Preface


This guide describes how to migrate applications from Netscape Application Server versions 2.1 and 4.0 to iPlanet Application Server 6.0. In addition, this guide includes information for migrating Net Dynamics applications.

This preface contains the following sections:

• Using the Documentation

• How This Guide Is Organized

• Documentation Conventions

• Related Information

Using the Documentation

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The following table lists the tasks and concepts that are described in the iPlanet Application Server manuals and Release Notes. If you are trying to accomplish a specific task or learn more about a specific concept, refer to the appropriate manual.

Note that the printed manuals are also available online in PDF and HTML format, at: http://docs.iplanet.com/docs/manuals/ias.html.

For information about	See the following	Shipped with
Late-breaking information about the software and the documentation	Release Notes	iPlanet Application Server 6.0
Installing iPlanet Application Server and its various components (Web Connector plug-in, iPlanet Application Server Administrator), and configuring the sample applications	Installation Guide	iPlanet Application Server 6.0
Administering one or more application servers using the iPlanet Application Server Administrator Tool to perform the following tasks: Monitoring and logging server activity Implementing security for iPlanet Application Server Enabling high availability of server resources Configuring web-connector plugin Administering database connectivity Administering transactions Configuring multiple servers Administering multiple-server applications Load balancing servers Managing distributed data synchronization Setting up iPlanet Application Server for development	Administrator's Guide	iPlanet Application Server 6.0
Migrating your applications to the new iPlanet Application Server 6.0 programming model from the Netscape Application Server version 2.1, including a sample migration of an Online Bank application provided with iPlanet Application Server	Migration Guide	iPlanet Application Server 6.0
Creating iPlanet Application Server 6.0 applications that follow the open Java standards model (Servlets, EJBs, JSPs, and JDBC), by performing the following tasks: Creating the presentation and execution layers of an application Placing discrete pieces of business logic and entities into Enterprise Java Bean (EJB) components Using JDBC to communicate with databases Using iterative testing, debugging, and application fine-tuning procedures to generate applications that execute correctly and quickly	Developer's Guide (Java)	iPlanet Application Server 6.0
Using the public classes and interfaces, and their methods in the iPlanet Application Server class library to write Java applications	Server Foundation Class Reference (Java)	iPlanet Application Server 6.0
Using the public classes and interfaces, and their methods in the iPlanet Application Server class library to write C++ applications	Server Foundation Class Reference (C++)	Order separately

How This Guide Is Organized

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This guide is organized into five chapters, as follows:

• Chapter 1 "Migration Overview

• Chapter 2 "Running NAS 2.1 Applications

• Chapter 3 "Migrating NAS 2.1 Applications

• Chapter 4 "Running NAS 4.0 Applications

• Chapter 5 "Running NetDynamics Applications

In addition, there is a complete code walkthrough of an example migration using the Online Bank sample application from NAS 4.0 to iPlanet Application Server 6.0. This code example is also available online. Check the iPlanet web site support area for more migration details.

Documentation Conventions

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File and directory paths are given in Windows format (with backslashes separating directory names). For Unix versions, the directory paths are the same, except that slashes are used instead of backslashes to separate directories.

This guide uses URLs of the form:

http://server.domain/path/file.html

In these URLs, server is the name of server on which you run your application; domain is your Internet domain name; path is the directory structure on the server; and file is an individual filename. Italic items in URLs are placeholders.

This guide uses the following font conventions:

• The monospace font is used for sample code and code listings, API and language elements (such as function names and class names), file names, pathnames, directory names, and HTML tags.

• Italic type is used for book titles, variables and placeholders, and words used in the literal sense.

Related Information

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Specifications related to the iPlanet Application Server 6.0 programming model are provided in the docs directory on your installation CD. However, always refer to the online documentation first as this may have been updated since you have received the product.

The official specifications are maintained at the following URLs. Note that these sites do not necessarily contain the versions of these specifications that are supported by iPlanet Application Server.

For information about	See the following
Servlets	http://java.sun.com/products/servlet
JavaServer Pages (JSPs)	http://java.sun.com/products/jsp
Enterprise JavaBeans (EJBs)	http://java.sun.com/products/ejb
Java Naming and Directory Interface (JNDI)	http://java.sun.com/products/jndi
Java Database Connectivity (JDBC)	http://java.sun.com/products/jdbc

Additionally, the he following resources are available:

Programming with Servlets and JSPs

• Java Servlet Programming, by Jason Hunter with William Crawford, O'Reilly Publishing

• Java Threads, 2nd Edition, by Scott Oaks & Henry Wong, O'Reilly Publishing

• The web site http://www.servletcentral.com

Programming with EJBs

• Enterprise JavaBeans, by Richard Monson-Haefel, O'Reilly Publishing

• The web site http://ejbhome.iona.com

Programming with JDBC

• Database Programming with JDBC and Java, by George Reese, O'Reilly Publishing

• JDBC, by Graham Hamilton, Rick Cattell, Maydene Fisher