5

server push, wireless, 4-11

services

content specific, 4-8

J2EE, 2-12

location-based, 4-8

wireless, 4-6

servlets, 2-2, 2-7

container, 2-8

JDBC, 2-12

JSPs, relationship, 2-9

managing, 2-8

request flow, 2-9

running, 2-8

version supported, 2-3

Web services, relationship, 2-16

XSQL, 2-19

session beans, 2-10

short message service, wireless, 4-11

Simple API for XML

See SAX

Simple Object Access Protocol

See SOAP

single signon, 2-24, 3-4

portals, 3-4, 3-12

SOAP, 2-2, 2-16

solutions

Oracle9iAS, 1-8

SQL

JDBC, 2-12

XML, 2-19

string data, 6-4

styles, 3-6

subscribers, content, 3-7

syndication server, 3-7

system management, 1-6

architecture, 8-2

infrastructure, 8-2

metadata repository, 8-2

middle tier, 8-2

Oracle Internet Directory, 8-3

Oracle9iAS Single Sign-On, 8-3

features, 8-5

dynamic monitoring service, 8-6

J2EE deployment and administration, 8-6

Oracle Internet Directory, 8-12

Oracle9iAS JAAS, 8-11

Oracle9iAS Single Sign-On, 8-9

performance monitoring, 8-5

single point for distributed configuration and management, 8-5

Oracle Enterprise Manager, 8-2

Oracle Internet Directory, 8-2

overview, 8-2

security, 8-2

technologies

supported, 2-2

third-party

portlets, 3-11

transactions

two-phase commit, 2-12

transcoding, wireless, 4-11

transviewer beans

XML, 2-19

two-phase commit, 2-12

UDDI, 2-2, 2-16

Ultra Search, 3-6

Universal Description, Discovery, and Integration

See UDDI

user authentication

portals, 3-12

user interfaces

Java, 2-4

user profiles, 3-7, 6-4

using

Oracle Internet Directory with middle tier components, 8-13

version control, 2-23

W3C

XML schemas, 2-18

XML specifications, 2-17

Web Cache, 1-9

Web listener, 2-23

Web logs, 6-3

Web pages, 3-5

Web providers, 3-9

Web servers, 2-23

non-Oracle servers, 2-25

Web services, 1-3, 2-2, 2-15

architecture, 2-16

Description Language

See WSDL

framework, 2-16

servlets, relationship, 2-16

SOAP, 2-16

UDDI, 2-2, 2-16

WSDL, 2-16

wireless, 1-4, 1-9

architecture, 4-2

content specific, 4-8

Core, 4-5

core, 4-5

customization, 4-11

description, 4-2

device, 4-6

device/network adapter, 4-4

e-mail, 4-8

features, 4-5

FormFiller, 4-10

HTTP Adapter, 4-3

introduction, 4-2

location-based, 4-8

m-Commerce, 4-9

m-Commerce drivers, 4-10

mobile wallet, 4-9

MobileXML, 4-7

network, 4-6

off-line management, 4-12

Online Studio, 4-10

Oracle9i Lite, 4-12

Payment Processing, 4-10

personal information management, 4-8

PIM, 4-8

portal connectivity, 3-8

protocol, 4-6

server push, 4-11

services, 4-6

short message service, 4-11

transcoding, 4-11

transformers, 4-4

device-specific, 4-4

generic, 4-4

WAP device, 4-3

XML, 3-8

XML object, 4-3

WML, 2-7

WSDL, 2-2, 2-16

XDK

See XML

XML

applications, 2-2

BC4J

C++, 2-18

class generators, 2-18

database, 2-19

datagrams, 2-19

descriptor files, 2-5

developer kit, 2-17

DOM, 2-2

DTDs, 2-17

IDAP, 2-2

Java, 2-18

JAXP, 2-3

JSPs, 2-7

namespace

APIs, 2-18

navigating, 2-17

pages, 2-7

parser APIs, 2-18

parsers, 2-17

parsing, 2-17

Path Language

See XPath

portals, 3-5

SAX, 2-2

schema processors, 2-18

schemas, 2-2

SOAP, 2-2

SQL, 2-2

stylesheets, 2-17

transviewer beans, 2-19

UDDI, 2-2

W3C specifications, 2-17

wireless, 3-8

WSDL, 2-2

XPath, 2-2

XSLT, 2-2

XSLT APIs, 2-18

XPath, 2-2

XSLT, 2-2

APIs, 2-18

parsers, 2-17

XSQL, 2-2

servlet, 2-19