Contents

Web Application Framework Developer's Guide

Sun Java trademark Studio Enterprise 7 2004Q4

819-0728-10

Contents

Before You Begin

1. Overview and Architecture

What is the Web Application Framework?

Who Should Be Interested in the Web Application Framework?

What Does the Web Application Framework Do?

What Doesn't the Web Application Framework Do?

The Three Tiers of the Web Application Framework Architecture

Controller Tier

How Web Application Framework MVC Differs From Traditional MVC

2. Develop an Application

Create an Application

What is a Web Application Framework Application?

Application-Level Entities

Create a WAR File

Use Component Libraries

Create a Page (ViewBean)

Create a ViewBean Class

Add Child View Components

Execute a Page from the IDE

Create Pagelet (ContainerView) Components

Create a ContainerView Class

Handle Requests

Request Lifecycle

Front Controller Events

Application Events

Write Event Handling Logic

Render a Response

3. Programming Guide

Using the RequestContext

Getting the RequestContext

Getting the Servlet Request and Response Objects

Getting the Session Object

Other Available Objects

RequestCompletionListener Interface

Using the Message Writer

Using ViewBeanManager

Using ModelManager

Getting and Saving Models in the Session

Exceptions to Using the ModelManager

Using SQLConnectionManager

Using the RequestManager

Logging Messages

Logging to Standard Out

Making Log Messages Stand Out

Working With Values

Working With DisplayField Values

Working With Model Values

Getting Values Using the J2EE API

Using Display Events

Container Display Events

Child Display Events

Using ViewBeans

forwardTo() Method

Using ContainerViews

IDE Support for ContainerViews

ContainerView API

Using ContainerViews in Your Application

Default Model

Child View Paths

Using TiledViews

Using TreeViews

Using Executing Models

Using BeanAdapterModel

Using ObjectAdapterModel

Using WebActions

WebAction Types

WebAction Events

Auto-Retrieving Models

Pagination Using WebActions

When to Use WebActions

Interoperating With Web Application Framework Applications

Interoperating From an External Application

Interoperating From Within the Same Application

4. Deploy an Application

Configure the Application

Module Servlet Configuration

ViewBean Display URL Configuration

SQLConnectionManager Configuration

Package the Application

Deploy the Application

Access a Web Application Framework Application

Cross-Module Navigation

A. Troubleshooting

Probable Solution

Probable Solution

Probable Solution

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