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Preface

Part I Development Tasks and Tools

1.  Setting Up a Development Environment

2.  Class Loaders

3.  Using Ant with Enterprise Server

4.  Debugging Applications

Part II Developing Applications and Application Components

5.  Securing Applications

6.  Developing Web Services

7.  Using the Java Persistence API

8.  Developing Web Applications

9.  Using Enterprise JavaBeans Technology

10.  Using Container-Managed Persistence

11.  Developing Java Clients

12.  Developing Connectors

13.  Developing Lifecycle Listeners

Part III Using Services and APIs

14.  Using the JDBC API for Database Access

15.  Using the Transaction Service

16.  Using the Java Naming and Directory Interface

17.  Using the Java Message Service

18.  Using the JavaMail API

Index

Preface

This Application Development Guide describes how to create and run Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE platform) applications that follow the open Java standards model for Java EE components and APIs in the Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server environment. Topics include developer tools, security, and debugging. This book is intended for use by software developers who create, assemble, and deploy Java EE applications using Sun GlassFish servers and software.

This preface contains information about and conventions for the entire Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server (Enterprise Server) documentation set.

Enterprise Server v3 is developed through the GlassFish project open-source community at https://glassfish.dev.java.net/. The GlassFish project provides a structured process for developing the Enterprise Server platform that makes the new features of the Java EE platform available faster, while maintaining the most important feature of Java EE: compatibility. It enables Java developers to access the Enterprise Server source code and to contribute to the development of the Enterprise Server. The GlassFish project is designed to encourage communication between Sun engineers and the community.

The following topics are addressed here:

Enterprise Server Documentation Set

The Enterprise Server documentation set describes deployment planning and system installation. The Uniform Resource Locator (URL) for Enterprise Server documentation is http://docs.sun.com/coll/1343.9. For an introduction to Enterprise Server, refer to the books in the order in which they are listed in the following table.

Books in the Enterprise Server Documentation Set
Book Title
Description
Release Notes
Provides late-breaking information about the software and the documentation. Includes a comprehensive, table-based summary of the supported hardware, operating system, Java Development Kit (JDK), and database drivers.
Quick Start Guide
Explains how to get started with the Enterprise Server product.
Installation Guide
Explains how to install the software and its components.
Upgrade Guide
Explains how to upgrade to the latest version of Enterprise Server. This guide also describes differences between adjacent product releases and configuration options that can result in incompatibility with the product specifications.
Administration Guide
Explains how to configure, monitor, and manage Enterprise Server subsystems and components from the command line by using the asadmin(1M) utility. Instructions for performing these tasks from the Administration Console are provided in the Administration Console online help.
Application Deployment Guide
Explains how to assemble and deploy applications to the Enterprise Server and provides information about deployment descriptors.
Your First Cup: An Introduction to the Java EE Platform
Provides a short tutorial for beginning Java EE programmers that explains the entire process for developing a simple enterprise application. The sample application is a web application that consists of a component that is based on the Enterprise JavaBeans specification, a JAX-RS web service, and a JavaServer Faces component for the web front end.
Application Development Guide
Explains how to create and implement Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE platform) applications that are intended to run on the Enterprise Server. These applications follow the open Java standards model for Java EE components and APIs. This guide provides information about developer tools, security, and debugging.
Add-On Component Development Guide
Explains how to use published interfaces of Enterprise Server to develop add-on components for Enterprise Server. This document explains how to perform only those tasks that ensure that the add-on component is suitable for Enterprise Server.
Embedded Server Guide
Explains how to run applications in embedded Enterprise Server and to develop applications in which Enterprise Server is embedded.
Scripting Framework Guide
Explains how to develop scripting applications in languages such as Ruby on Rails and Groovy on Grails for deployment to Enterprise Server.
Troubleshooting Guide
Describes common problems that you might encounter when using Enterprise Server and how to solve them.
Error Message Reference
Describes error messages that you might encounter when using Enterprise Server.
Reference Manual
Provides reference information in man page format for Enterprise Server administration commands, utility commands, and related concepts.
Domain File Format Reference
Describes the format of the Enterprise Server configuration file, domain.xml.
Java EE 6 Tutorial, Volume I
Explains how to use Java EE 6 platform technologies and APIs to develop Java EE applications.
Message Queue Release Notes
Describes new features, compatibility issues, and existing bugs for Sun GlassFish Message Queue.
Message Queue Administration Guide
Explains how to set up and manage a Sun GlassFish Message Queue messaging system.
Message Queue Developer's Guide for JMX Clients
Describes the application programming interface in Sun GlassFish Message Queue for programmatically configuring and monitoring Message Queue resources in conformance with the Java Management Extensions (JMX).
System Virtualization Support in Sun Java System Products
Summarizes Sun support for Sun Java System products when used in conjunction with system virtualization products and features.

