Ajax in Oracle JDeveloper (eBook)

Preface 5
Motivation for this Book 5
Who Should Read this Book? 6
Outline to the Book Structure 7
Prerequisite Skills 8
Acknowledgements 8
About the Author 9
Contents 11
1 What is Ajax? 15
1.1 Introduction 15
1.2 What is XMLHttpRequest? 16
1.3 XMLHttpRequest Object Properties 16
1.4 XMLHttpRequest Object Methods 19
1.5 Sending an Ajax Request 21
1.6 Processing an Ajax Request 22
1.7 JDeveloper Integrated JavaScript Editor 24
1.8 Summary 31
2 Developing an Ajax Web Application 33
2.1 Introduction 33
2.2 Setting the Environment 33
2.3 Sending an Ajax Request 43
2.4 Processing an Ajax Request on the Server Side 45
2.5 Processing an Ajax Response 49
2.5 Summary 57
3 Less JavaScript with Prototype 59
3.1 Introduction 59
3.2 Overview of Prototype 59
3.3 Installing Prototype 64
3.4 Configuring Prototype in AJAX Web Application 65
3.5 Updating a DOM Element with Ajax.Updater 72
3.6 Summary 74
4 Ajax with Java-GWT 75
4.1 Introduction 75
4.2 Installing GWT 75
4.3 Creating a GWT Application 76
4.4 GWT Class Libraries 89
4.5 Creating a Form Validation Ajax Application 91
4.6 Summary 101
5 Ajax with Java-DWR 103
5.1 Introduction 103
5.2 Setting the Environment 103
5.3 Creating a DWR Application 104
5.4 Deploying and Running the DWR Application 117
5.5 Summary 120
6 Ajax without JavaScript – AjaxTags 121
6.1 Introduction 121
6.2 Setting the Environment 121
6.3 Overview of AjaxTags 125
6.4 Installing AjaxTags 127
6.5 Validating a Form with AjaxTags 128
6.6 Summary 142
7 Ajax with JSF-Ajax4jsf 143
7.1 Introduction 143
7.2 Overview of Ajax4jsf 143
7.3 Setting the Environment 146
7.4 Creating an Ajax4jsf Application 147
7.5 Sending an Ajax Request 159
7.6 Processing an Ajax Request 162
7.7 Processing the Ajax Response 168
7.8 Summary 172
8 Ajax with PHP-Xajax 173
8.1 Introduction 173
8.2 Setting the Environment 174
8.3 Integrating PHP with JDeveloper 175
8.4 Creating a Database Table 178
8.5 Sending an Ajax Request 181
8.6 Processing an Ajax Request 183
8.7 Processing the Ajax Response 186
8.8 Summary 193
9 RSS Feed with Ajax 195
9.1 Introduction 195
9.2 Overview of Google Ajax Feed API 196
9.3 Setting the Environment 198
9.5 Receiving Multiple Feeds 205
9.6 Summary 208
10 Web Search with Ajax 209
10.1 Introduction 209
10.2 Setting the Environment for Google Search 209
10.3 Overview of Google Ajax Search API 211
10.4 Creating a Google Ajax Web Search Application 213
10.5 Web Search with Yahoo Web Services 217
10.6 Creating an Ajax Web Search Application for Yahoo 219
10.7 Sending an Ajax Request with Yahoo Search Web Services 224
10.8 Running the Yahoo Ajax Web Search Application 231
10.9 Summary 233
Sources of Information 235
Index 237