Sun Java System Application Server Platform Edition 9 Developer's Guide

How This Book Is Organized

The Developer's Guide has three parts.

Part I, Development Tasks and Tools includes general development topics relevant to the Application Server, such as class loaders and debugging.
Part II, Developing Applications and Application Components describes Java EE application components, such as servlets and message-driven beans, that can run on the Application Server.
Part III, Using Services and APIs describes services and APIs that provide Application Server resources, such as Java DataBase Connectivity (JDBC^TM).

The following table summarizes the chapters in this book.

Table P–1 How This Book Is Organized


Chapter	Description
Chapter 1, Setting Up a Development Environment	Describes setting up an application development environment in the Application Server.
Chapter 2, Class Loaders	Describes Application Server class loaders.
Chapter 3, The `asant` Utility	Describes how to use the `asant` utility, which provides Ant tasks specific to the Application Server.
Chapter 4, Debugging Applications	Provides guidelines for debugging applications in the Application Server.
Chapter 5, Securing Applications	Explains how to write secure Java EE applications, which contain components that perform user authentication and access authorization.
Chapter 6, Developing Web Services	Describes Application Server support for web services.
Chapter 7, Using the Java Persistence API	Describes Application Server support for Java persistence.
Chapter 8, Developing Web Applications	Describes how web applications are supported in the Application Server.
Chapter 9, Using Enterprise JavaBeans Technology	Describes how Enterprise JavaBeans^TM (EJB^TM) technology is supported in the Application Server.
Chapter 10, Using Container-Managed Persistence	Provides information on how container-managed persistence (CMP) works in the Application Server.
Chapter 11, Developing Java Clients	Describes how to develop and assemble Java EE application clients.
Chapter 12, Developing Connectors	Describes Application Server support for the J2EE 1.5 Connector architecture.
Chapter 13, Developing Lifecycle Listeners	Describes how to create and use a lifecycle listener module.
Chapter 14, Developing Custom MBeans	Describes Application Server support for custom MBeans.
Chapter 15, Using the JDBC API for Database Access	Explains how to use the JDBC API for database access with the Application Server.
Chapter 16, Using the Transaction Service	Describes Java EE transactions and transaction support in the Application Server.
Chapter 17, Using the Java Naming and Directory Interface	Explains how to use the Java Naming and Directory Interface^TM (JNDI) API for naming and references.
Chapter 18, Using the Java Message Service	Explains how to use the Java Message Service (JMS) API, and describes the Application Server’s fully integrated JMS provider: the Sun Java System Message Queue software.
Chapter 19, Using the JavaMail API	Explains how to use the JavaMail^TM API.
Chapter 20, Using the Application Server Management Extensions	Explains how to use the Java Management Extensions (JMX^TM) API.