List of Figures

1-1 Application Development Challenges: Application Requirements

1-2 Application Deployment Challenges: System Requirements

1-3 Oracle Application Server Solutions

2-1 Oracle HTTP Server Request Flow

2-2 Oracle HTTP Server Process Architecture

2-3 Oracle HTTP Server HTTP Request–Response Cycle

2-4 J2EE Distributed Multi-tiered Application Architecture

2-5 Oracle Application Server Containers for J2EE Architecture

2-6 TopLink Components in the Development Cycle

2-7 The OracleAS TopLink Mapping Workbench in a TopLink Environment

2-8 OracleAS TopLink Application Components

2-9 OracleAS TopLink Metadata

2-10 Oracle Application Server Web Services Architecture

2-11 Oracle Application Server Forms Services Request Flow

2-12 Oracle Content Management SDK Architecture

2-13 MapViewer Architecture

3-1 Sample Portal Page

3-2 Oracle Instant Portal Build Tab

3-3 OracleAS Portal Request Flow

4-1 Oracle Application Server Wireless

4-2 Oracle Application Server Wireless Architecture

5-1 Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer Dashboard Example

5-2 Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer Architecture

5-3 Oracle Reports Example

5-4 Oracle Application Server Reports Services Architecture

5-5 Oracle Application Server Personalization Architecture

5-6 Configuring Discoverer in Enterprise Manager

6-1 Oracle Application Server Integration InterConnect Architecture

6-2 Oracle Application Server Integration B2B Architecture

7-1 Oracle Application Server Infrastructure Components

8-1 Active-active and Active-passive High Availability Solutions

8-2 Geographically Distributed Disaster Recovery

9-1 Caching Architecture

10-1 Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Application Server Control Console

11-1 Oracle Application Server Security Architecture

12-1 Enterprise Deployment Architecture for myJ2EECompany.com

12-2 Enterprise Deployment Architecture for myPortalCompany.com

12-3 Enterprise Deployment Architecture for myBIFCompany.com