Preface

This preface introduces you to the Oracle Application Server Containers for J2EE User's Guide, discussing the intended audience, structure, and conventions of this document. It also provides a list of related Oracle documents.

Intended Audience

This manual is intended for anyone who is interested in using Oracle Application Server Containers for J2EE (OC4J), assuming you have basic knowledge of the following:

Java and J2EE
XML
JDBC

Documentation Accessibility

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Structure

The Oracle Application Server Containers for J2EE User's Guide contains the following chapters and appendices:

Chapter 1, "OC4J Overview"

This chapter describes OC4J primary features, an overview of J2EE APIs and OC4J support, and tunneling and performance services provided by OC4J.

Chapter 2, "Configuration and Deployment"

This chapter discusses how to install OC4J, how to configure and deploy the FAQ application.

Chapter 3, "Advanced Configuration and Development"

This chapter covers advanced OC4J information. It includes an overview of OC4J XML configuration files, how they relate to each other, what happens when you deploy an application, some tips on manual XML configuration file editing for applications, when OC4J automatic deployment for applications occurs, and building and deploying within a directory.

Chapter 4, "OC4J Clustering"

This chapter describes how to cluster application server instances, Oracle HTTP Servers, and OC4J instances.

Appendix A, "Troubleshooting OC4J"

This appendix describes common problems that you may encounter when using OC4J and explains how to resolve them.

Appendix B, "Additional Information"

This appendix describes the elements of the server XML configuration files, OC4J command-line tool options, and provides configuration and deployment examples.

Appendix C, "Third Party Licenses"

This appendix lists the Java plug-in partners, third party tool support and third party licences.

Conventions

The following conventions are used in this manual:

Convention	Meaning
. . .	Vertical ellipsis points in an example mean that information not directly related to the example has been omitted.
. . .	Horizontal ellipsis points in statements or commands mean that parts of the statement or command not directly related to the example have been omitted
boldface text	Boldface type in text indicates a term defined in the text, the glossary, or in both locations.
< >	Angle brackets enclose user-supplied names.
[ ]	Brackets enclose optional clauses from which you can choose one or none.

Preface

Intended Audience

Documentation Accessibility

Structure

Related Documents

Conventions