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Preface

Intended Audience

Documentation Accessibility

Organization

Related Documentation

Conventions

1 Overview of Tag Libraries and Utilities

Overview of Tag Libraries and Utilities Provided with OC4J

Tag Syntax Symbology and Notes

Overview of Extended Type JavaBeans

Overview of JspScopeListener for Event-Handling

Overview of Integration with XML and XSL

Summary of Data-Access JavaBeans and Tag Library

Summary of JSP Markup Language (JML) Custom Tag Library

Summary of Oracle9iAS Personalization Tag Library

Summary of Web Services Tags

Summary of JSP Utility Tags

Summary of Oracle Caching Support for Web Applications

Oracle9i Application Server and JSP Caching Features

Role of the JSP Web Object Cache

Summary of Tag Libraries for Caching

Support for the JavaServer Pages Standard Tag Library

Overview and Philosophy of JSTL

Summary of JSTL Expression Language

Overview of JSTL Tags and Additional Features

JSTL in Oracle9iAS Release 2: Usage Notes and Future Considerations

Overview of Tag Libraries from Other Oracle9iAS Components

Oracle9i JDeveloper Business Components for Java (BC4J) Tag Library

Oracle9i JDeveloper User Interface Extension (UIX) Tag Library

Oracle9i JDeveloper BC4J/UIX Tag Library

Oracle9i Reports Tag Library

Oracle9iAS Wireless Location (Spatial) Tag Library

Oracle9iAS Ultra Search Tag Library

Oracle9iAS Portal Tag Library

2 JavaBeans for Extended Types

Overview of JML Extended Types

JML Extended Type Descriptions

Type JmlBoolean

Type JmlNumber

Type JmlFPNumber

Type JmlString

JML Extended Types Example

3 JSP Markup Language Tags

Overview of the JSP Markup Language (JML) Tag Library

JML Tag Library Philosophy

JML Tag Categories

JSP Markup Language (JML) Tag Descriptions

Bean Binding Tag Descriptions

Logic and Flow Control Tag Descriptions

4 Data-Access JavaBeans and Tags

JavaBeans for Data Access

Introduction to Data-Access JavaBeans

Data-Access Support for Data Sources and Pooled Connections

Data-Access JavaBean Descriptions

SQL Tags for Data Access

Introduction to Data-Access Tags

Data-Access Tag Descriptions

5 XML and XSL Tag Support

Overview of Oracle Tags for XML Support

XML Producers and XML Consumers

Summary of OC4J Tags with XML Functionality

XML Utility Tags

XML Utility Tag Descriptions

XML Utility Tag Examples

6 JESI Tags for Edge Side Includes

Overview of Edge Side Includes Technology and Processing

Edge Side Includes Technology

Oracle9iAS Web Cache and ESI Processor

Overview of JESI Functionality

Advantages of JESI Tags

Overview of JESI Tags Implemented by Oracle

JESI Usage Models

Invalidation of Cached Objects

Personalization of Cached Pages

Oracle JESI Tag Descriptions

Tag Descriptions for Page Setup and Content

Tag and Subtag Descriptions for Invalidation of Cached Objects

Tag Description for Page Personalization

JESI Tag Handling and JESI-to-ESI Conversion

Example: JESI-to-ESI Conversion for Included Pages

Example: JESI-to-ESI Conversion for a Template and Fragment

7 Web Object Cache Tags and API

Overview of the Web Object Cache

Benefits of the Web Object Cache

Web Object Cache Components

Cache Policy and Scope

Key Functionality of the Web Object Cache

Cache Block Naming: Implicit Versus Explicit

Cloneable Cache Objects

Cache Block Runtime Functionality

Data Invalidation and Expiration

Attributes for Policy Specification and Use

Cache Policy Attributes

Expiration Policy Attributes

Web Object Cache Tag Descriptions

Cache Tag Descriptions

Cache Invalidation Tag Description

Web Object Cache Servlet API Descriptions

Cache Policy Object Creation

CachePolicy Methods

Expiration Policy Object Retrieval

ExpirationPolicy Methods

CacheBlock Methods

Sample Servlet Using the Web Object Cache API

Tag Code Versus API Code

Cache Policy Descriptor

Cache Policy Descriptor DTD

Sample Cache Policy Descriptor

Cache Policy Descriptor Loading and Refreshing

Cache Repository Descriptor

Cache Repository Descriptor DTD

Sample Cache Repository Descriptor

Configuration for Back-End Repository

Configuration Notes for Oracle9i Application Server Java Object Cache

Configuration Notes for File System Cache

8 JSP Utilities and Utility Tags

JSP Event-Handling with JspScopeListener

General Use of JspScopeListener

Use of JspScopeListener in OC4J and Other Servlet 2.3 Environments

Examples Using JspScopeListener

Mail JavaBean and Tag

General Considerations for the Mail JavaBean and Tag

Mail Attachments

SendMailBean Description

The sendMail Tag Description

File-Access JavaBeans and Tags

Overview of OC4J File-Access Functionality

File Upload and Download JavaBean and Class Descriptions

File Upload and Download Tag Descriptions

EJB Tags

EJB Tag Configuration

EJB Tag Descriptions

EJB Tag Examples

General Utility Tags

Display Tags

Miscellaneous Utility Tags

9 Oracle9iAS Personalization Tags

Overview of Personalization

General Overview of Personalization

Introduction to Oracle9iAS Personalization

Overview of Recommendation Engine API Concepts and Features

Overview of Personalization Tag Functionality

Recommendation Engine Session Management

Use of Items in Personalization Tags

Mode of Use for Item Recording Tags

Use of Tuning, Filtering, and Sorting for Recommendation and Evaluation Tags

Personalization Tag and Class Descriptions

Session Management Tag Descriptions

Recommendation and Evaluation Tag Descriptions

Item Recording and Removal Tag Descriptions

Item Class Description

Personalization Tag Constraints

Personalization Tag Library Configuration Files

The personalization.xml Files

Element Descriptions for personalization.xml

Sample personalization.xml File

10 Web Services Tags

Overview of Web Services

General Web Services Overview

Overview of SOAP and Related Features

Overview of Web Services Definition Language Key Elements

Overview of Web Service Messages and XML Schema Definitions

Web Service Example

OC4J Web Services Tags

Overview of Oracle9iAS Web Services and the Tag Library Implementation

Overview of Web Services Tag Functionality

Web Services Tag Descriptions

Web Services Tag Examples

A JML Compile-Time Syntax and Tags

JML Compile-Time Syntax Support

JML Bean References and Expressions, Compile-Time Implementation

Attribute Settings with JML Expressions

JML Compile-Time Tag Support

The taglib Directive for Compile-Time JML Support

JML Tag Summary, Compile-Time Versus Runtime

Descriptions of Additional JML Tags, Compile-Time Implementation

B Third Party Licenses

Apache HTTP Server

The Apache Software License

Apache JServ

Apache JServ Public License

Index