Part I Development Tasks and Tools
1. Setting Up a Development Environment
Part II Developing Applications and Application Components
6. Using the Java Persistence API
7. Developing Web Applications
8. Using Enterprise JavaBeans Technology
9. Using Container-Managed Persistence
12. Developing Lifecycle Listeners
13. Developing OSGi-enabled Java EE Applications
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
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 Oracle GlassFish 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 Oracle servers and software.
This preface contains information about and conventions for the entire Oracle GlassFish Server (GlassFish Server) documentation set.
GlassFish Server 3.1 is developed through the GlassFish project open-source community at http://glassfish.java.net/. The GlassFish project provides a structured process for developing the GlassFish 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 GlassFish Server source code and to contribute to the development of the GlassFish Server. The GlassFish project is designed to encourage communication between Oracle engineers and the community.
The following topics are addressed here:
The GlassFish Server documentation set describes deployment planning and system installation. For an introduction to GlassFish Server, refer to the books in the order in which they are listed in the following table.
Table P-1 Books in the GlassFish Server Documentation Set
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The following tutorials explain how to develop Java EE applications:
Your First Cup: An Introduction to the Java EE Platform. For beginning Java EE programmers, this short tutorial 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.
The Java EE 6 Tutorial. This comprehensive tutorial explains how to use Java EE 6 platform technologies and APIs to develop Java EE applications.
Javadoc tool reference documentation for packages that are provided with GlassFish Server is available as follows.
The API specification for version 6 of Java EE is located at http://download.oracle.com/javaee/6/api/.
The API specification for GlassFish Server 3.1, including Java EE 6 platform packages and nonplatform packages that are specific to the GlassFish Server product, is located at http://glassfish.java.net/nonav/docs/v3/api/.
Additionally, the Java EE Specifications might be useful.
For information about creating enterprise applications in the NetBeans Integrated Development Environment (IDE), see the NetBeans Documentation, Training & Support page.
For information about the Java DB database for use with the GlassFish Server, see the Java DB product page.
The Java EE Samples project is a collection of sample applications that demonstrate a broad range of Java EE technologies. The Java EE Samples are bundled with the Java EE Software Development Kit (SDK) and are also available from the Java EE Samples project page.
The following table describes the typographic changes that are used in this book.
Table P-2 Typographic Conventions
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The following table explains symbols that might be used in this book.
Table P-3 Symbol Conventions
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The following table describes the default paths and file names that are used in this book.
Table P-4 Default Paths and File Names
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The Oracle web site provides information about the following additional resources:
Besides searching Oracle product documentation from the Oracle Documentation web site, you can use a search engine by typing the following syntax in the search field:
search-term site:oracle.com
For example, to search for “broker,” type the following:
broker site:oracle.com
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