Related Documentation

The Java EE 6 Tutorial, Volume II contains all the topics in Java EE 6 Tutorial, Volume I and adds advanced topics, additional technologies, and case studies. The document is available to registered users of Enterprise Server.

Javadoc tool reference documentation for packages that are provided with Enterprise Server is available as follows:

Additionally, the following resources might be useful:

For information about creating enterprise applications in the NetBeans Integrated Development Environment (IDE), see http://www.netbeans.org/kb/60/index.html.

For information about the Java DB for use with the Enterprise Server, see http://developers.sun.com/javadb/.

The sample applications demonstrate a broad range of Java EE technologies. The samples are bundled with the Java EE Software Development Kit (SDK).

Typographic Conventions

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

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
A placeholder to be replaced 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 (note that some emphasized items appear bold online)
Read Chapter 6 in the User's Guide.

A cache is a copy that is stored locally.

Do not save the file.

Symbol Conventions

The following table explains symbols that might be used in this book.

Symbol Conventions
Symbol
Description
Example
Meaning
[ ]
Contains optional arguments and command options.
ls [-l]
The -l option is not required.
{ | }
Contains a set of choices for a required command option.
-d {y|n}
The -d option requires that you use either the y argument or the n argument.
${ }
Indicates a variable reference.
${com.sun.javaRoot}
References the value of the com.sun.javaRoot variable.
-
Joins simultaneous multiple keystrokes.
Control-A
Press the Control key while you press the A key.
+
Joins consecutive multiple keystrokes.
Ctrl+A+N
Press the Control key, release it, and then press the subsequent keys.
->
Indicates menu item selection in a graphical user interface.
File -> New -> Templates
From the File menu, choose New. From the New submenu, choose Templates.

Default Paths and File Names

The following table describes the default paths and file names that are used in this book.

Default Paths and File Names
Placeholder
Description
Default Value
as-install
Represents the base installation directory for Enterprise Server.

In configuration files, as-install is represented as follows:

${com.sun.aas.installRoot}
Installations on the Solaris operating system, Linux operating system, and Mac operating system:

user’s-home-directory/glassfishv3/glassfish

Windows, all installations:

SystemDrive:\glassfishv3\glassfish
as-install-parent
Represents the parent of the base installation directory for Enterprise Server.
Installations on the Solaris operating system, Linux operating system, and Mac operating system:

user’s-home-directory/glassfishv3

Windows, all installations:

SystemDrive:\glassfishv3
domain-root-dir
Represents the directory in which a domain is created by default.
as-install/domains/
domain-dir
Represents the directory in which a domain's configuration is stored.

In configuration files, domain-dir is represented as follows:

${com.sun.aas.instanceRoot}
domain-root-dir/domain-name

Documentation, Support, and Training

The Sun web site provides information about the following additional resources:

Searching Sun Product Documentation

Besides searching Sun product documentation from the docs.sun.com web site, you can use a search engine by typing the following syntax in the search field:

search-term site:docs.sun.com

For example, to search for “broker,” type the following:

broker site:docs.sun.com

To include other Sun web sites in your search (for example, java.sun.com, www.sun.com, and developers.sun.com), use sun.com in place of docs.sun.com in the search field.

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